Trowers & Hamlins

Inside our International Practice: Secondments at Trowers & Hamlins

Discover what it is like to live and work overseas as a trainee and how an international secondment can shape your legal career

  • Monday 2nd November
  • Presentation
  • 14:00-15:00
  • Free
Event starts on Monday 2nd November at 14:00 GMT

2026/11/02 14:00

Sponsored by: BPP University

Inside our International Practice: Secondments at Trowers & Hamlins

Discover what it is like to live and work overseas as a trainee and how an international secondment can shape your legal career

What is it really like to live and work overseas as a trainee solicitor? Hear from a Trowers & Hamlins trainee currently on secondment in Abu Dhabi alongside an associate with international experience. They’ll share what it takes to adapt to a new jurisdiction, build legal and commercial expertise abroad and make the most of life overseas. Discover how an international secondment can broaden your perspective, strengthen your skills and support your development as a future lawyer

key themes

  • Experience life on secondment
  • Build international legal experience

Meet the host Trowers & Hamlins

Trowers & Hamlins

At Trowers & Hamlins , you’ll be part of a community more than a thousand strong – a community that stretches across the UK, Middle East and Far East. 

We’ll help you grow, as you build your career across offices from Bahrain to Birmingham, London to Dubai and Malaysia to Manchester. And we’ll welcome you to a place where the work you do will be as eclectic and diverse as the team of people who’ll support and champion you. 

A top-50 UK law firm, we’re well known for being experts in the real estate sector, but our practice areas range from social enterprise to banking, commercial to environment, private wealth to charities. Whatever we’re working on, we have a shared sense of purpose – to help businesses and governments change the way we live and work for good. 

With us, your hard work will be valued, your ideas heard, and your ambitions nurtured. We will give you the trust – and the opportunity – to show us exactly what you can do. It’s time to discover quality through connection. To learn more about us and how we can help you build your career, visit our website

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