- Deadlines:
Training contract to commence 2021: 31/07/2019 Summer work placement: 31/01/2019 Spring work placement: 31/01/2019 Other deadlines
Overview
- Address: 201 Bishopsgate, London,
EC2M 3AF - Phone: 020 3130 8621
- Email: graduaterecruitment@mayerbrown.com
- Web: www.mayerbrownfutures.com
| Vacancies: | 15 |
|---|---|
| Trainees: | 30 |
| Partners: | 75 |
| Staff: | 460 |
| Work placement: | Yes |
| Number of work placements: | 30 |
| Minimum qualification: | A minimum of 340 UCAS points and 2.1 degree or equivalent |
| Start salary: | £44,000 |
| Sponsorship: | GDL/LPC |
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Application details and method of selection
The deadline for training contract applications is 31 July 2019. Please apply online at our website.
Partner interview
Psychometric testing
Telephone interview
Written exercise
Firm description and career prospects
Let's talk Mayer Brown.
We’re one of the world’s largest full service law firms with locations in 26 major cities across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. As one of the first firms to develop a global platform, we’re an international leader.
In Brazil, the firm has an association with Tauil & Chequer Avogados. Through the association, the extensive international expertise of its lawyers and its presence in the leading financial centres around the world, Mayer Brown provides high-quality legal advice and client-focused solutions to support many of the world’s leading businesses, governments and individuals. This includes a significant proportion of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100 and DAX and Hang Seng Index and organisations in the banking, insurance, communications, industrials, energy, construction, professional services, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and mining sectors.
We're a global law firm but our offices still maintain an open and inclusive culture with tightly knit teams. When you train with us, you’ll be one of 30 trainees and you’ll have the opportunity to assist our teams on matters that may be multidisciplinary, cross-border, complex and high profile in nature.
Training with us means high levels of responsibility with extensive opportunities to represent clients across a variety of sectors. From leading investment banks to insurance companies and major corporates to hedge funds, the clients we advise are without parallel and our teams work collaboratively to help them achieve their goals.
While hard work is the norm, we offer a great working environment and friendly culture. As a trainee, you’ll be given all the support you need to reach your full potential.
Our lawyers practise in a wide range of areas including corporate, finance, litigation and dispute resolution, construction, real estate, insurance and reinsurance, pensions and employment, competition, tax, RBI (restructuring/bankruptcy/insolvency) and intellectual property. The firm advises many of the world's largest companies including a significant proportion of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100 and DAX and Hang Seng Index organizations from the worlds of banking, insurance, communications, industrials, energy, construction, professional services, media, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and mining.
To find out what it is like to work at Mayer Brown International LLP read the firm's Meet the Lawyer profile.
Sponsorship
The firm will cover the cost of the GDL and LPC and provide a maintenance grant of £10,000 for the LPC, £7,000 for the GDL in London and £6,500 elsewhere. The firm asks all LPC students to complete the LPC at BPP law school in London.
Work placements
Our vacation schemes are the main pipeline for our training contracts each year. We run three two-week vacation schemes each year: two in the summer and one in the spring. All are based in our London office and applications are welcome from law and non-law undergraduates and graduates. During our vacation schemes you will assist partners and senior associates on real deals to give you firsthand experience of life in a City law firm. You will sit in two departments and you will also attend skills sessions which support your own professional development and provide more insight into the firm. There will also be a number of social activities organised, including a day at our Paris office.
Applications can be made from 1 November 2018 and must be made online via our website before 31 January 2019.
Training contract programme
Our trainees can tailor their training contract from a range of different seats, including our main practice areas in London, international secondments and our client secondments in London.
For a global law firm, our London office remains a tightly knit team with an open and inclusive culture. You will nevertheless be given significant opportunities to assist on matters which may be multi-disciplinary, cross-border, complex and high-profile in nature. Trainees are given high levels of responsibility, case management and client contact from an early stage.
Applications can be made from 1 November 2018 and must be made online via our website by 31 July 2019.
Seat options
Corporate and securities, banking and finance, real estate, litigation group (including commercial dispute resolution, construction, insurance, competition/antitrust), employment, pensions, IP, tax, RBI (restructuring/bankruptcy/insolvency).
Type of practice
Corporate & Commercial, General Commercial
Work areas
Offices
Bangkok, Beijing, Brasilia, Brussels, Charlotte, Chicago, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington DC.
Probono initiatives
A4ID, Amicus, LawWorks, Prisoners’ Advice Service, The Royal Courts of Justice Advice Bureau
Diversity access schemes
Aspiring Solicitors, Black Solicitors' Network, City Solicitors' Educational Trust, Legal Apprenticeships , LGBT Leaders, Pathways to Law, PRIME, SEO London, Social Mobility Foundation, Stonewall, Sutton Trust
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Meet the Lawyer
Mayer Brown International LLP
- Alexandra Aninoiu
The interplay of economics and politics is what makes competition law such a fascinating area to work in for Alexandra Aninoiu. Read about how she came to such a technical specialism after her non-law degree and gain an insight into life at Mayer Brown, from how the different teams work together to the business development opportunities for junior lawyers.
Meet the Recruiter
Mayer Brown International LLP
- Rebecca Player
Expert recruiter Rebecca Player shares valuable insights into her firm and its application process, from the open-to-all vacation scheme that forms the centre of Mayer Brown’s trainee recruitment, to opportunities for engagement on campus.
Vacation Scheme Insider
Anthony Cunningham
Anthony has just completed his law degree at the University of Kent. He took part in Mayer Brown’s vacation scheme earlier this summer and will start at the firm in September 2020.
- When: Summer 2018
- Subject: Law
- University: University of Kent
