Why choose us?

Slaughter and May offers a rewarding career working on a broad range of exciting newsworthy international matters for the leading corporations, organisations and governments.

As one of our trainees you will work with the brightest legal minds in the world. Many of our lawyers are leaders in their fields of practice.

The contribution that our trainees bring is highly valued. We will provide you with all the training you need to develop your skills and expertise to their full potential. We recognise that our trainees, and the quality of their training, are integral to our continued success.  

You will thrive in our friendly, collegiate and non-competitive atmosphere. The absence of billing or time recorded targets means that all of us are willing to support each other.

We will encourage you to work on a wide variety of commercial and financing matters and avoid over-specialisation. This ensures that you are much better equipped, and have more choice, when deciding what to do at the end of your training contract.

Our international client base ensures that there are lots of opportunities for overseas work and travel.