About us

Fountain Court is a leading commercial set of barristers' chambers in London with some 61 tenants, including 22 Queen's Counsel.  We are seeking to recruit law and non-law graduates of the highest calibre for pupillage and eventually tenancy.

Areas of Practice

In addition to general commercial litigation, specific practice areas include aviation, banking and financial services, civil fraud, commercial arbitration, conflict of laws, employment, energy, insurance and reinsurance, mergers and acquisitions, product liability, professional negligence, public law and regulatory work (particularly in the City context, including Lloyd's and the Stock Exchange) and shipping and international trade. Private international law and ECC law permeate much of this work.

Pupillage

During the year-long pupillage (which each pupil will spend with three different pupil supervisors), pupils will be called upon to do specific pieces of work for other members of chambers, particularly the Silks. They will also spend much time reading papers and preparing pleadings and advises. This work is reviewed and discussed with the pupil supervisor. A pupil can expect to accompany his or her pupil supervisor to trials and appeals and, more frequently, to interlocutory hearings.

Skills sought

In selecting our pupils we will be looking to assess academic and intellectual abilities, skills in oral and written presentation, judgement, how well the candidate is likely to communicate with clients (both lay and professional), and an understanding of and interest in our work. Successful applicants tend to have a First Class degree.

For more information about our graduate recruitment opportunities, please visit our website.