Training Contract 2024

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Job description

As a trainee at Covington you will have early responsibility and exposure. Working within small teams and playing a significant role in complex substantive work, our trainees work closely with senior lawyers and partners, and have a chance to make a real impact on work that matters.

What We Look for in Candidates

Candidates must be able to demonstrate a consistently impressive record of academic achievement. In particular, we look for strong grades at A-level (minimum ABB/128 UCAS points or equivalent) and candidates must be predicted to achieve (or have achieved) at least a 2:1 in their undergraduate degree.

However, whilst being academically strong is important, we look for much more than that. The candidates we choose are sharp, articulate and quick thinking in interview.

Core Seats

All trainees undertake the following two seats.

Corporate

Our corporate clients range from start-ups to established multinationals, and include investment banks and investors. Given the firm?s particular strengths, much of our work is within the pharmaceutical/ life sciences, energy and clean energy, brands, technology, and media industries.

Our work includes premium cross-border M&A deals, complex worldwide licensing and collaboration transactions, international project development and finance advice, venture capital financing for emerging companies and their investors, capital markets fundraisings, and private equity fund transactions and formations.

Dispute Resolution

Lawyers in our dispute resolution practice advise companies across a wide variety of industries. Often our work is in ground-breaking, complex fields and we regularly advise on significant, high-profile cases in litigation and arbitration.

The practice also comprises one of the largest and most sophisticated corporate crime and investigations practices in Europe. We advise our multinational client base on a range of issues including bribery, money laundering, sanctions, and fraud.