Mayer Brown | training contract | vacation scheme

• Mayer Brown

  Mayer Brown is a leading international law firm with offices in key business centres across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm has more than 1,750 lawyers, including approximately 1,000 in the Americas, 450 in Europe and 300 in Asia. The firm's Asia presence was enhanced by its 2008 combination with Johnson Stokes & Master, the largest and oldest Asia law firm.  (In Asia, we are known as Mayer Brown JSM.)

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  In December 2009, Mayer Brown formed an association with Tauil & Chequer, a leading law firm in Brazil.  This impressive on-the-ground presence in the world’s leading markets for legal services enables Mayer Brown to offer clients access to local market expertise on a global basis.

  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 organisations. The international reach of the firm is further enhanced through two independent alliances with leading law firms in Italy and Spain.

  Mayer Brown's London office provides a full service presence working together with its US, European and Asian counterparts to provide clients with complete representation on local and multi-jurisdictional matters alike.  While their lawyers primarily practise English law, many are also qualified in the United States and other jurisdictions.

  Their lawyers practise in a wide range of areas including corporate, finance, litigation and dispute resolution, real estate, insurance and reinsurance, pensions and employment, competition and trade, tax, intellectual property, and information technology.  Clients include many of the FTSE and Fortune 500 companies from the worlds of banking, insurance, communications, industrials, energy, construction, professional services, media, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and mining.

  As an international firm specialising in a wide range of practice areas, Mayer Brown's trainee intake is representative of the firm itself. Mayer Brown values and encourages diversity – this is critical to their success as an international law firm serving a very diverse client base worldwide. They aim to make their opportunities accessible to everyone and to encourage people to join from a wide range of backgrounds. 

  Their trainee pool is wide and represents individuals of varying experiences and backgrounds. It is safe to say there is no conventional Mayer Brown trainee. While studying law is not a prerequisite, applications from those who have a strong commitment to pursuing a career in law and proven academic ability are particularly welcome. 

  Mayer Brown are looking for candidates who not only have a consistently strong academic record including a minimum of a 2.1 degree (predicted or obtained) in any discipline, but also who have a wide range of interests and achievements outside their academic career. Additionally, they would like to see innovative candidates who can demonstrate a drive for results, good verbal and written communication skills, and an ability to analyse, with good judgement and excellent interpersonal skills

  Mayer Brown advises some of the world’s most sophisticated and complex businesses and institutions.  You will have the opportunity to work alongside some award-winning teams and individuals.

  One of the advantages of joining Mayer Brown are the choices available to you.  Their trainees can tailor their training contract from a range of 24 different seats, including their main practice areas in London, and international secondments (Brussels, Hong Kong (2), and São Paulo).  If you don't want to stray too far, a wealth of in-house experience is also available via client secondments within the UK.

  For a large international firm, the London office remains a tightly knit team harbouring 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.

  Our trainee intake is relatively low for a firm of their magnitude.  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.

  Mayer Brown run three work experience programmes each year; two three-week schemes in the summer holidays and one two-week programme at Easter.  All are based in the London office and applications are welcome from law and non-law undergraduates and graduates.  During their work experience programmes 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 work with fellow work experience programme students on a project designed to test your research skills and to expose you to our broad range of practice areas and international offices.

  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 day at our Brussels office.

  Mayer Brown covers all course fees for LPC & GDL, plus an annual maintenance grant of £7,000 in London and £ 6,500 elsewhere in UK. Salary starts at £37,500.

  Other benefits include life, health and medical insurance, an interest-free season ticket loan and personal amenities such as subsidised gym membership, in house medical services and on site staff restaurant.

  Work Experience Programmes: applications are welcomed from both law and non-law undergraduates and can be made from 1 November 2010.  The deadline is 31 January 2011. 

  For training contracts, penultimate year law students should apply after the release of their penultimate year exam results.  Non-law students, final year law students and graduates should apply after 1 February in their final year of undergraduate study.  The deadline for training contract applications is 31 July 2011.  However, assessment centres will be held throughout the year. 

  Whilst our training contracts are based in the London office, trainees will have the opportunity to experience both client and international secondments during their training contract.

  All applications should be made via our online system, which can be accessed at www.mayerbrown.com/london.

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