Travers Smith

Would you enjoy working in close-knit teams where you share a room with Partners and Associates and learn through regular day-to-day contact with senior lawyers?

Are you comfortable taking on real responsibility early, including speaking to clients, joining meetings and managing your own work with support nearby?

Does a Training Contract with a strong transactional foundation appeal to you, including a compulsory Corporate seat and at least one other transactional seat?

Would you value international work through a network of independent overseas firms, where Travers Smith lawyers remain directly involved in cross-border matters rather than routinely referring work to overseas offices?

Are you prepared for demanding, high-quality City work, while valuing a firm that says it supports sustainable workloads and does not impose chargeable-hours targets?

• Would you enjoy working in close-knit teams where you share a room with Partners and Associates and learn through regular day-to-day contact with senior lawyers?
• Are you comfortable taking on real responsibility early, including speaking to clients, joining meetings and managing your own work with support nearby?
• Does a Training Contract with a strong transactional foundation appeal to you, including a compulsory Corporate seat and at least one other transactional seat?
• Would you value international work through a network of independent overseas firms, where Travers Smith lawyers remain directly involved in cross-border matters rather than routinely referring work to overseas offices?
• Are you prepared for demanding, high-quality City work, while valuing a firm that says it supports sustainable workloads and does not impose chargeable-hours targets?

• Want close day-to-day access to senior lawyers and like the idea of learning directly alongside Partners and Associates.
• Want meaningful responsibility early and are comfortable being stretched while learning.
• Are attracted to corporate and transactional work but still want exposure to several departments before qualification.
• Want cross-border work but are attracted to an independent-firm model rather than a large global office network.
• Value a collaborative culture and the absence of individual chargeable-hours targets.

• Travers Smith's room-sharing model means working in close proximity to senior colleagues, so it may particularly suit candidates who enjoy learning through regular interaction, observation and feedback rather than a more physically separated working structure.
• Trainees can be pushed outside their comfort zone. The firm's approach is to combine that responsibility with support rather than shield trainees from demanding work.
• Every trainee must complete a six-month Corporate seat and another transactional seat, so half of the Training Contract has a defined transactional component.
• Travers Smith works internationally through relationships with more than 150 independent firms. This can provide substantial cross-border exposure, but it is a different model from training at a firm with numerous offices of its own around the world.
• You should not assume that having no chargeable-hours target means a lighter workload. Travers Smith is clear that trainees work hard on complex matters, so this may suit you if you value the firm's approach to sustainable working but are still comfortable with the demands of high-quality City work.