Farrer & Co |

We advise individuals, families, businesses, financial services, educational and not-for-profit organisations on every aspect of the law, wherever the need arises. From our offices in London, we work with trusted professionals around the world to deliver a seamless international service.

Our clients present us with complex and varied challenges. Whether that's a complicated family trust issue, a multinational corporate transaction, or an emerging threat to their reputation, they need clear thinkers who can advise on the best solutions, fast thinkers when speed is of the essence and agile thinkers who can produce a fresh approach to get the job done. That's why they choose us.

Our clients value our in-depth knowledge, technical excellence and diversity of disciplines. But what really binds our long-standing relationships with them is our approach: pragmatic, plain speaking and always steadfast in our values, which we hold dear. Values which mean we gain our clients' trust, always strive to do the right thing, and aim for the best results for them.

The firm fosters a welcoming and inclusive environment. From the minute you walk through the door, you are greeted by warm and friendly people. We recruit the best and we work with inspirational people who are keen to share their knowledge. Our employees embody our values, and this means that our people develop lasting relationships around the firm.

Our values

Integrity

We build lasting relationships based on trust. People know that they can be confident in our probity and confidentiality.

Excellence

We continually strive to give the best service to our clients. We are responsive, commercial and decisive, and we do not act where we cannot provide an excellent service.

Partnership

We believe in partnership and teamwork, both with our clients and our people.

Equality and diversity

We recognise the importance of creating an inclusive environment in which people can progress and fulfill their potential. We are committed to ensuring that all our people are employed, trained, compensated and promoted solely on the strength of their ability, qualifications, experience and merit.

Core benefits are:

• Employee assistance programme
• Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)
• Group Income Protection

Variety of flexible benefits also available such as:

• Private medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Critical illness insurance and others

Vacation Scheme: Application > Virtual Assessment Morning with written task and group exercise

Training Contract: Application > Proofreading task > Virtual 1st interview and written attendance note task > In-person 2nd interview with research task.

We value the wellbeing of our people and pride ourselves on being a supportive employer, taking reasonable and practical steps to help them to balance their careers with other aspects of their lives. We think this is reflected in the fact that we have an exceptionally low staff turnover.

Our firm has many types of support available and 45 trained Mental Health First Aiders across the firm. Mental Health First Aider can help you to access support and are a point of contact for someone you are concerned about, are experiencing a mental health issue or emotional distress. They are there to listen and to signpost support if required.

Farrer & Co acknowledges that a continued investment in the knowledge, learning and development needs of all our people is vital to ensure that our service to our clients remains outstanding.

The firm seeks to support our engaging individuals to allow them to learn, thrive and achieve their career potential. We employ a dedicated Knowledge, Learning and Development team who work closely with our knowledge community in each practice area to ensure effective training is delivered across the firm.

Through meeting clients and working directly on their cases, trainees will be given real responsibilities, while receiving full support and guidance from the firm’s most experienced lawyers and business professionals. Trainees will benefit from the breadth of experience that our training programme provides. They will have an opportunity to learn from members of the firm who are recognised as the leading experts in their fields while undertaking very high-quality work of their own.

The firm is firmly committed to Responsible Business and one of its core strands is the reduction of our emissions. We have partnered with Planet Mark since 2018, and they have helped us measure and reduce our carbon footprint annually. We have achieved the Planet Mark certification five years running with our most recent certification for the year ending 30 April 2023. We are currently working with Planet Mark to measure our Scope 3 emissions and design and implement a Net Zero programme for the firm.

The firm also has a long history of fundraising for a number of charities. This fundraising takes many forms from bake offs, a Christmas raffle and auction and participating in wider events such as the London Legal Walk.

For many years we have provided Christmas hampers to the residents of our local St Mungos shelter and we regularly decorate the shelter for residents in time for their Christmas festivities. The firm works with the Beanstalk reading scheme and sends volunteers into a local school to help children improve their literacy skills.

Recently the firm has partnered with Neighbourly, a fantastic platform to connect us with a huge variety of charities and enterprises. We are excited to watch our volunteering impact grow.