Training Contract 2027

Each year, WFW takes on 19 new trainees in the UK. By keeping our intake small and select, we ensure that your two-year training contract will give you a very hands-on experience.

You’ll engage in high-profile work, be in direct contact with clients, and take considerable responsibility. Throughout your time as a trainee, we will give you the support, feedback and infrastructure you need to grow and develop, both professionally and personally.

What makes our training contract unique – and sets it apart from those offered by other law firms – is that we offer six four-month seats (rotations), rather than the standard four six-month seats, with at least one of your six seats being outside the UK.

Our current overseas secondments are to Athens, Bangkok, Dubai, Frankfurt, Paris and Singapore.

Our Early Careers team plans each rotation with a clear focus on your professional growth and development.

One seat will be in our largest practice group (assets and structured finance) and another in dispute resolution. For other seats, you can express a preference in various service lines: capital markets; corporate; employment; projects; real estate; regulatory, public law and competition; and tax. In your second year of training, you can also opt to do a seat with our general counsel.