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Name Total Trainees Domestic Overseas London South South East of West Mid- East Mid- Yorkshire North North Scotland - Scotland - Scotland - Wales lawyers locations offices East West England lands lands & the East West Aberdeen Edinburgh Glasgow Humber

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

Freshfields Bruckhaus 15 610 160 2 27 Deringer * * 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

Refine Your Search 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 Your Search Refine

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

* Firm has an office here, but did not disclose headcount. † 2019 figures: firm did not submit for 2020

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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

Refine Your Search 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 Your Search Refine

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

* Firm has an office here, but did not disclose headcount. † 2019 figures: firm did not submit for 2020

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74 Stevens & Bolton 135 13 1 0 135

75 Debevoise & Plimpton 126 18 1 9 126

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer 76 122 12 1 19 122 & Feld

77 Ropes & Gray 122 12 1 10 122

78 Covington & Burling 119 17 1 13 92

79 Bates Wells 117 12 1 0 117

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher 80 115 18 1 21 115 & Flom (UK)

Hodge Jones & Allen Solici- 81 111 12 1 0 111 tors Limited

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

Refine Your Search 94 Boodle Hatfield† 84 8 2 0 * * 95 Morrison & Foerster (UK) 83 7 1 16 79

96 Muckle 80 5 1 0 80

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & 97 80 21 1 15 80 Hamilton

98 Memery Crystal 78 9 1 0 78

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & 99 76 5 1 4 76

Jacobson Your Search Refine

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

* Firm has an office here, but did not disclose headcount. † 2019 figures: firm did not submit for 2020

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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 *

* Firm has an office here, but did not disclose headcount. † 2019 figures: firm did not submit for 2020 Refine Your Search Refine Your Search Refine

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Firm 1st year salary 2nd year salary NQ salary Benefits Sponsorship/ Firm 1st year salary 2nd year salary NQ salary Benefits Sponsorship/ package awards package awards

£40,000 (London); £43,000 (London); £75,000 (London); Davis Polk & Ward- Addleshaw Goddard £55,000 £60,000 £135,000 LPC & GDL fees £27,500 (North) £29,500 (North) £45,000 (North) well London

Akin Gump Strauss Debevoise & £50,000 £55,000 $190,000 £50,000 £55,000 £134,800 Hauer & Feld Plimpton

Allen & Overy £46,500 Undisclosed £90,000 Dechert £45,000 £50,000 £120,000 £28,000 (Bristol); £29,000 (Bristol); £42,000 (Bristol); Ashfords Dentons £31,000 - £44,000 £34,000 - £48,000 £48,000 - £75,000 £29,000 (Exeter) £30,000 (Exeter) £47,000 (Exeter) £45,000 (London); £50,000 (London); £76,000 (London); DLA Piper Ashurst £46,000 £50,000 £84,000 LPC & GDL fees £28,000 (rest of UK) £31,000 (rest of UK) £44,000 (rest of UK)

B P Collins Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Dorsey & Whitney £43,000 £49,000 £79,000

Baker McKenzie £48,000 £52,000 £87,500 £24,000 (Newcastle); £26,000 (Birmingham, Bates Wells £36,000 £38,000 £62,000 DWF Leeds, Liverpool and Undisclosed Undisclosed Manchester); £38,000 £36,500 (London); £40,000 (London); £57,000 (London); BDB Pitmans (London) £30,000 (Reading) £32,000 (Reading) £45,000 (Reading) Farrer & Co £39,000 £42,500 £65,000 Bevan Brittan Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Fladgate £38,000 £40,000 £64,000 Bird & Bird Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed £46,000 (Bristol); Birketts £25,500 - £28,000 £26,500 - £29,000 £40,000 - £58,000 Foot Anstey £30,000 £32,000 £43,500 (outside Bristol) Blaser Mills Law £27,000 Undisclosed £40,000 Fox Williams £37,000 £39,000 £62,000 LPC fees BLM £18,000-£31,000 £21,500-£32,000 £31,000-£45,000 LPC fees Freshfields Bruck- £45,000 £51,000 £100,000 Boodle Hatfield £40,000 £42,000 £64,000 haus Deringer Fried, Frank, Harris, Brabners £25,000 £26,000 £40,000 N/A N/A £45,000 £50,000 £131,000 Shriver & Jacobson Bristows £39,500 £42,500 £66,000 N/A N/A Gateley Legal £27,000 - £35,000 £28,500 - £37,000 £41,000 - £61,500

Refine Your Search Bryan Cave Leighton £44,000 (London); £48,000 (London); £78,000 (London); Gibson, Dunn & Paisner £27,000 (Manchester) £30,000 (Manchester) £43,000 (Manchester) £50,000 £55,000 £120,000 Crutcher Burges Salmon £35,000 £36,000 £50,000 Goodwin £46,000 £50,000 £125,000 LPC & GDL fees Charles Russell Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Speechlys Gowling WLG (UK) Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed

Cleary Gottlieb £50,000 £55,000 £133,000 Harbottle & Lewis £37,000 £39,000 £60,000 Steen & Hamilton Herbert Smith £45,000 £50,000 £105,000 Clifford Chance £48,000 £54,000 £94,500 Freehills Your Search Refine

£24,500 (Manchester); £26,500 (Manchester); Clyde & Co £68,000 (London) Hewitsons £24,000 £24,500 £40,500 £38,000 (London) £40,000 (London) HFW £41,000 Undisclosed £66,000 CMS £28,000-£43,000 £31,000-£48,000 £42,000-£72,000 LPC & GDL fees Hill Dickinson £26,000 - £37,000 £28,000 - £39,000 Up to £59,500 Collyer Bristow £34,000 £36,000 £57,500 Hodge Jones & Allen £26,010 £28,050 £35,000 Cooley £50,000 £55,000 £120,000 Solicitors Limited

Covington & Burling £48,000 £53,000 £120,000 £46,000 (London); £51,000 (London); £90,000 (London); Hogan Lovells £29,000 (Birmingham) £32,000 (Birmingham) £46,000 (Birmingham) Cripps Pemberton £26,000-£34,250 £28,500-£35,250 £42,000-£53,000 LPC fees Greenish Howes Percival £27,000 £28,000 Undisclosed

Curtis, Mallet-Prev- Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Irwin Mitchell £26,500 - £38,000 £28,500 - £40,000 £36,500 - £60,000 ost, Colt & Mosle

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Firm 1st year salary 2nd year salary NQ salary Benefits Sponsorship/ Firm 1st year salary 2nd year salary NQ salary Benefits Sponsorship/ package awards package awards

Peters & Peters Jones Day £52,000 £59,000 £100,000 £40,000 £42,000 Undisclosed Solicitors K&L Gates £43,000 £48,000 £85,000 Pinsent Masons £27,000 - £41,000 £30,000 - £44,000 £44,000 - £72,500 £27,500 (regional); £30,500 (regional); Kennedys Undisclosed Queen Elizabeth £38,500 (London) £41,000 (London) Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Building QEB Kingsley Napley £34,000 £36,000 £58,000 Reed Smith £45,000 £49,000 £90,000 Kirkland & Ellis £50,000 £55,000 $190,000 International Ropes & Gray £50,000 £55,000 £130,000

Latham & Watkins £46,000 £50,000 $190,000 RPC £35,000-£38,000 £36,000-£41,000 £48,000-£68,500 LPC & GDL fees

£25,600 (Manchester); £27,600 (Manchester); £33,600 (Manchester); Leigh Day Russell-Cooke £38,000 £39,500 Varies £32,000 (London) £34,000 (London) £48,000 (London) Serle Court Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Lewis Silkin £28,000-£38,000 £31,875-£42,500 £46,875-£62,500 LPC & GDL fees Shearman & Sterling £45,000 £50,000 Undisclosed LPC & GDL fees Linklaters £47,000 £52,500 £90,000 Sidley Austin £50,000 £55,000 £135,000 Macfarlanes £44,000 £49,000 £80,000 Simkins £34,000 £37,000 Undisclosed Maples Teesdale £36,668 £38,754 £64,445 Simmons & Sim- £39,000 - £45,000 £40,000 - £50,000 £52,000 - £79,000 Mayer Brown mons £46,000 £51,000 £90,000 International Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & £50,000 £55,000 £133,000 Memery Crystal £38,000 £40,000 £65,000 Flom (UK) £40,500 (Exeter); Slaughter and May £45,000 £51,000 Undisclosed Michelmores £28,000 £29,000 £44,000 (Bristol); £60,000 (London) £37,000 (London); £42,000 (London); £73,000 (London); Squire Patton Boggs £63,000 (London); £26,000 (elsewhere) £28,000 (elsewhere) £44,000 (elsewhere) £43,000 (Birmingham, Mills & Reeve £27,000 £28,000 Stephens Scown Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Cambridge, Manches- ter, Norwich) Stephenson

Refine Your Search £43,000 £47,000 £75,000 Harwood Mishcon de Reya £42,000 £42,000 £72,000 Stevens & Bolton £35,000 £36,000 £50,000 Morgan, Lewis & £47,000 £52,000 £115,000 Bockius Sullivan & Cromwell £55,000 £60,000 Undisclosed Morrison & Foerster £46,000 £50,000 £118,000 (UK) Taylor Vinters £28,000 £30,000 £47,000

Muckle £24,500 £26,500 £37,500 Taylor Wessing £40,000 £44,000 £77,0000

Northridge Law £38,000 £40,000 £65,000 £39,500 (London); £42,500 (London); £67,000 (London); Your Search Refine £33,000 (Bristol); £35,000 (Bristol); £48,500 (Bristol); Norton Rose TLT £28,500 (Manchester); £30,500 (Manchester); £42,500 (Manchester); £48,000 £52,000 £87,500 Fulbright £22,000 (Glasgow); £25,000 (Glasgow); £35,000 (Glasgow); £18,135 (Belfast) £19,500 (Belfast) £28,500 (Belfast) Orrick, Herrington & £45,000 £49,000 £120,000 Sutcliffe Travers Smith £46,500 £52,000 £85,000 (under review)

£40,000 (London); £45,000 (London); £71,000 (London); £37,000 (London); £40,000 (London); £68,000 (London); Osborne Clarke £38,000 (Bristol); £39,250 (Bristol); £52,000 (Bristol); Trowers & Hamlins £28,000 (Birmingham, £30,000 (Birmingham, £44,000 (Birmingham, £43,000 (Reading) £45,000 (Reading) £54,000 (Reading) Exeter, Manchester) Exeter, Manchester) Exeter, Manchester)

Paul Hastings LPC & GDL fees: Vinson & Elkins £50,000 £55,000 £133,000 £50,000 £55,000 £147,500 (Europe) £10,000 RLLP Penningtons Man- £30,000-£38,000 £32,000-£40,000 £50,000-£62,000 LPC & GDL fees VWV Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed ches Cooper Ward Hadaway Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed

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Training con- Number of Closing dates for Grade require- Firm 1st year salary 2nd year salary NQ salary Benefits Sponsorship/ Firm A levels (desired) package awards tract vacancies applicants application ments Addleshaw Goddard 50 31 July 2021 2:1 No requirements Watson Farley & £43,000 £46,000 £74,000 Williams Akin Gump Strauss 6 450 11 July 2021 2:1 Hauer & Feld LPC funding Wedlake Bell undisclosed undisclosed undisclosed AAB/136 UCAS available Allen & Overy 80 20 December 2020 2:1 points of equivalent Weil, Gotshal & £50,000 £55,000 £130,000 Arnold & Porter Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Manges (London)

White & Case £48,000 £53,000 £105,000 Ashfords 10 450 30 April 2021 2:1

Wiggin £39,000 £42,000 £65,000 Ashurst Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed 2:1

Wilkin Chapman Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed B P Collins Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed

Wilsons Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Baker McKenzie 33 876 01 April 2021 2:1 AAB

Winckworth Sher- Bates Wells 6 600 1 June 2021 2:1 ABB £36,000 Undisclosed Undisclosed wood BDB Pitmans 13 549 TBC 2:1 minimum ABB Winston & Strawn £48,000 £52,000 Undisclosed London Bevan Brittan 10 500 30 June 2021 2:1 ABB

Withers Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Bird & Bird 18 2,000 31 December 2020 NA NA £38,000 (London); £40,000 (London); Womble Bond Birketts Undisclosed Undisclosed 30 June 2021 2:1 BBB £22,000 - £30,000 £24,00 - £32,000 (else- Undisclosed Dickinson UK (elsewhere) where) Blaser Mills Law 4 200 14 August 2021 2:1 AAB We do not BLM 23 2,000 TBC screen on aca- demics 2:1 minimum, or Boodle Hatfield 4 511 30 June 2021 equivalent Brabners 7 500+ 31st October 2020 2:1 N/A Bristows 10 1500 10th January 2021 2:1 N/A Bryan Cave Leighton 30 1,500 31 May 2021 n/a n/a Paisner Refine Your Search Burges Salmon 22 868 24 June 2020 2:1 BBB Charles Russell Speechlys Cleary Gottlieb Steen & 15 1,000 31 July 2021 High 2:1 AAA or equivalent Hamilton Clifford Chance 90 12 December 2020 AAB mitigating circumstances and

Clyde & Co 50 1,000 TBC 2:1 rare contextual Your Search Refine 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 Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed 2:1 BBB or above Greenish Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Colt & Mosle

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Training con- Number of Closing dates for Grade require- Training con- Number of Closing dates for Grade require- Firm A levels (desired) Firm A levels (desired) tract vacancies applicants application ments tract vacancies applicants application ments Davis Polk & Wardwell Kingsley Napley 7 501 May 2021 2:1 AAB 4 Undisclosed N/A 2:1 N/A London Kirkland & Ellis 10 1000 11 July 2021 2:1 AAB Debevoise & Plimpton Undisclosed Undisclosed 3 January 2021 2:1 144 UCAS points International Recruits from vacation Latham & Watkins 24 1000 July 2021 2:1 AAB Dechert 10 Undisclosed 2.1 AAB scheme Leigh Day 19 550 March 2021 2:1 ABB Dentons 42 Undisclosed 30 June 2021 2:1 ABB Lewis Silkin 6 452 June 2021 2:1 N/A Linklaters 100 Undisclosed 10 December 2020 2:1 None Devereux Undisclosed Undisclosed Macfarlanes 33 1196 31 July 2021 2:1 DLA Piper 70 Undisclosed n/a n/a n/a Maples Teesdale 3 Undisclosed 20 August 2021 2:1 ABB Mayer Brown Dorsey & Whitney 2 350 31 July 2021 2:1 None 15 350 31 January 2021 2:1 AAB or equivalent International DWF 30 2,000 25 June 2021 2:1 An upper second Memery Crystal Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed class honours ABB Eversheds Sutherland Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed (2:1)

Farrar’s Building Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Michelmores 8 250 Undisclosed 2:1 ABB

Farrer & Co 10 1110 9th July 2021 2.1 ABB Mills & Reeve 20 1000 4 January 2021 2:1 BBB

Fladgate 8 500 31 January 2021 2:1 ABB Mishcon de Reya 20 1500 N/A N/A Morgan, Lewis & 6 385 14 July 2021 2:1 AAB Foot Anstey 7 1 June 2021 2:1 BBB Bockius Morrison & Foerster Fox Williams Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed 8 400 4 January 2021 2:1 AAB (UK) Francis Taylor Building Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Muckle 4 160 31 March 2021 2:1 3 high grades 7 January 2021 Freshfields Bruckhaus Northridge Law 2 199 Undisclosed 2:1 80 Undisclosed (Winter); 15 July 2021 2:1 None Deringer (Summer) 13 December 2020 Fried, Frank, Harris, (Finalists & Grads); 11 3 180 30 June 2021 2:1 or above AAB Norton Rose Fulbright 45 822 2:1 AAB Shriver & Jacobson July 2021 (Penultimate Gateley Legal 25 1,000 February 2021 2.1 BBB year law) Gibson, Dunn & Orrick, Herrington & 6 650 31 July 2021 2:1 ABB 6 500 29 May 2021 2:1 Undisclosed Crutcher Sutcliffe Refine Your Search Goodwin 10 500 31st July 2021 2:1 N/A Osborne Clarke 25 Undisclosed 15 January 202 2.1 Paul Hastings (Europe) 8 425 N/A 2:1 N/A Gowling WLG (UK) Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Penningtons Manches 13 793 31st July 2021 2:1 AAB Cooper Harbottle & Lewis 6 618 31 May 2021 2:1 Peters & Peters 2 275 31 May 2021 2:1 Herbert Smith Freehills 60 Undisclosed NA 2:1 NA Solicitors Pinsent Masons 69 Undisclosed 21 May 2021 2:1 300 UCAS Hewitsons Undisclosed Undisclosed 31 August 2021 2:1 Undisclosed

2:1 extenuating Reed Smith 25 Undisclosed via vac scheme 2:1 ABB Your Search Refine circumstances HFW 15 31 July 2021 will be consid- Ropes & Gray 7 305 n/a 2:1 AAB ered 14th March 2021 Hill Dickinson 15 100 31 January 2021 2:1 ABB RPC 15 1800 (Bristol) 25th June 2:1 N/A Hodge Jones & Allen 2021 (London) 5 400 30 July 2012 2.1 Solicitors Limited Russell-Cooke 10 Undisclosed 30 June 2021 2:1 or above AAB Hogan Lovells 50 2,325 31 July 2021 2.1 AAB

Howes Percival 9 250 30 June 2020 2:1 Shearman & Sterling 15 2,000 TBC 2:1 N/A

Irwin Mitchell 50 3,000 04 January 2021 2:1 BBB Sidley Austin 14 1,500 N/A 2:1 AAA

Jones Day 15 20 8th January 2021 2.1 Simkins 2 Undisclosed Undisclosed

K&L Gates Undisclosed 800 31 July 2021 2:1 or equivalent 320 UCAS Simmons & Simmons 24 Undisclosed Undisclosed 2:1 136 UCAS Kennedys 20 900 31 December 2020 2:1 120 UCAS

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Training con- Number of Closing dates for Grade require- Firm A levels (desired) tract vacancies applicants application ments Skadden, Arps, Slate, Undisclosed 31 December 2020 2:1 Undisclosed Meagher & Flom (UK)

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 120 UCAS points TLT 28 1136 31 May 2021 2:1 of equivalent (new tariff) AAB (subject to Travers Smith 25 1600 31 July 2021 2:1 context and circumstances) 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 & 18 418 8 January 2021 2:1 ABB or equivalent Williams Wedlake Bell Undisclosed Undisclosed Weil, Gotshal & Manges 15 580 31 July 2021 2.1 or equivalent AAB or equivalent (London)

Refine Your Search 15 January 2021 White & Case 50 1,600+ 2:1 AAB (spring and summer) 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 3 450 15 January 2021 2:1 or above N/A London Withers Undisclosed Undisclosed Womble Bond Dickin- 25 1,280 28 February 2020 2.1 son UK

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Picking a firm for its overseas opportunities 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- International law firms are not new; UK firms have ventured overseas liams, White & Case since the 19th century. What has changed is the number of firms with Dublin DLA Piper offices overseas and the increasing desire to plant flags around the Düsseldorf Baker McKenzie Frankfurt Allen & Overy, Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Cleary, Clifford Chance, Mayer Brown, Norton Rose Fulbright, globe. White & Case Geneva Baker McKenzie, Charles Russell Speechlys, HFW, Sidley Austin, White & Case, Withers Guadalajara Baker McKenzie To bolster their international operations and help make Below is a table of which overseas offices firms second Hanoi Baker McKenzie their lawyers more globally minded, law firms have taken their trainees to. This list was compiled based on a sur- to sending their trainees on international secondments. vey of firms in August 2020. Overseas seat options are Hamburg Watson Farley You’ll usually go abroad for an entire six-month (or four- always changing so this is just a snapshot. If you have Ho Chi Minh City Baker McKenzie month) seat and rack up some great experiences in the your heart set on going to a certain destination, be sure to Hong Kong Addleshaw Goddard, Akin Gump, Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Cleary, Clifford process. In the more petite international offices, trainees’ check with the firm first. You can read much more about Chance, Debevoise & Plimpton, Eversheds Sutherland, Freshfields, Gibson Dunn, Herbert Smith Freehills, work is often more vital, meaning a nice bump in respon- overseas opportunities on our website, where we also re- 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- sibility for the duration of their travels. Overseas stints view the trainee experience in the top overseas locations. livan & Cromwell, Weil, White & Case, Withers are highly sought after, particularly those in certain loca- Houston Baker McKenzie, Vinson & Elkins tions like New York and Paris. Istanbul Baker McKenzie Jakarta Baker McKenzie Jeddah Baker McKenzie Location Firms Johannesburg Baker McKenzie Abu Dhabi Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Cleary, Clifford Chance, Dentons, Eversheds Sutherland, Freshfields, HFW, Shearman & Sterling, Trowers & Hamlins, White & Case Juárez Baker McKenzie Almaty Baker McKenzie Kiev Baker McKenzie Amsterdam Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Baker McKenzie, Freshfields, Slaughter and May Kuala Lumpar Baker McKenzie Antwerp Baker McKenzie Lima Baker McKenzie Athens Norton Rose Fulbright, Reed Smith, Watson Farley & Williams Los Angeles Baker McKenzie Bahrain Baker McKenzie, Trowers & Hamlins Luxembourg Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Dechert, Eversheds Sutherland Bangkok Baker McKenzie, Watson Farley & Williams Madrid Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance, DLA Piper, Slaughter & May

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