The firm

Denton Wilde Sapte LLP is a leading commercial law firm, with a strong network of offices and associate offices in Europe, the Middle East, the CIS and Africa. We provide a full range of legal services to clients in the following industry sectors: financial institutions; energy, transport and infrastructure; real estate and retail; and technology, media and telecoms.

Areas of work

Banking and Finance; Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment and Pensions; Energy; Infrastructure and Project Finance; EU and Competition; Real Estate; Tax and Technology, Media and Telcoms.

Who should apply

Given the diversity of our business, we look for people with wide-ranging skills, aptitudes and personalities. Candidates should be able to demonstrate good teamworking skills, drive, ambition and the potential to contribute to the growing success of the firm. We look for applications from candidates from any degree discipline (minimum 2.1), with a strong academic and extra-curricular record of achievement.

Graduate training programme

As a trainee you will undertake four six-month seats. This will include a contentious seat, plus experience in our transaction-based departments such as Banking, Real Estate, Corporate etc. This may also include the opportunity to work in one of our international offices or with one of our clients.

You will be given as much responsibility as you can handle and will be working with the law, with your team and with clients in real business situations.

Placements

We run a variety of schemes and placements throughout the year which will provide you with an invaluable insight into what we do. We run an Easter open day for first year law students, summer schemes in July for law students and a Christmas open day for non-law students.

For further information on our graduate recruitment opportunities, please visit our website.