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Milbank LLP

12 vacancies
16 trainees
42 partners
312 staff
Milbank is a premier international law firm handling high-profile, complex cases and transactions through 11 offices worldwide.
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Practice Area Profile | Laura Bonamis – Milbank LLP

In this Practice Area Profile, leveraged finance partner Laura Bonamis shares her interesting legal journey and what life's like at Milbank LLP. Watch to find out more about the work of a leveraged finance lawyer, the skills you need to suceed and the importance of balancing work and social life.

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Applications for both training contracts and vacation placements is through our website. 


Applications to

Miss Vanessa Harvey

Method of application

Online application form

Method of assessment

  • Assessment centre
  • HR-led interview
  • Partner interview
  • Presentation
  • Psychometric testing
  • Written exercise

Driven to deliver exceptional results for our clients, we push boundaries and challenge assumptions. That’s been core to our ethos since our founding in 1866. It fuels how we work and define ourselves, and it informs our growth and evolution as a firm.

We keep impressive company. Our clients are market leaders, global innovators and paradigm-shifting entrepreneurs that advance emerging industries. Surrounding ourselves by the best inspires and challenges us to constantly reimagine what’s possible.

Our clients are why we strive for remarkable results.

Candidates for our vacation scheme should ideally be in their penultimate year of a law degree or final year of a non-law degree, though we are also happy to accept applications from final-year students and graduates.

Applications for our 2026 schemes will open on 1 October 2025.

Our first intake of trainees joined our London office in September 2013.

Our training contract consists of four six-month seats. Trainees will be expected to undertake seats across our corporate, finance and litigation practices. In addition we offer comprehensive training to help develop trainees technical and practice group specific knowledge in addition to training on key communication, career management and presentation skills.

Full sponsorship of the SQE plus a maintenance grant of £20,000 during each year of study.

  • Leveraged finance
  • Project finance
  • Financial restructuring
  • Structured finance (AIP)
  • Litigation
  • Corporate
  • Tax
  • Transportation & space group
  • Corporate & Commercial

Practice Areas

Extra info

100 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 2AT
Phone: 0207 615 3000
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.milbank.com/careers
Work placement: Yes
Number of vacation schemes: 2
Minimum qualification: 2.1
Start salary: £57,500
Fees paid for:
  • PGDL/GDL
  • LPC
  • SQE
Training programme applications: 450 (2015)
Retention rate: 100% (2017)
  • London