Trainee Solicitor Burges Salmon

Job description

Burges Salmon is consistently ranked amongst the UK's most successful commercial law firms. Our national and international client base ranges from private individuals to government departments and FTSE 100 companies including The Crown Estate, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and FirstGroup.

We offer a cohesive, collaborative environment which results in strong working relationships right across the firm and an enhanced service for our clients. The quality of our expertise is widely recognised in a range of areas, including corporate, commercial, litigation, property and tax & trusts.

Talent is critical to our success. This is why we invest so much time and resource into development, actively encouraging training and supporting ideas at every level of the business.

Person requirements

Trainees are given early responsibility balanced with an open door policy for advice and guidance from experienced supervisors. Our six seat training contract structure ensures maximum exposure to all areas of the firm’s work and the nature of our practice means that you will come into contact with many different clients and get involved in a wide variety of work.

Qualification and experience requirements

We accept applications from penultimate year Law students, final year law and non-Law students, recent graduates and candidates looking for a career change. Successful candidates are motivated and hardworking, with a high degree of commercial acumen alongside a genuine enthusiasm for the law.