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1 Pinsent Masons 1487 138 8 17 284 97 85 77 19 67 68
2 CMS† 1445 164 6 66 * * * * * *3 Eversheds Sutherland 1322 110 11 19 400 77 8 231 57 172 13 163 19 182
4 Clyde & Co 916 82 11 53 * * * * * * * *5 DWF 915 82 11 26 * * * * * * * *6 Linklaters 868 201 1 29 868
7 Addleshaw Goddard 860 112 6 6 344 230 245 4 49 9
8 Taylor Wessing 850 40 4 24 850
9 DLA Piper 844 110 7 90 * * * * *10 Clifford Chance 798 197 2 32 797 1
11 Allen & Overy 735 162 2 27 735
12 Womble Bond Dickinson UK 647 49 8 19 55 160 11 116 10
13 Herbert Smith Freehills 636 121 2 24 636
14 Osborne Clarke 625 50 3 23 265 38 205
15Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
610 160 2 27 * *
16 Slaughter and May† 600 148 1 3 *17 Dentons 562 81 4 170 363 88 7 66 82
18 Kennedys 555 44 11 39 236 36 15 22 46 44 60 11 3
19 Hogan Lovells 548 92 2 48 548 2
20 Ashurst† 547 40 1 16 *21 Irwin Mitchell 511 108 15 0 115 68 15 11 68 158 17 56 3
22 Charles Russell Speechlys† 509 47 3 8 * * *23 Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 498 74 2 29 498 3
24 Mills & Reeve 493 41 6 0 65 248 120 32 69
25 Norton Rose Fulbright 487 99 2 50 487 3
26 Latham & Watkins 480 48 1 28 480
27 Baker McKenzie† 451 66 1 76 *28 Burges Salmon 419 38 3 0 8 438 16
29 Mishcon de Reya 416 32 1 1 416
30 Squire Patton Boggs 416 46 4 41 169 98 113 83
31 Simmons & Simmons 415 3 52 20 * * *32 Hill Dickinson 399 20 5 4 119 13 247
33 Penningtons Manches Cooper 384 24 8 5 196 170 12 6
34 Macfarlanes 382 62 1 1 382
35 Stephenson Harwood 374 45 1 8 374
36 Travers Smith 373 54 1 1 365
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North East
North West
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Scotland - Edinburgh
Scotland - Glasgow
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37 Birketts 364 34 5 0 9 355
38 Trowers & Hamlins 356 46 4 5 228 64 47 62
39 Reed Smith 350 50 2 30 350
40 Kirkland & Ellis International 340 21 1 14 340
41 RPC 321 28 2 2 236 85
42 BLM 316 37 12 1 95 15 1 35 4 137 4 15 10
43 White & Case 316 80 1 43 316
44 Withers† 295 25 2 15 *45 Farrer & Co 294 20 1 0 294
46 Gateley 291 22 9 1 53 30 94 28 30 56
47 Bird & Bird 263 37 1 29 263
48 Foot Anstey 258 12 7 0 1 257
49 Bevan Brittan 254 19 4 0 78 107 41 31
50 Mayer Brown International 227 30 1 26 227
51 TLT 217 37 6 1 50 126 55 2 30
52 Ward Hadaway† 212 24 3 0 * * *53 Ashfords 200 13 6 0 26 187
54 Cripps Pemberton Greenish 194 15 2 0 44 150
55 Wedlake Bell 194 N/A N/A N/A 194
56 BDB Pitmans 187 21 4 0 131 50 15 12
57 HFW 180 26 1 19 180
58 Lewis Silkin 172 13 3 2 140 13 19
59 Leigh Day 172 19 2 0 149 23
60 Watson Farley & Williams 172 36 1 14 172
61 Weil Gotshal 169 22 1 14 169
62 Michelmores 168 17 4 0 21 132
63 Fladgate 165 13 1 0 165
64 Russell-Cooke 165 14 3 0 165
65 Winckworth Sherwood 164 16 3 0 164
66 Bristows 163 20 1 1 163
67 Kingsley Napley† 159 13 1 0 *68 Jones Day 150 32 1 41 150
69 Dechert 147 18 1 25 147
70 Shearman & Sterling 147 25 1 24 147
71 Brabners 144 19 3 0 144
72 Sidley Austin 142 27 1 19 142
73 Goodwin 136 14 2 11 136
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Scotland - Edinburgh
Scotland - Glasgow
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74 Stevens & Bolton 135 13 1 0 135
75 Debevoise & Plimpton 126 18 1 9 126
76Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
122 12 1 19 122
77 Ropes & Gray 122 12 1 10 122
78 Covington & Burling 119 17 1 13 92
79 Bates Wells 117 12 1 0 117
80Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (UK)
115 18 1 21 115
81Hodge Jones & Allen Solici-tors Limited
111 12 1 0 111
82 Taylor Vinters 110 5 3 2 43 5 62
83 Howes Percival 110 14 5 0 58 64 3
84 K&L Gates 105 14 1 43 105
85 Paul Hastings 100 16 1 22 100
86 Hewitsons 98 9 4 0 8 48 41
87 Harbottle & Lewis 96 9 1 0 96
88 Wiggin 95 3 2 1 62 33
89 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher 92 13 1 19 92
90 Cooley 91 7 1 15 91
91 Morgan Lewis† 86 15 1 29 *92 Fox Williams 84 7 1 0 84
93 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe 84 14 1 25 84
94 Boodle Hatfield† 84 8 2 0 * *95 Morrison & Foerster (UK) 83 7 1 16 79
96 Muckle 80 5 1 0 80
97Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
80 21 1 15 80
98 Memery Crystal 78 9 1 0 78
99Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
76 5 1 4 76
100 Collyer Bristow 75 8 1 1 75
101 Davis Polk 73 5 1 9 73
102 Sullivan & Cromwell 72 9 1 12 72
103 Wilsons 64 4 2 0 * *104 Vinson & Elkins RLLP 61 12 1 11 61
105 BP Collins† 56 7 1 0 *106 Maples Teesdale 53 6 1 0 61
107 Blaser Mills Law 47 6 5 0 2 45
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108 Arnold & Porter 42 5 1 14 42
109 Peters & Peters Solicitors 39 4 1 0 39
110 Simkins 35 5 1 0 35
111 Winston & Strawn London 34 5 1 0 34
112 Northridge Law 22 3 1 0 22
113 Dorsey & Whitney 21 4 1 18 21
114 Curtis† 18 2 1 15 *
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Firm 1st year salary 2nd year salary NQ salary Benefits package
Sponsorship/awards
Addleshaw Goddard£40,000 (London); £27,500 (North)
£43,000 (London); £29,500 (North)
£75,000 (London); £45,000 (North)
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
£50,000 £55,000 $190,000
Allen & Overy £46,500 Undisclosed £90,000
Ashfords£28,000 (Bristol); £29,000 (Exeter)
£29,000 (Bristol); £30,000 (Exeter)
£42,000 (Bristol); £47,000 (Exeter)
Ashurst £46,000 £50,000 £84,000 LPC & GDL fees
B P Collins Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Baker McKenzie £48,000 £52,000 £87,500
Bates Wells £36,000 £38,000 £62,000
BDB Pitmans£36,500 (London); £30,000 (Reading)
£40,000 (London); £32,000 (Reading)
£57,000 (London); £45,000 (Reading)
Bevan Brittan Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Bird & Bird Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Birketts £25,500 - £28,000 £26,500 - £29,000 £40,000 - £58,000
Blaser Mills Law £27,000 Undisclosed £40,000
BLM £18,000-£31,000 £21,500-£32,000 £31,000-£45,000 LPC fees
Boodle Hatfield £40,000 £42,000 £64,000
Brabners £25,000 £26,000 £40,000 N/A N/A
Bristows £39,500 £42,500 £66,000 N/A N/A
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
£44,000 (London); £27,000 (Manchester)
£48,000 (London); £30,000 (Manchester)
£78,000 (London); £43,000 (Manchester)
Burges Salmon £35,000 £36,000 £50,000
Charles Russell Speechlys
Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
£50,000 £55,000 £133,000
Clifford Chance £48,000 £54,000 £94,500
Clyde & Co£24,500 (Manchester); £38,000 (London)
£26,500 (Manchester); £40,000 (London)
£68,000 (London)
CMS £28,000-£43,000 £31,000-£48,000 £42,000-£72,000 LPC & GDL fees
Collyer Bristow £34,000 £36,000 £57,500
Cooley £50,000 £55,000 £120,000
Covington & Burling £48,000 £53,000 £120,000
Cripps Pemberton Greenish
£26,000-£34,250 £28,500-£35,250 £42,000-£53,000 LPC fees
Curtis, Mallet-Prev-ost, Colt & Mosle
Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Firm 1st year salary 2nd year salary NQ salary Benefits package
Sponsorship/awards
Davis Polk & Ward-well London
£55,000 £60,000 £135,000 LPC & GDL fees
Debevoise & Plimpton
£50,000 £55,000 £134,800
Dechert £45,000 £50,000 £120,000
Dentons £31,000 - £44,000 £34,000 - £48,000 £48,000 - £75,000
DLA Piper£45,000 (London); £28,000 (rest of UK)
£50,000 (London); £31,000 (rest of UK)
£76,000 (London); £44,000 (rest of UK)
Dorsey & Whitney £43,000 £49,000 £79,000
DWF
£24,000 (Newcastle); £26,000 (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester); £38,000 (London)
Undisclosed Undisclosed
Farrer & Co £39,000 £42,500 £65,000
Fladgate £38,000 £40,000 £64,000
Foot Anstey £30,000 £32,000£46,000 (Bristol); £43,500 (outside Bristol)
Fox Williams £37,000 £39,000 £62,000 LPC fees
Freshfields Bruck-haus Deringer
£45,000 £51,000 £100,000
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
£45,000 £50,000 £131,000
Gateley Legal £27,000 - £35,000 £28,500 - £37,000 £41,000 - £61,500
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
£50,000 £55,000 £120,000
Goodwin £46,000 £50,000 £125,000 LPC & GDL fees
Gowling WLG (UK) Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Harbottle & Lewis £37,000 £39,000 £60,000
Herbert Smith Freehills
£45,000 £50,000 £105,000
Hewitsons £24,000 £24,500 £40,500
HFW £41,000 Undisclosed £66,000
Hill Dickinson £26,000 - £37,000 £28,000 - £39,000 Up to £59,500
Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors Limited
£26,010 £28,050 £35,000
Hogan Lovells£46,000 (London); £29,000 (Birmingham)
£51,000 (London); £32,000 (Birmingham)
£90,000 (London); £46,000 (Birmingham)
Howes Percival £27,000 £28,000 Undisclosed
Irwin Mitchell £26,500 - £38,000 £28,500 - £40,000 £36,500 - £60,000
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Jones Day £52,000 £59,000 £100,000
K&L Gates £43,000 £48,000 £85,000
Kennedys£27,500 (regional); £38,500 (London)
£30,500 (regional); £41,000 (London)
Undisclosed
Kingsley Napley £34,000 £36,000 £58,000
Kirkland & Ellis International
£50,000 £55,000 $190,000
Latham & Watkins £46,000 £50,000 $190,000
Leigh Day£25,600 (Manchester); £32,000 (London)
£27,600 (Manchester); £34,000 (London)
£33,600 (Manchester); £48,000 (London)
Lewis Silkin £28,000-£38,000 £31,875-£42,500 £46,875-£62,500 LPC & GDL fees
Linklaters £47,000 £52,500 £90,000
Macfarlanes £44,000 £49,000 £80,000
Maples Teesdale £36,668 £38,754 £64,445
Mayer Brown International
£46,000 £51,000 £90,000
Memery Crystal £38,000 £40,000 £65,000
Michelmores £28,000 £29,000£40,500 (Exeter); £44,000 (Bristol); £60,000 (London)
Mills & Reeve £27,000 £28,000
£63,000 (London); £43,000 (Birmingham, Cambridge, Manches-ter, Norwich)
Mishcon de Reya £42,000 £42,000 £72,000
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
£47,000 £52,000 £115,000
Morrison & Foerster (UK)
£46,000 £50,000 £118,000
Muckle £24,500 £26,500 £37,500
Northridge Law £38,000 £40,000 £65,000
Norton Rose Fulbright
£48,000 £52,000 £87,500
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
£45,000 £49,000 £120,000
Osborne Clarke£40,000 (London); £38,000 (Bristol); £43,000 (Reading)
£45,000 (London); £39,250 (Bristol); £45,000 (Reading)
£71,000 (London); £52,000 (Bristol); £54,000 (Reading)
Paul Hastings (Europe)
£50,000 £55,000 £133,000LPC & GDL fees: £10,000
Penningtons Man-ches Cooper
£30,000-£38,000 £32,000-£40,000 £50,000-£62,000 LPC & GDL fees
Firm 1st year salary 2nd year salary NQ salary Benefits package
Sponsorship/awards
Peters & Peters Solicitors
£40,000 £42,000 Undisclosed
Pinsent Masons £27,000 - £41,000 £30,000 - £44,000 £44,000 - £72,500
Queen Elizabeth Building QEB
Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Reed Smith £45,000 £49,000 £90,000
Ropes & Gray £50,000 £55,000 £130,000
RPC £35,000-£38,000 £36,000-£41,000 £48,000-£68,500 LPC & GDL fees
Russell-Cooke £38,000 £39,500 Varies
Serle Court Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Shearman & Sterling £45,000 £50,000 Undisclosed LPC & GDL fees
Sidley Austin £50,000 £55,000 £135,000
Simkins £34,000 £37,000 Undisclosed
Simmons & Sim-mons
£39,000 - £45,000 £40,000 - £50,000 £52,000 - £79,000
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK)
£50,000 £55,000 £133,000
Slaughter and May £45,000 £51,000 Undisclosed
Squire Patton Boggs£37,000 (London); £26,000 (elsewhere)
£42,000 (London); £28,000 (elsewhere)
£73,000 (London); £44,000 (elsewhere)
Stephens Scown Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Stephenson Harwood
£43,000 £47,000 £75,000
Stevens & Bolton £35,000 £36,000 £50,000
Sullivan & Cromwell £55,000 £60,000 Undisclosed
Taylor Vinters £28,000 £30,000 £47,000
Taylor Wessing £40,000 £44,000 £77,0000
TLT
£39,500 (London); £33,000 (Bristol); £28,500 (Manchester); £22,000 (Glasgow); £18,135 (Belfast)
£42,500 (London); £35,000 (Bristol); £30,500 (Manchester); £25,000 (Glasgow); £19,500 (Belfast)
£67,000 (London); £48,500 (Bristol); £42,500 (Manchester); £35,000 (Glasgow); £28,500 (Belfast)
Travers Smith £46,500 £52,000 £85,000 (under review)
Trowers & Hamlins£37,000 (London); £28,000 (Birmingham, Exeter, Manchester)
£40,000 (London); £30,000 (Birmingham, Exeter, Manchester)
£68,000 (London); £44,000 (Birmingham, Exeter, Manchester)
Vinson & Elkins RLLP
£50,000 £55,000 £147,500
VWV Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Ward Hadaway Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
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Watson Farley & Williams
£43,000 £46,000 £74,000
Wedlake Bell undisclosed undisclosed undisclosedLPC funding available
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London)
£50,000 £55,000 £130,000
White & Case £48,000 £53,000 £105,000
Wiggin £39,000 £42,000 £65,000
Wilkin Chapman Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Wilsons Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Winckworth Sher-wood
£36,000 Undisclosed Undisclosed
Winston & Strawn London
£48,000 £52,000 Undisclosed
Withers Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Womble Bond Dickinson UK
£38,000 (London); £22,000 - £30,000 (elsewhere)
£40,000 (London); £24,00 - £32,000 (else-where)
Undisclosed
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Number of applicants
Closing dates for application
Grade require-ments A levels (desired)
Addleshaw Goddard 50 31 July 2021 2:1 No requirements
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
6 450 11 July 2021 2:1
Allen & Overy 80 20 December 2020 2:1AAB/136 UCAS points of equivalent
Arnold & Porter Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Ashfords 10 450 30 April 2021 2:1
Ashurst Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed 2:1
B P Collins Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Baker McKenzie 33 876 01 April 2021 2:1 AAB
Bates Wells 6 600 1 June 2021 2:1 ABB
BDB Pitmans 13 549 TBC 2:1 minimum ABB
Bevan Brittan 10 500 30 June 2021 2:1 ABB
Bird & Bird 18 2,000 31 December 2020 NA NA
Birketts Undisclosed Undisclosed 30 June 2021 2:1 BBB
Blaser Mills Law 4 200 14 August 2021 2:1 AAB
BLM 23 2,000 TBCWe do not screen on aca-demics
Boodle Hatfield 4 511 30 June 20212:1 minimum, or equivalent
Brabners 7 500+ 31st October 2020 2:1 N/A
Bristows 10 1500 10th January 2021 2:1 N/A
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
30 1,500 31 May 2021 n/a n/a
Burges Salmon 22 868 24 June 2020 2:1 BBB
Charles Russell Speechlys
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
15 1,000 31 July 2021 High 2:1 AAA or equivalent
Clifford Chance 90 12 December 2020
Clyde & Co 50 1,000 TBC 2:1
AAB mitigating circumstances and rare contextual recruitment system considered
CMS Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Collyer Bristow 0 0 N/A 2:1 or above Good grades
Cooley 4 494 31 January 2021 2:1 ABB
Covington & Burling 9 491 09 July 2021 2.1 ABB
Cripps Pemberton Greenish
Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed 2:1 BBB or above
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
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Number of applicants
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Grade require-ments A levels (desired)
Davis Polk & Wardwell London
4 Undisclosed N/A 2:1 N/A
Debevoise & Plimpton Undisclosed Undisclosed 3 January 2021 2:1 144 UCAS points
Dechert 10 UndisclosedRecruits from vacation scheme
2.1 AAB
Dentons 42 Undisclosed 30 June 2021 2:1 ABB
Devereux Undisclosed Undisclosed
DLA Piper 70 Undisclosed n/a n/a n/a
Dorsey & Whitney 2 350 31 July 2021 2:1 None
DWF 30 2,000 25 June 2021 2:1
Eversheds Sutherland Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Farrar’s Building Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Farrer & Co 10 1110 9th July 2021 2.1 ABB
Fladgate 8 500 31 January 2021 2:1 ABB
Foot Anstey 7 1 June 2021 2:1 BBB
Fox Williams Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Francis Taylor Building Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
80 Undisclosed7 January 2021 (Winter); 15 July 2021 (Summer)
2:1 None
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
3 180 30 June 2021 2:1 or above AAB
Gateley Legal 25 1,000 February 2021 2.1 BBB
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
6 650 31 July 2021 2:1 ABB
Goodwin 10 500 31st July 2021 2:1 N/A
Gowling WLG (UK) Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed
Harbottle & Lewis 6 618 31 May 2021 2:1
Herbert Smith Freehills 60 Undisclosed NA 2:1 NA
Hewitsons Undisclosed Undisclosed 31 August 2021 2:1 Undisclosed
HFW 15 31 July 2021
2:1 extenuating circumstances will be consid-ered
Hill Dickinson 15 100 31 January 2021 2:1 ABB
Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors Limited
5 400 30 July 2012 2.1
Hogan Lovells 50 2,325 31 July 2021 2.1 AAB
Howes Percival 9 250 30 June 2020 2:1
Irwin Mitchell 50 3,000 04 January 2021 2:1 BBB
Jones Day 15 20 8th January 2021 2.1
K&L Gates Undisclosed 800 31 July 2021 2:1 or equivalent 320 UCAS
Kennedys 20 900 31 December 2020 2:1 120 UCAS
Firm Training con-tract vacancies
Number of applicants
Closing dates for application
Grade require-ments A levels (desired)
Kingsley Napley 7 501 May 2021 2:1 AAB
Kirkland & Ellis International
10 1000 11 July 2021 2:1 AAB
Latham & Watkins 24 1000 July 2021 2:1 AAB
Leigh Day 19 550 March 2021 2:1 ABB
Lewis Silkin 6 452 June 2021 2:1 N/A
Linklaters 100 Undisclosed 10 December 2020 2:1 None
Macfarlanes 33 1196 31 July 2021 2:1
Maples Teesdale 3 Undisclosed 20 August 2021 2:1 ABB
Mayer Brown International
15 350 31 January 2021 2:1 AAB or equivalent
Memery Crystal Undisclosed Undisclosed UndisclosedAn upper second class honours (2:1)
ABB
Michelmores 8 250 Undisclosed 2:1 ABB
Mills & Reeve 20 1000 4 January 2021 2:1 BBB
Mishcon de Reya 20 1500 N/A N/A
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
6 385 14 July 2021 2:1 AAB
Morrison & Foerster (UK)
8 400 4 January 2021 2:1 AAB
Muckle 4 160 31 March 2021 2:1 3 high grades
Northridge Law 2 199 Undisclosed 2:1
Norton Rose Fulbright 45 822
13 December 2020 (Finalists & Grads); 11 July 2021 (Penultimate year law)
2:1 AAB
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
6 500 29 May 2021 2:1 Undisclosed
Osborne Clarke 25 Undisclosed 15 January 202 2.1
Paul Hastings (Europe) 8 425 N/A 2:1 N/A
Penningtons Manches Cooper
13 793 31st July 2021 2:1 AAB
Peters & Peters Solicitors
2 275 31 May 2021 2:1
Pinsent Masons 69 Undisclosed 21 May 2021 2:1 300 UCAS
Reed Smith 25 Undisclosed via vac scheme 2:1 ABB
Ropes & Gray 7 305 n/a 2:1 AAB
RPC 15 180014th March 2021 (Bristol) 25th June 2021 (London)
2:1 N/A
Russell-Cooke 10 Undisclosed 30 June 2021 2:1 or above AAB
Shearman & Sterling 15 2,000 TBC 2:1 N/A
Sidley Austin 14 1,500 N/A 2:1 AAA
Simkins 2 Undisclosed Undisclosed
Simmons & Simmons 24 Undisclosed Undisclosed 2:1 136 UCAS
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Number of applicants
Closing dates for application
Grade require-ments A levels (desired)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK)
Undisclosed 31 December 2020 2:1 Undisclosed
Slaughter and May 80 Undisclosed Undisclosed 2:1
Squire Patton Boggs 23 Undisclosed 8 January 2021 2:1 BBB
Stephens Scown Undisclosed Undisclosed
Stephenson Harwood 20 1500 31 July 2021 2:1 ABB
Stevens & Bolton 5 367 1 June 2021 2:1 340 UCAS
Sullivan & Cromwell 6 Undisclosed 16 July 2021 2:1 minimum
Taylor Vinters Undisclosed Undisclosed
Taylor Wessing 20 Undisclosed Undisclosed 2:1 ABB
TLT 28 1136 31 May 2021 2:1120 UCAS points of equivalent (new tariff)
Travers Smith 25 1600 31 July 2021 2:1AAB (subject to context and cir-cumstances)
Trowers & Hamlins 23 800 30 July 2021 2:1 ABB
Vinson & Elkins RLLP 6 521 June 30 2021 2:1 AAB
VWV Undisclosed Undisclosed
Ward Hadaway Undisclosed Undisclosed
Watson Farley & Williams
18 418 8 January 2021 2:1 ABB or equivalent
Wedlake Bell Undisclosed Undisclosed
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London)
15 580 31 July 2021 2.1 or equivalent AAB or equivalent
White & Case 50 1,600+15 January 2021 (spring and summer)
2:1 AAB
Wiggin 3 246 30 May 2021 2:1 N/A
Wilkin Chapman Undisclosed Undisclosed
Wilsons Undisclosed Undisclosed
Winckworth Sherwood 8 350 31 May 2021
Winston & Strawn London
3 450 15 January 2021 2:1 or above N/A
Withers Undisclosed Undisclosed
Womble Bond Dickin-son UK
25 1,280 28 February 2020 2.1
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International law firms are not new; UK firms have ventured overseas since the 19th century. What has changed is the number of firms with offices overseas and the increasing desire to plant flags around the globe.
To bolster their international operations and help make their lawyers more globally minded, law firms have taken to sending their trainees on international secondments. You’ll usually go abroad for an entire six-month (or four-month) seat and rack up some great experiences in the process. In the more petite international offices, trainees’ work is often more vital, meaning a nice bump in respon-sibility for the duration of their travels. Overseas stints are highly sought after, particularly those in certain loca-tions like New York and Paris.
Below is a table of which overseas offices firms second their trainees to. This list was compiled based on a sur-vey of firms in August 2020. Overseas seat options are always changing so this is just a snapshot. If you have your heart set on going to a certain destination, be sure to check with the firm first. You can read much more about overseas opportunities on our website, where we also re-view the trainee experience in the top overseas locations.
Location Firms
Abu Dhabi Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Cleary, Clifford Chance, Dentons, Eversheds Sutherland, Freshfields, HFW, Shearman & Sterling, Trowers & Hamlins, White & Case
Almaty Baker McKenzie
Amsterdam Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Baker McKenzie, Freshfields, Slaughter and May
Antwerp Baker McKenzie
Athens Norton Rose Fulbright, Reed Smith, Watson Farley & Williams
Bahrain Baker McKenzie, Trowers & Hamlins
Bangkok Baker McKenzie, Watson Farley & Williams
Barcelona Baker McKenzie
Beijing Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance, Cleary, CMS, White & Case
Berlin Baker McKenzie, Freshfields, Slaughter and May
Bermuda Kennedy’s
Bogota Baker McKenzie
Brisbane Baker McKenzie, Herbert Smith Freehills
Brussels Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Bird & Bird, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Cleary, CMS, Covington & Burling, Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hogan Lovells, Shearman & Sterling, Sidley Austin, Skadden, Slaughter and May, Squire Patton Boggs, White & Case, Wiggin
Budapest Baker McKenzie
Bucharest CMS
Buenos Aires Baker McKenzie, Cleary
Cairo Baker McKenzie
Caracas Baker McKenzie
Casablanca Baker McKenzie
Chicago Baker McKenzie
Cologne Cleary
Dallas Baker McKenzie
Doha Baker McKenzie, Eversheds Sutherland
Location Firms
Dubai Addleshaw Goddard, Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, CMS, Covington & Burling, Dentons, DLA Piper, Eversheds Sutherland, Freshfields, HFW, Hogan Lovells, Jones Day, Latham & Watkins, Morgan Lewis, Norton Rose Fulbright, Reed Smith, Shearman & Sterling, Simmons & Simmons, Slaughter and May, Stephenson Harwood, Taylor Wessing, Trowers & Hamlins, Vinson & Elkins, Watson Farley & Wil-liams, White & Case
Dublin DLA Piper
Düsseldorf Baker McKenzie
Frankfurt Allen & Overy, Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Cleary, Clifford Chance, Mayer Brown, Norton Rose Fulbright, White & Case
Geneva Baker McKenzie, Charles Russell Speechlys, HFW, Sidley Austin, White & Case, Withers
Guadalajara Baker McKenzie
Hanoi Baker McKenzie
Hamburg Watson Farley
Ho Chi Minh City Baker McKenzie
Hong Kong Addleshaw Goddard, Akin Gump, Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Cleary, Clifford Chance, Debevoise & Plimpton, Eversheds Sutherland, Freshfields, Gibson Dunn, Herbert Smith Freehills, HFW, Hogan Lovells, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Mayer Brown, Norton Rose Fulbright, Ropes & Gray, RPC, Sidley Austin, Simmons & Simmons, Skadden, Slaughter and May, Stephenson Harwood, Sul-livan & Cromwell, Weil, White & Case, Withers
Houston Baker McKenzie, Vinson & Elkins
Istanbul Baker McKenzie
Jakarta Baker McKenzie
Jeddah Baker McKenzie
Johannesburg Baker McKenzie
Juárez Baker McKenzie
Kiev Baker McKenzie
Kuala Lumpar Baker McKenzie
Lima Baker McKenzie
Los Angeles Baker McKenzie
Luxembourg Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Dechert, Eversheds Sutherland
Madrid Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance, DLA Piper, Slaughter & May
Manila Baker McKenzie
Melbourne Baker McKenzie, Herbert Smith Freehills, HFW, Sullivan & Cromwell
Mexico City Baker McKenzie
Miami Baker McKenzie
Milan Allen & Overy, Baker McKenzie, Bird & Bird, Clifford Chance, Cleary, Norton Rose Fulbright, Withers
Monaco HFW
Monterrey Baker McKenzie
Moscow Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance, Cleary, Debevoise & Plimpton, Herbert Smith Freehills, Latham & Watkins, Norton Rose Fulbright
Munich Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance, Norton Rose Fulbright, Taylor Wessing
Muscat Trowers & Hamlins
New York Allen & Overy, Baker McKenzie, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Cleary, Davis Polk, Freshfields, Hogan Lovells, Kirkland & Ellis, Shearman & Sterling, Skadden, Slaughter and May, Sullivan & Cromwell, Weil, White & Case
Oman Addleshaw Goddard
Palo Alto Baker McKenzie, Sullivan & Cromwell
Paris Baker McKenzie, Cleary, Clifford Chance, Eversheds Sutherland, Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills, HFW, Hogan Lovells, Norton Rose Fulbright, Reed Smith, Shearman & Sterling, Slaughter and May, Squire Patton Boggs, Stephenson Harwood, Sullivan & Cromwell, Travers Smith, Watson Farley & Williams, Weil, White & Case
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Location Firms
Perth Norton Rose Fulbright
Piraeus HFW
Prague Baker McKenzie, CMS, White & Case
Rio de Janeiro CMS
Riyadh Baker McKenzie
Rome Baker McKenzie , Cleary, Slaughter and May
San Francisco Baker McKenzie
Santiago Baker McKenzie
São Paulo Clifford Chance, Cleary
Seoul Baker McKenzie, Cleary, Stephenson Harwood
Shanghai Baker McKenzie, Eversheds Sutherland
Singapore Allen & Overy, Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Clifford Chance, CMS, Dechert, Den-tons, Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills, HFW, Hogan Lovells, Latham & Watkins, Mayer Brown, Morgan Lewis, Morrison & Foerster, Norton Rose Fulbright, Reed Smith, RPC, Shearman & Sterling, Slaughter and May, Stephenson Harwood, Watson Farley & Williams, White & Case
St. Petersburg Baker McKenzie
Stockholm Baker McKenzie, Slaughter and May, White & Case
Sydney Baker McKenzie, Bird & Bird, Dentons, Herbert Smith Freehills, Norton Rose Fulbright, Sullivan & Cromwell
Taipei Baker McKenzie
Tijuana Baker McKenzie
Toronto Baker McKenzie
Tokyo Allen & Overy, Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills, Norton Rose Fulbright, Slaughter and May, White & Case
Toronto Baker McKenzie
Valencia, Venezuela Baker McKenzie
Vienna Baker McKenzie, Freshfields
Warsaw Baker McKenzie
Washington DC Baker McKenzie, Cleary, Freshfields
Yangon Baker McKenzie
Zürich Baker McKenzie, Charles Russell Speechlys
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