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Willkie Farr & Gallagher Graduate Careers
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The AllAboutLaw perspective on Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP originally started out as a US firm but has now made its way across the pond with offices across Europe. Focusing on anti-trust & competition, asset management, corporate insurance & capital markets, finance, litigation and investigations & enforcement, private equity and restructuring, to name a few, new trainees will have plenty of support. Small trainee intakes ensure a close-knit environment and early exposure to clients. As a Willkie associate describes, “at Willkie, you’ll be part of a small transactional deal team, which means you are often given a very high degree of responsibility from an early stage of your career, which gives you client exposure from day one.”
Willkie trainees are set up for success in an award-winning firm. Employees receive great pastoral support, with affinity groups representing the LGBTQIA+ community, parents, the Jewish community and those with minority ethnic heritage, as well as the London Chapter of the Women’s Professional Development Committee. Employees describe the environment as “supportive” and that “the partners are very invested in seeing that everyone at the firm achieves their potential and has a successful career.”
US law firms often come with the reputation that they work long, exhausting hours. While you’ll work hard at Willkie, you’ll be well supplemented with a competitive starting salary. The perks aren’t just limited to the salary, with employees receiving an allowance for health and wellbeing, a book club, a ski trip and biannual parties.
What the firm says
Willkie is an international law firm of approximately 1200 lawyers in 15 offices in six countries. We provide innovative, integrated legal and business solutions to companies and individuals across a wide spectrum of business areas, countries and cultures.
We provide English and US legal advice to UK, US and international market-leading public and private companies, investors and financial services institutions.
Willkie’s London’s office was founded in 1988 and is widely recognized as one of the leading transactions and disputes law firms in the UK.
Our team has grown to more than 130 partners and lawyers and regularly handle some of the most high-profile and complex international transactions and disputes in the market. Many of our lawyers are recognized as leaders in their field by the leading legal directories and third party publications and bring decades of experience to our clients’ businesses. Working closely with our colleagues in Europe and the U.S., we are committed to using our knowledge of the law to promote or defend our clients’ interests in the UK and beyond.
Willkie's principal areas of work in London are: asset management; business reorganization & restructuring; capital markets; competition & antitrust; competition litigation; litigation and investigations & enforcement; corporate insurance; finance; international arbitration; litigation; mergers & acquisitions; private equity and tax.
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- 1st Year Trainee Salary£55,000
- 2nd Year Trainee Salary£60,000
- GDL Course Fees paidYes
- GDL/SQE Living Costs grant£20,000
- SQE course fees paidYes
- Retention rate88%
- UK Offices1 (London)
- NQ Salary£165,000
Sustainability
Sustainability is incredibly important to this law firm. The firm has signed up to the Sustainable Recruitment Alliance pledge, which is a movement committed to finding more sustainable ways to attract early talent.
Academic requirements
- A-Levels N/A
- Degree 2:1
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