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Competition/antitrust, Corporate (incl private equity
environment), Employment & incentives, IP, Pensions, Tax, Trusts, Banking, Capital markets, Financial regulation, Projects, Real estate & construction, Investment management, Litigation, Investigations, Arbitration

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Corporate & Commercial

Practice Areas

Banking & finance

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

Capital markets

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

Charities

Lawyers advising the charitable, not-for-profit, and social enterprise sector cover a vast area of legal ground.

Commercial property/real estate

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.

Construction & engineering

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

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

Virtually all commercial transactions have tax implications. Tax is thus an important practice area for any major law firm.

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.

Environment

Issues such as biodiversity loss, climate change, the demand for global sustainability and the need for alternative energy sources make environmental laws more important than ever.

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

Insurance (and reinsurance – the insurance of insurers) is an integral part of commercial activity throughout the world.

Intellectual property

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.

Islamic finance

The term Islamic finance refers to a system of banking that is consistent with Sharia law.

Projects/project finance

Large projects involve lawyers specialising in finance, construction and corporate law.

Sports

Sports law involves the legal issues at play in the worlds of both amateur and professional sport.

Technology, media & telecommunications

Technology, media and telecommunications is one of the fastest-developing sectors of the legal market.

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20 Ropemaker Street, London, EC2Y 9AR
Phone: 020 7456 2000
Email: [email protected]
Web: careers.linklaters.com

Work placement:	Yes
Number of vacation scheme places:	100
Minimum qualification:	2.1 degree
First-year trainee salary:	£56,000
Second-year trainee salary:	£61,000
NQ salary:	£150,000
Fees paid for:	LPC SQE

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Partner diversity:	78.0% male (2023) 22.0% female
Lawyer diversity:	53.0% male (2023) 47.0% female
Has client secondments:	Yes
Client secondments:	Banks Charities Energy companies Insurance companies
Has overseas secondments:	Yes
Overseas secondments:	Abu Dhabi Amsterdam Brussels Dubai Frankfurt Hong Kong Madrid Milan Moscow Paris Singapore Tokyo

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Lawyers Without Borders
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