Trowers Hamlins | training contract | vacation scheme

• Trowers & Hamlins

  Trowers & Hamlins is a full service, top 50 city law firm renowned for their strong presence in the Middle East. The firm has performed particularly well of late with profits having risen steadily for the last five years. Although the firm now draws considerable revenues from many areas of its business, Trowers historical focus has always been on Corporate, Banking and Commercial Property, the Middle East and Social Housing. 

  The mix of public and private sector work appears to be a strong draw for many with current training reporting on how ‘uncorporate’ the atmosphere is at the firm. We’d also like to personally add, the view of the Tower of London from their reception is nothing short of awesome!

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  The general opinion of Trowers appears to be very positive. Unlike many other mid-sized city law firms, there appears to be a genuine desire for all of its staff to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Given that their client base is both healthy and varied, you can expect to work on some interesting, high-level deals all before 9pm!

  Trowers & Hamlins are a full service firm but have a strong reputation for Commercial Property, Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking & Finance, Employment, Administrative & Public Law, Islamic Finance and Social Housing.

  Clients include Lloyds TSB, National Bank of Bahrain, Golden Lane, Networking Housing Groups and a long long list of local borough councils.

  Trowers & Hamlins specifies a minimum requirement of 320 UCAS points and a 2.1 in any discipline. Aspirants should be enthusiastic, outgoing and have high motivation levels to stand a chance on of getting a training contract or vacation scheme. 
  
  A positive attitude, clarity of thought and speech and evidence of being a team-player is highly coveted by the firm. You must also have a good level of commercial awareness and possess strong logic and reasoning skills.

  Trowers & Hamlins offer 22 training contracts each year split between March and September intakes. As with the majority of other law firms, their training contract is split between four six month seats. With each seat, trainees will sit with a Partner or senior solicitor who will be responsible for issuing work and general guidance.

  Training contracts are currently split between their three UK offices; London, Manchester & Exeter. London houses the largest cohort with around 30 trainees at any one time. The Manchester office accommodates four trainees each year and the Exeter office one.

  Trowers & Hamlins offer 30 vacation placements spread across their three UK offices. Each placement lasts for two weeks and involves work from two different departments. It is certainly not all inductions and workshops, you will be expects to get involved in real work such as research, drafting and attending client meetings.

  During the placement you will be assigned a ‘buddy’ who will available to offer support and guidance as well as any necessary introductions. In addition, you will also have a supervisor (usually a senior solicitor) who will offer advice on the various pieces of work you undertake during the two weeks.

  Trowers offers £225 per week for their London office and £185 per week in Exeter and Manchester.

  Trowers provide sponsorship for both for GDL and LPC as well as a maintenance grant of £6000. As of last year, London-based Trowers trainees will be required to undertake the LPC at Kaplan Law School.

  As for salaries, first year trainees get £35,000 in London and £26,000 in the Manchester and Exeter Offices. Year two sees salaries rise to £38,000 (London) and £28,000 (Manchester & Exeter). Upon qualification, solicitors will be earning £55,000 in London and £34,500 in Manchester and Exeter.

  It must be noted that the firm receives approximately 1,200 applications for training contracts with the firm and 500 for their vacation scheme. In short, competition is fierce.

  Application deadlines for the vacation scheme and training contract are detailed below. If you require any further information regarding applications, please contact their Graduate Development Manager, Hannah King on .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

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