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Simmons & Simmons LLP

We’re a truly international firm, with truly international reach. Every day, our expert teams across Europe, the Middle East and Asia come together to work on our clients toughest commercial challenges. Our lawyers are sector specialists so they’re experts in the areas that matter most to everyone’s future – from healthcare and technology to the financial forces that power our world.

Legal
London, GB
Active in 22 countries
1,500 employees
60% men - 40% women
Average age is 31 years

Simmons & Simmons LLP

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We’re a truly international firm, with truly international reach. Every day, our expert teams across Europe, the Middle East and Asia come together to work on our clients toughest commercial challenges. Our lawyers are sector specialists so they’re experts in the areas that matter most to everyone’s future – from healthcare and technology to the financial forces that power our world.

Legal
London, GB
Active in 22 countries
1,500 employees
60% men - 40% women
Average age is 31 years

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What employees are saying

Matt Caley

Trainee Solicitor

Matt Caley

I applied to Simmons & Simmons because of the firm’s strong
employment practice and its focus on building relationships with clients. I sat with both the employment and corporate departments during my scheme and instantly felt valued and part of the team. Whilst this meant complex work and…

Karishma Gadhia

Future Trainee

Karishma Gadhia

Attending an open day at Simmons & Simmons gave me a glimpse of the firm’s intelligent market strategy. This, along with the opportunity to network with a number of sharp-minded employees, influenced my decision to apply to the vacation scheme.
As the firm has unparalleled strength in financial…

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Success is not just about what we achieve, it is also about how we go about achieving it. Our values set out who we are and what we stand for and are central to how we operate.
Our core values are:

-Ambition
-Challenge
-Commitment
-Innovation
-Responsibility
-Collegiality


Success is not just about what we achieve, it is also about how we go about achieving it. Our values set out who we are and what we stand for and are central to how we operate.
Our core values are:

-Ambition
-Challenge
-Commitment
-Innovation
-Responsibility
-Collegiality


Main areas of work
From our offices in major business and financial centres throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we view the world through the lens of our key sectors: asset management & investment funds, financial institutions, life sciences, and technology, media & telecommunications. These priority sector teams are drawn from the core practice areas of: corporate; competition & regulatory; dispute resolution; employment, pensions & employee benefits; financial markets; information, communications & technology; intellectual property; projects; real estate and tax. We also focus on the energy & infrastructure market, in particular through our international projects and construction teams.


Our paid internship schemes are one of the primary means of selecting candidates for a career with us. Your placement in our London or Bristol offices will give you a first-hand experience of a busy and dynamic international law firm, with exposure to the deals and transactions we work on.

Winter vacation scheme (London): one week scheme aimed specifically at all final year students and graduates. Applications open 01 October 2016.

Spring insight scheme (London): two day workshop, for first year law and non-law students and penultimate year non-law students. Applications open 01 January 2017.

Summer vacation scheme (Bristol & London): In London, our two week scheme is open to penultimate year law and non-law students, final year students and graduates. In Bristol, the scheme is one week and open to penultimate year law students, final year students and graduates. Applications open 15 October 2016.

A series of open days are also available in London and Bristol to all students and graduates and are run throughout the year.


Training contracts starting: September 2019/ March 2020 (London), September 2019 (Bristol)

Training contract places: 35 (London), 3 (Bristol)

Vacation scheme places: 80

Vacation scheme payment: £300 per week (London), £250 per week (Bristol)

Partners: 250
Legal staff: 880
Trainees: 80

Offices: 21

Application process: online application form, online judgement test, verbal and logical reasoning tests, video interview and an assessment centre.

Application deadlines: Please note that we fill our roles on a first come first served basis. We therefore advise you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Salary: London: £40,000 (year 1), £45,000 (year 2), £68,000 (on qualification/ NQ); Bristol: £36,000 (year 1), £37,000 (year 2), £49,000 (on qualification, NQ).


By concentrating on specific, key sectors, we aim to be a leading global law firm.

This focus has meant we have already developed a reputation for understanding our clients’ businesses and delivering innovative services that anticipate their needs. Our sector focus is a genuine differentiator and lies at the heart of the business plan. Everything we do is driven by a desire to deliver a better service and greater value for our clients.

Our strategy is deliberately challenging and ambitious, and central to it are our ambitious plans for growth. A key component is the acquisition and development of new talent. It is essential that we are able to attract the best people in the market; that means people like you who share our ambition and are well placed to contribute to our future success.


We continue to do all we can to break free from the traditional legal business model to provide clients with a service that's relevant, progressive and directly in line with their requirements. This has involved digging deep to find out what our clients really want from us, and how to provide that in the most effective way possible. Our innovative products derive from this.

We set up elexica, a dedicated legal content website for clients and contacts more than 10 years ago. It provides a rich stream of legal information, services and resources – any time they are needed, absolutely free. elexica has grown into an impressive library of practical guides, checklists, case reports, legal analysis, training modules, podcasts and email alerts. One such resource is the Simmons & Simmons LaunchPlus microsite. The first online product of its kind on the market, it provides all the information a start-up hedge fund manager needs to consider to start a new fund from scratch.

Then there are our award-winning navigator products, developed by our Financial Services team and launched online. They currently provide standardised information on four areas of financial services regulation (fund marketing, derivatives, securities marketing, and share disclosure and short selling) across nearly 100 jurisdictions, at a fraction of the cost of traditional legal advice. Already a huge success, we are planning to extend its scope to other areas of financial services.

And its not just online where we are working in new ways. We also offer clients the option to work with us through Simmons & Simmons Adaptive, a model which allows them to flexibly resource large scale projects or secondments with high quality lawyers at very short notice. What's more, Simmons & Simmons Adaptive lawyers get access to our world class client base as consultants, while holding complete control over when they work and the assignments they take on.

We’ve consistently shown our willingness to embrace different ways of working in order to deliver greater value to our clients. This is why we opened an office in Bristol to support the firm in undertaking complex, high-value work for clients in a more efficient and cost- effective way.