Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |

From our offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, we work with clients ranging from established, global Fortune 100 companies to enterprising startups.

Our team of more than 2,200 lawyers and legal professionals provides comprehensive corporate, transactional, litigation, and regulatory services in major industries, including energy, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, retail and ecommerce, sports, technology, and transportation. We focus on both immediate and long-term goals with our clients, helping them address and anticipate challenges across vast and rapidly changing landscapes.

We approach every representation with an equal commitment to first understanding, and then efficiently and effectively advancing, the interests of our clients and arriving at the best results. If a client has a question, we’ll immediately find the person in our global network with the answer. If there’s a shift in the legal landscape, we’re on top of it, and our clients will be too.

Founded in 1873, we stand on the shoulders of more than 150 years of achievement, but we never rest on our reputation.

Our London office opened in 1981 and since then, we have advised clients on English law–governed transactions, disputes, and regulations in a range of international markets, both established and emerging, with a particular focus on Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (EMEA). Operating as a global hub, we work seamlessly with lawyers throughout EMEA to provide integrated teams for deals and complex litigation. London’s role as a key financial and business centre means that we are well positioned to advise clients around the world on market-leading projects across legal disciplines in finance, corporate transactions, investment funds, international tax, competition, dispute resolution, immigration, and employment that are governed by English law.

Our Philosophy

At Morgan Lewis, we believe that a commitment to diversity and inclusion (D&I) is vital to realizing our true success as a firm. We are dedicated to D&I not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it is integral to how we succeed for clients. It influences how we serve clients, collaborate with colleagues, and recruit, retain, and promote talented lawyers and professional staff, as well as how we engage the global communities where we live and work.

Inclusive Recruiting

Advancing diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the legal profession means nurturing the diversity of pipeline talent. We invest in law students, high school students, and underserved communities through a combination of financial aid, mentorship, and critical preparation for success.

Our Talent

What we have believed for decades has become something we know: Teams of top-tier lawyers with diverse backgrounds are more powerful in overcoming our clients’ most pressing challenges. This is why we unceasingly strive to provide the best training, mentoring, access to promotion, and well-being support to cultivate an elite and inclusive workforce.

Mobilizing for Equality

In the sombre aftermath of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer, Morgan Lewis launched Mobilizing for Equality to determine what more we can do as a firm to more directly, effectively, and aggressively mobilize against racial injustice. Firm Chair Jami McKeon and Grace Speights, leader of our global labour and employment practice, lead working groups across the firm curating and taking action on substantive racial and social justice projects.

Our Mobilizing for Equality Leadership Task Force comprises 20 members from all ranks of our firm and around the globe and encompasses 14 working groups—each tackling racial injustice from a unique angle. Each working group has four or five leaders and dozens of individual volunteers.

Attracting and developing talented professionals who are committed to excellence is critical to our success. We offer students and trainees unparalleled opportunities for interesting work, a supportive and collegial environment, and a promising pathway to career development.

Our summer vacation scheme and trainee program give an immersive experience. We provide real-life insight into the workings of an established, broad reaching law firm and the chance to share our commitment to client, public and community service.

Engagement and teamwork are the foundation of the training you will experience at Morgan Lewis. You can expect to be an active member of a busy team and play a real part in doing challenging legal work. While classic “seat” allocations bring a practice area focus to each six-month phase of your training, the versatility and integration of our lawyers ensures that you will have a varied workload and regular exposure to diverse learning experiences. We currently offer seats in Antitrust, Corporate & Business Transactions, Finance, Investment Management, Labour & Employment, Litigation, Structured Transactions and IP.

Our two-week summer vacation scheme provides students with the opportunity to learn more about the firm, meet some of our people, and gain insight into life at Morgan Lewis. During the scheme, students will be given as much hands-on experience as possible, as well as be given the opportunity to attend seminars, workshops, and various social activities. Summer scheme students will be assessed for a training contract during the course of the two-week placement.

Our Open Day runs in the spring of each year. The one-day programme is a great way to learn more about Morgan Lewis as a firm and about commercial law in general. We will introduce you to our key practice areas in the London office and give you the opportunity to meet with some of our trainees during a Q&A session. You will also sit down with some of our trainees over an informal lunch, before attending a number of skills sessions.

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We spend our days representing the kind of clients who expect and demand the best from us. That is why everyone at Morgan Lewis uses their intelligence, legal skills, and training to make a difference—for our clients and for themselves.

We may be a big firm, but our lawyers and staff work in tight-knit teams. We know that fostering an environment where knowledge and innovation are shared, and well-being is actively promoted is the only way we can help our clients reach their goals—and it is the only way for us to grow personally and professionally.

We are a culture of collaboration, not competition. We work seamlessly together, across our services and sectors, drawing on our collective breadth, depth, and experience to create powerful solutions for our clients.

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Every person at Morgan Lewis is treated with respect, supported with extensive resources and training, and exposed to a broad range of experiences.

We provide law students, practicing lawyers, and legal professionals with abundant opportunities to share their knowledge and passion for the law with clients and colleagues.

We are committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. Our leadership is actively involved in managing our commitment to diversity and inclusion, and fostering a culture that creates opportunities for everyone, provides a safe and respectful workplace, and prohibits harassment in any form. We apply this same level of commitment in promoting the well-being of our lawyers and professional staff and in serving our communities.