Gowling WLG (UK) LLP Training Contracts & Work Placements

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19 Nov 2025

Training programme to commence 2028 Deadline passed

19 Nov 2025

Spring work placement Deadline passed

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Type of practice

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Corporate & Commercial

Practice Areas

Advertising & marketing

A fresh and exciting area of legal practice, specialist lawyers provide copy clearance advice and work with big-brand clients.

Aviation/aerospace

Aviation lawyers provide commercial, regulatory and insurance advice and litigation services to the world's airlines, manufacturers and financiers.

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.

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.

Life sciences

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 Gowling WLG (UK) LLP

Two Snowhill, Snow Hill, Birmingham, B4 6WR
Phone: 0800 096 9610
Email: [email protected]

Work placement:	Yes
Number of vacation scheme places:	10
Minimum qualification:	No minimum
First-year trainee salary:	£33,000 (Birmingham); £48,500 (London)
Second-year trainee salary:	£36,000 (Birmingham); £53,500 (London)
NQ salary:	£65,000 (Birmingham); £105,000 (London)
Fees paid for:	PGDL/GDL LPC SQE

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