Your O’Melveny Experience

What do you want to achieve? O’MELVENY’S INTERNSHIP/TRAINEE PROGRAM Reach your full potential

Exciting development Exposure to a wide array of and career opportunities experiences and opportunities We understand and believe that our We do our best to help you learn as much as you can and ability to continually attract the best expose you to as many different types of as possible and brightest legal talent is absolutely during the internship/trainee program. Our goal is to give central to our future success as one you substantive work opportunities, including pro bono of the world’s leading law firms. It is work, and teach you what it means to be an “O’Melveny our goal to see you succeed and to ”. A central element of being an “O’Melveny help you do so through our internship/ lawyer” is abiding by our firm’s strongly held values: trainee program. Excellence, Leadership, and Citizenship.

Training and Evaluation mentoring To ensure that you receive appropriate feedback and opportunity Training is an important for growth, there are informal feedback sessions following the aspect of our internship/ completion of each assignment. You will also receive at least one trainee programme. The formal evaluation during the internship program and more during the goal of the mentors is to trainee program. These evaluations provide an opportunity for open ensure that you have a dialogue between you and experienced about the quality of meaningful experience. your work and your experience at O’Melveny.

How to Apply If you would like to apply for an internship or at O’Melveny, please visit our website at www.omm.com or submit your resume, cover letter, and a copy of your academic transcript to [email protected].

VACANCIES DEADLINES

Summer Placement 2022 : Applications open 1 October 2021 Summer Interns: 4 to 6 and close 15 January 2022; applications are considered on a rolling basis and early submissions are encouraged.

Training Contracts 2024 : Applications via internship Trainee : 2 to 3 program; ongoing, until all vacancies are filled. WHY O’MELVENY?

Cherry Ma Trainee

What makes you successful is that trainees are entrusted with a lot of in your role? responsibilities to handle tasks and external parties. My first year was a steep learning A vision of where I would like to be in a curve, with broad exposure to transactions few years’ time. Using measurable goals and opportunities to take charge of key and celebrating key milestones are good aspects of a transaction from beginning to starting points. Actively seeking feedback end. Despite the challenges experienced “The inclusive from my colleagues at O’Melveny and throughout work, it is most rewarding constantly re-evaluating my progress to the when I can see myself becoming more and collaborative goals and milestones ahead. knowledgeable on the transactions, and acquiring a more mature understanding of work environment What makes O’Melveny different? the role we play as legal professionals. The people is what makes O’Melveny builds strong different. The firm has a group of talented How do you enjoy working for bonds between professionals who are friendly and are no O’Melveny? more than a phone call away. Working at O’Melveny is a place that nurtures colleagues.” O’Melveny has allowed me to learn the professional development as well as ropes from seniors and participate in a personal growth. We support one another variety of high profile work. through difficult times, and celebrate every milestone together. The inclusive and What kinds of experiences have you collaborative work environment builds gained, and what were they like? strong bonds between colleagues. A key feature of the O’Melveny training

Julianna Chan Trainee Solicitor

What does the training program cover? will be an integral part of the team and be entrusted with a lot of responsibility O’Melveny’s training program is robust and to handle tasks and external parties. A provide trainees with the essential skills supportive approach with independence in and experience to excel as a junior lawyer. your work will allow for significant growth in During the training contract, you will spend time at three main practice groups, namely your career at an early stage. Capital Markets, Dispute Resolution, and Mergers and Acquisition, during which What is the office culture like? you will receive a broad and in-depth I would describe our office culture as introduction to our main practice areas. You collegiate, aspirational, positive and will be given real responsibilities at an early inclusive. The professionals at O’Melveny stage as well as plenty of opportunities are dedicated, competent and talented, but to work independently, whilst being also friendly and approachable. People are supervised by talented professionals who always no more than a phone call away, and will provide support and guidance when seniors are always supportive and will value needed. A key feature of the O’Melveny your growth as a trainee. To me, O’Melveny training is that even as a trainee, you is not only a place which nurture professional WHY O’MELVENY?

growth, but also a close-knit community allowed me to constantly challenge myself and where you can be yourself. grow my own expertise.

How did the training program Do you work with or be supervised enhance your skills and knowledge? by the partners/senior attorneys My skills and knowledge have been often? enhanced immensely during the past year. I work with senior attorneys on a daily basis. Although the early responsibilities delegated Although as a trainee I am entrusted to work to me created a rather steep learning curve independently most of the time, necessary at the beginning of my traineeship, it also support and supervision are also in place to allowed me to work independently and learn ensure that the work products delivered to on the job. Seniors here make great effort clients are of the highest standard possible. to nurture and mentor trainees, and I am Our partners generally oversee the more very grateful to be able to work in such an important portions of the transactions which encouraging environment where I am trusted call for high-level input. Nonetheless, as as part of the team. Being able to work trainees we do have the opportunities to alongside professionals of high calibre has interact and work with partners.

Ronald Lam Trainee Solicitor

Why did you choose this O’Melveny What do you find most challenging over others similar firms? about working at O’Melveny? One of the major reasons I chose O’Melveny The most challenging part of working was its globalism. It does not simply mean at O’Melveny is the heavy responsibility having a lot of offices across the globe, but it entrusted to me at the early stage of my also means working seamlessly together as career. This translates to a steep learning one firm to serve our clients wherever they curve, but would also mean that the work- “You will learn need us. Being part of the global O’Melveny life balance tends to tip towards the ‘work’ network means we are never short of the end of the scale. Freeing time for ‘life’ would from some experience and expertise to provide well require working efficiently and effectively, exceptional rounded solutions to our clients. In the first with a clear sense of when a task should be year of my traineeship, I have worked with due. I find that this can be best accomplished individuals colleagues in our Beijing and Shanghai by developing a clear methodology from the offices over a multitude of tasks and across outset, developing a sense of priority based who are willing various work streams of any given project. on the urgency and importance of a task, and knowing where to get answers from our to delegate firm’s rich resource bank and knowledgeable What do you like best about your people that are willing to help. and assign training program? responsibility at To me, O’Melveny’s training program is Does O’Melveny offer the scope robust and provide junior with essential you’re looking for? an early stage.” skills in surviving and excelling as a junior lawyer, no matter what discipline that may Certainly. The firm has a diverse set of intend to pursue after completing their practices and I certainly thinks that there will be training. You will learn from some exceptional something that will suit anybody! individuals who are willing to delegate and assign responsibility at an early stage, while providing support and guidance is always available when needed. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE?

It’s more than what you do: it’s how you do it.

O’Melveny’s China practice offers lawyers exceptional opportunities for professional development. It’s a place to build a rewarding career by tackling new challenges; being appreciated, included, and supported; and creating lasting connections.

Our roots in China run deep. We were one of the first US law firms to open offices in the mainland as well as obtaining a law license. For more than two decades, our lawyers in Hong Kong— who practice Hong Kong, English and US law, in addition to a number of registered foreign lawyers in mainland China and Singapore— have built up an extensive network of business contacts including government bodies, regulators, banks, financiers, funds, corporations, institutional investors and professional firms. As such, we possess first-hand knowledge of the local customs and regulatory regimes that govern the region and are familiar with the working cultures in which our clients operate.

Our lawyers in Hong Kong speak English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and various European languages. We regularly advise regional companies on their local and international commercial matters, as well as multinational companies with business interests in Hong Kong and throughout Asia.

O’Melveny in Hong Kong—a great place to build a career.

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