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Dechert

Dechert is a fast-growing international law firm with 2000 people across 19 offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.

In London, we have particular strengths in Investment Funds and Corporate (including Hedge Funds and Private Equity); and smaller teams in Finance, Real Estate, Employment, IP, Litigation and Tax. Most of our work has an international dimension. In addition, all our lawyers, including trainees, are encouraged to undertake pro bono work.

Legal Business, in naming the firm runner-up in the US Law Firm of the Year award 2008, said ‘as a business, Dechert is an outstanding performer. Not only has it been one of the fastest-growing international firms in London over the past decade on a headcount basis, but its global turnover and profits growth on a compound basis over five years has easily eclipsed that of most of its peers’.

Graduate Opportunities

‘One of the largest and best established London offices of any US law firm’, according to the Legal 500 UK. We recruit 12 trainees a year in London. The highly personalised six seat rotation system allows trainees to structure their training contract to their interests and aspirations, and allows ample opportunity for secondments to Brussels, Munich, or the USA as well as to clients. The training contract application deadline is 31 July 2010.

Undergraduate Opportunities

As above.

Contact Name:	Sarah Metselaar
Contact Job Title:	Graduate Recruitment Assistant
Address:	Dechert LLP 160 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4QQ
Tel:	020 7184 7351
Fax:	020 7184 7001
Email:	application@dechert.com
Website:	http://www.dechert.com

Entry Requirements:	Graduates from any discipline may apply. Our recruits almost invariably have exceptional academic grades, generally at least AAB (or equivalent) in their A-levels (or equivalent), and undergraduate grades at 2.1 or 1st level. In exceptional cases we may invite people to interview or assessment day when they have not achieved such high grades, perhaps because they had mitigating circumstances or because they have achieved a lot elsewhere in their lives.
Start Date:	September 2012
Location:	London is our third largest office, after Philadelphia and New York, and is ‘one of the largest and best established London offices of any US law firm’ according to the Legal 500 UK. We have other offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Charlotte, Hartford, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Moscow, Munich, Newport Beach, Paris, Princeton, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington.
Salary Range:	We pay market leading salaries, and pay future trainee solicitors a £10,000 maintenance grant during the LPC.
How To Apply:	Online_via_website

Policy on recruitment of Non-EEA Nationals

We are able to consider applications from Tier 2 candidates (sponsored skilled workers).

We are able to consider applications from new graduates applying under the Tier 1 Post-Study Work Scheme.

We are able to consider applications from graduates applying under the Tier 1 Highly Skilled Workers category.