- 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
- Fax: 020 3130 8790
- 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 |
| Start salary: | £43,000 |
| Sponsorship: | GDL/LPC |
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Application details and method of selection
The deadline for training contract applications is 31 July 2018. 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 25 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 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
We pay all course fees for the GDL (if applicable) and the LPC together with a maintenance grant of £7,000 for each (£6,500 if outside London for the GDL only).
Work placements
We run three vacation schemes each year; one two-week scheme in the spring and two two-week schemes in the summer. All are based in the London office and applications are welcome from law and non-law undergraduates and graduates.
During our vacation schemes you will assist a partner or senior associate on real deals to give you first-hand experience of life in a City law firm. You will sit in two departments and you will be asked in advance which areas interest you most. You will also be invited to attend presentations on our different practice areas to give you more insight into the breadth of the firm. There will also be plenty of social activities organised, including a trip to one of our European offices.
Applications opened on 1 November 2017 and must be made online via our website before 31 January 2018.
Training contract programme
One of the advantages of joining Mayer Brown are the choices available to you. Our trainees can tailor their training contract from a range of different seats, including our main practice areas in London and international secondments. If you don't want to stray too far, a wealth of in-house experience is also available via our client secondments in London.
For a large international 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. The firm also has an extensive support network in place throughout the training contract in the form of senior-level support and continuous appraisals. Applications opened on 1 November 2017 and must be made online via our website by 31 July 2018.
Seat options
Corporate and securities, banking and finance, real estate, litigation group (including commercial dispute resolution, construction, insurance, competition/antitrust), employment, pensions, IP, tax
Type of practice
Corporate & Commercial, General Commercial
Work areas
Offices
London
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
Insights
News
You can read more news about Mayer Brown International LLP here.
Aspiring Solicitors launches national commercial awareness competition 2017-18
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LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards 2017: winners revealed
Merchant Taylor’s Hall in the City of London crackled with excitement on 18 May as representatives from over 60 top law firms convened to find out who would be the winners of the prestigious LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards 2017.
Dozens of law firms make Guardian UK 300 top employers list for 2017
Over 60 law firms have this year’s Guardian UK 300, which lists the best UK employers for people seeking their first graduate jobs.
LCN Awards 2017: law firm and training principal nominees announced
We are delighted to bring you details of the firms and individuals who are nominated for the 14th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards. The awards will be presented at a glamorous event at Merchant Taylor’s Hall in London on 18 May.
LCN Student Law Society nominees announced; more submissions received than ever before
LawCareers.Net is delighted to announce the nominees for the third annual Student Law Society Awards, sponsored by DWF LLP. There was an overwhelming response from students, with more than 1,700 individual submissions and 41 committee submissions received.
Mayer Brown hires third apprentice on direct six-year programme to qualification as a solicitor
Mayer Brown, the only City firm to run an ‘articled apprenticeship’ programme, has recruited a third apprentice.
LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards: the results
Merchant Taylor’s Hall in the City of London was crackling with excitement as representatives from over 70 top law firms convened to find out who would be the winners of the prestigious LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards 2016.
City firms join Aspiring Solicitors at event promoting disabilities awareness
Reed Smith and Mayer Brown joined Aspiring Solicitors at an event discussing how to increase awareness and understanding of disabilities in the legal profession earlier this month.
City firms launch scheme for less-advantaged students, but only for those in London and the South
A group of City law firms have launched an initiative to give opportunities to less-privileged students and shake off their elitist reputation.
Deadlines
Meet the Lawyer
Mayer Brown International LLP
- Charlie Clendon
Charlie Clendon is a real fan of the working culture at Mayer Brown International, enjoying the fast-paced life of a corporate lawyer.
Meet the Recruiter
Mayer Brown International LLP
- Charlotte Hart
Former high-end wine taster and alternative folk aficionado Charlotte Hart offers useful tips on how to be recruited by Mayer Brown, as well as insights into the firm itself.
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
