Mayer Brown International LLP – Company Profile

Mayer Brown is a leading international law firm with offices in key business centres across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm has more than 1,600 lawyers, including approximately 875 in the Americas, 425 in Europe and 300 in Asia. The firm's Asia presence was enhanced by its 2008 combination with Johnson Stokes & Master, the largest and oldest Asia law firm. (In Asia, we are known as Mayer Brown JSM.) In December 2009, Mayer Brown formed an association with Tauil & Chequer, a leading law firm in Brazil. This impressive on-the-ground presence in the world’s leading markets for legal services enables Mayer Brown to offer clients access to local market expertise on a global basis.

Mayer Brown in London...

From it's trendy city location, the London office provides a full service presence working together with its US, European and Asian counterparts to provide clients with complete representation on local and multi-jurisdictional matters alike. Our lawyers practise in a wide range of areas including corporate, finance, litigation and dispute resolution, real estate, insurance and reinsurance, pensions and employment, competition and trade, tax, intellectual property, and information technology. The firm advises many of the world’s largest companies including a significant proportion of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100 and DAX and Hang Seng Index organizations from the worlds of banking, insurance, communications, industrials, energy, construction, professional services, media, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and mining.

What do we offer?

We offer three Work Experience Programmes each year, with 36 places available overall. The programme will give you the opportunity to gain valuable experience of life as a trainee solicitor at Mayer Brown, whilst being paid a competitive salary of £275 per week.

What will I be doing?

During our work experience programmes you will assist a partner or senior associate on real deals to give you first-hand experience of life in a City law firm. You will sit in two departments and you will be asked in advance which areas interest you most. You will also be invited to attend presentations on our different practice areas to give you more insight into the breadth of the firm. There will also be plenty of social activities organised, including a day at our Paris or Brussels office.

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