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Name Total lawyers

Trainees Domestic locations

Overseas offices

London South East

South West

East of England

West Mid-lands

East Mid-lands

Yorkshire & the Humber

North East

North West

Scotland - Aberdeen

Scotland - Edinburgh

Scotland - Glasgow

Wales

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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South West

East of England

West Mid-lands

East Mid-lands


North East

North West

Scotland - Aberdeen


Scotland - Glasgow

Wales

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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West Mid-lands

East Mid-lands


North East

North West

Scotland - Aberdeen


Scotland - Glasgow

Wales

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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West Mid-lands

East Mid-lands


North East

North West

Scotland - Aberdeen


Scotland - Glasgow

Wales

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)



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



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)



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


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


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)



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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Firm Training con-tract vacancies

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




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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





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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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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Picking a firm for its overseas opportunities

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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