Fieldfisher Training Contracts & Work Placements

Deadlines

11 Jan 2026

Non-law training programme to commence 2028 in 4 months

11 Jan 2025

Summer work placement Deadline passed

Rolling deadline

Training programme to commence 2028

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Type of practice

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Corporate & Commercial
General Commercial

Practice Areas

Administrative & public law

Public law comprises several interlinking practice areas that concern relationships between people, government and other public bodies.

Banking & finance

Sponsored by Milbank LLP. Banking and finance involves many financial products, from bank loans to companies to highly structured financing arrangements across multiple jurisdictions.

Capital markets

Sponsored by Hogan Lovells. Capital markets lawyers work with transactions involving the issue of debt or equity securities to the public or investors.

Clinical negligence

Sponsored by Bolt Burdon Kemp LLP. Clinical or medical negligence lawyers advise in relation to instances of injury or death arising from incorrect or sub-standard medical treatment or diagnosis.

Commercial property/real estate

Sponsored by Mills & Reeve LLP. Commercial property lawyers work on a wide range of transactions including offices, retail developments and infrastructure projects.

Company & commercial

Commercial lawyers operate at the nexus where law meets business, facilitating revenue growth and managing risk.

Competition & EU law

Competition and regulatory work includes merger control, regulatory and court proceedings, issues arising from sector-specific regulation and utility procurement issues.

Sponsored by Charles Russell Speechlys LLP. Contentious construction work involves the resolution of disputes while non-contentious work involves drafting and negotiating contracts and advising on projects.

Corporate finance/mergers & acquisitions

Sponsored by Baker McKenzie. Corporate M&A involves the combining of companies or assets through mergers, where two companies combine to form a new entity, or acquisitions, where one company takes over another.

Corporate tax

Sponsored by Clifford Chance. Corporate tax involves involves advising clients on the tax risks associated with acquiring, selling or restructuring assets.

Dispute resolution

Sponsored by RPC. Commercial litigators represent and advise commercial clients when disputes arise from joint venture projects, civil fraud, commercial and banking transactions, corporate governance, financial services regulation and professional negligence.

Employment, pensions & incentives

Employment lawyers work across all areas of employment law, including handling discrimination complaints, staff restructuring and whistleblowing issues.

Energy & natural resources

The energy sector is an important part of the legal landscape and is making more headlines than ever before.

Financial services

Following the UK’s exit from the European Union, the covid-19 pandemic and various financial scandals, there is always lots going on in this area.

Insolvency/restructuring

Restructuring and insolvency lawyers are necessary when a company, individual or other organisation is in financial difficulties.

Insurance/reinsurance

Sponsored by Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. Insurance (and reinsurance – the insurance of insurers) is an integral part of commercial activity throughout the world.

Intellectual property

Sponsored by Bristows LLP. Intellectual property is an umbrella term for a variety of different rights which protect intellectual creations, such as inventions, brands, designs, and literary and artistic works.

Life sciences

Sponsored by Bristows LLP. The life sciences sector combines a range of legal practice areas, demanding expert advice from lawyers with detailed knowledge of the relevant trends and innovations in areas including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, healthcare, MedTech, veterinary and food.

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Learn more about Fieldfisher

Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane, London, EC4R 3TT
Phone: 073304607000
Email: [email protected]

Work placement:	Yes
Number of vacation schemes:	30
Minimum qualification:	2.1 degree
First-year trainee salary:	£48,500
Second-year trainee salary:	£52,000
NQ salary:	£95,000
Fees paid for:	SQE

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Birmingham
London
Manchester

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