Fieldfisher

Next deadline

Black Heritage Skills Development Day 2026 · 17 Oct 2026

(1 day)

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In their own words

Connecting clients with 28 international offices, we are redefining legal services across Europe and beyond.

Snapshot

Firm type

European

UK offices

London, Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast

International offices

Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beijing, Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Cork, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Kraków, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Madrid, Munich, Milan, Paris, Porto, Shanghai, Vienna, Warsaw, Silicon Valley

Training contract places

Not disclosed

Vacation scheme places

Not disclosed

First-year salary

London £51,000 / Birmingham & Manchester £34,000

Second-year salary

London £55,000 / Birmingham & Manchester £37,000

Newly qualified salary

Personal Injury & Medical Negligence: London £73,000 / Birmingham & Manchester £46,500 Other departments: London £102,000 / Birmingham & Manchester £67,000

Trainee retention

85%

SQE support

LLM Legal Practice SQE 1 and SQE 2 and Maintenance Grant

Visa sponsorship

Not disclosed

International secondment

Yes

Client secondment

Yes

Guaranteed secondment

Recruitment route

Vacation scheme only

Rolling recruitment?

Seat structure

4 seats, 6 months each

Can trainees repeat a seat?

Yes subject to business need and seat demand amongst the cohort

Can trainees express seat preferences?

Yes

Trainee salaries review

Annually - September

Non-law applicants

Actively encouraged

Career-changer applicants

Actively encouraged

Remote working

Standard hybrid only

Minimum academic requirements

2:1 degree

Typical start time

9am

Typical finish time

6pm

Wellbeing support

Mental Health First Aiders, subsidised gym, private medical insurance, private GP services, health cash plan, dental insurance, income protection, life assurance, critical illness insurance, will writing, employee discounts platform, pension scheme matched (up to 7%), mortgage advice, interest-free season ticket loan, emergency childcare, tax-free childcare, employee health assessments, fertility and family health support, Cycle to Work scheme, EAP Service, In House Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Service

Minimum holiday

25 days

Additional leave

Qualification leave, life event days, Fieldfisher Day, enhanced parental/adoption/co-parent leave, pregnancy loss leave, neonatal leave, Carers and Dependants Leave, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Leave

% female trainees

75%

% female partners

30%

% BAME trainees

33%

% BAME partners

10%

% LGBTQ+ trainees

% state school trainees

32%

% first-gen trainees

30%

PGDL funding

Yes, full funding and maintenance grant

Retrospective funding

Considered case by case

Formal pro bono programme

Yes

Visa sponsorship

Yes

Before you apply

Before you apply, ask yourself:

Are you looking to try a broad range of practices, both generalist and more specialist in nature?

Is having a good work-life balance important to you?

Do you want real responsibility from day one?

Next deadline

Black Heritage Skills Development Day 2026

17 Oct 2026

(1 day)

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Deep dive

Explore this firm in detail

What makes it different

All practice areas

Personal injuryMedical negligencePublic and regulatoryABL and trade financeAdvertising and consumer protectionAlternative legal servicesCommercial litigationConstructionConsumer enforcementCorporateData protectionData, privacy and cybersecurityDispute resolutionEmploymentESGFinancial markets and productsFranchiseFraud, financial crime and investigationsICTImmigrationInquiries, Inquests and InvestigationsIntellectual propertyInternational tradeLitigation fundingMedia and entertainmentPensionsPrivate clientReal estateRestructuring and insolvencyRisk and complianceSanctions and export controlSports lawTechnology

Who it may suit

Before you apply, ask yourself

Are you looking to try a broad range of practices, both generalist and more specialist in nature?
Is having a good work-life balance important to you?
Do you want real responsibility from day one?

This firm may suit candidates who…

Don’t have a specific specialism in mind when applying.
Have niche interests in some of the firm’s specialist practices such as media, sport, clinical negligence or immigration.
Who value firms with strong support and a place they can be themselves and make an impact.