International Secondment Opportunities at HFW
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International Secondment Opportunities at HFW
At HFW we guarantee our Trainees at least one international secondment during their two-year training contract. Recent destinations have included Dubai, Geneva, Hong Kong, Monaco, Paris, Piraeus and Singapore.
One of our trainees and one of our Newly Qualified Associates who have completed secondments in Hong Kong and Singapore will talk to you about these opportunities, the benefits to your training of doing a seat overseas and their personal experiences. There will also be the opportunity to ask them questions.
Meet the host
HFW
Founded by a family of shippers in 1883, HFW has decades of experience in shipping law and how best to protect mariners. Their deep industry expertise allows them to provide detailed advice to their clients, even surrounding niche topics like subsea cables and the risks of shipping calcium hypochlorite. Past trainees have praised the “highly intelligent, ambitious, and also sociable and open-minded people” that work at the firm. Furthermore, HFW is committed to giving back to the community, with lawyers volunteering their time to read with primary school students and providing pro bono advice to charities. The firm even has a piracy team, which successfully released seafarer hostages in Somalia pro bono...
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