Allen & Overy is an international legal practice with 5,100 people in 27 major centres worldwide. Our clients include many of the world’s top businesses, financial institutions, governments, and private individuals.
About Allen & Overy
Allen & Overy is an international legal practice with over 5,000 people in 29 major centres worldwide. Our clients include many of the world’s top businesses, financial institutions, governments, and private individuals.
Start at the top...
Starting your career with Allen & Overy means starting at the very top of international commercial law. We are renowned for the high quality of our Corporate, Banking and International Capital Markets advice, but also have major strengths in areas such as Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Tax, Employment and Benefits, Real Estate, and Private Client. Our partners frequently lead the field in their particular areas of law and we can claim both an enviable reputation among clients and unrivalled success in major deals.
Training
We offer a truly flexible training contract and the most interesting work in a unique culture of support and mutual respect. You will have a tailored training contract, designed to give you the best start to your career.
The seat structure ensures that you get to see as many parts of the practice as possible and that your learning is hands-on, guided closely by an experienced associate or partner. A series of evening presentations by departments facilitates your choice of a priority seat and other areas you may like to experience. Most seats are for six months, with some three-month seats available.
Our core areas of expertise are Corporate, Banking and International Capital Markets and as a trainee you will spend at twelve months of your training contract gaining experience in at least 2 of these areas. All our trainees gain valuable contentious experience during their training contract and we now offer our trainees the option of completing a Litigation course. This means that trainees will no longer need to sit in our Dispute Resolution or Employment departments to gain their contentious experience if they are sure their interests lie elsewhere. The course is run by Nottingham Law School and consists of five days' tuition and a monthly visit to a legal advice centre for a year to gain practical contentious experience.
Trainees have told us that one of the things they value most about being at Allen & Overy is the excellent training they receive. In addition to the Professional Skills Course there are numerous training courses available to you, covering a broad range of legal and personal skills.
Who we are looking for
We expect to see a strong, consistent academic performance with at least a 2.1 (or equivalent) predicted or achieved. At Allen & Overy you will be working in a team where you will use your initiative and manage your own time and workload, so we also look for evidence of teamwork, leadership, motivation and problem-solving skills.
Working environment
Life at Allen & Overy is about more than just the work we do – our team environment encourages both professional and social relationships. The Trainees' Social Committee is responsible for planning a variety of events, from intake drinks and theatre trips, to the annual Trainee summer ball. There are also sports teams, a fully-equipped fitness centre, music rooms, and multi-faith prayer rooms.
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Closing date details:
non-law 16/01/2009; law 31/07/2009
Organisation information
Areas of specialisation:
Banking & finance , Capital markets , Commercial litigation , Commercial/corporate , Construction , Corporate finance, Dispute resolution , Employment , Energy/transport/infrastructure , Environmental , EU & competition , Insolvency , Insurance & reinsurance , Intellectual property , IT & communications , Life sciences , Media , Private client , Private equity , Pro bono , Project finance & energy , Property/real estate , Securitisation , Tax
Degree disciplines:
Accounting & finance, Biochemistry & related, Biology & related, Chemical engineering & related, Chemistry & related, Civil engineering, construction & related, Classics, Earth sciences, English, Environmental engineering & related, Environmental sciences, Geography, History and archaeology, Law, Maths & related, Mechanical engineering & related, Medical sciences & related, Modern languages and linguistics, Philosophy, Physics & related, Psychology, Social science, Theology and comparative religion, Humanities, Science & research
Salary details: Year one: £38,000-Year two: £42,200
Company benefits: gym membership/subsidy, life assurance, pension scheme with
company contributions, private healthcare, season ticket loan, subsidised restaurant
Number of annual vacancies: 120
Work experience: YES
Questions and answers
Speculative applications accepted? : NO
EU applications? : NO
Global applications? : NO
Contact details
Graduate Recruitment
Allen & Overy
One Bishops Square
London
E1 6AD
United Kingdom
Tel: 020 3088 0000
Training contracts
Number of training contracts: 120
Number of vacation placements: 120
Closing date for training contracts: 16/01/2009
Closing date for vacation contracts: 16/01/2009
Minimum degree class: 2.1 (or equivalent)
Location: London