Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP
London office: 5 Aldermanbury Square, London, EC2V 7HR
Tel: 020 7418 1300
Email: Emily Lawrence, HR Manager – londonrecruiting@davispolk.com
Web: https: careers.davispolk.com/training-london
Recruiting Video: https://player.vimeo.com/video/499375414
Size & Geographic Coverage
Number of Partners: 8
Number of Associates: 60 (approx)
Total number of trainee solicitors: 7
Number of UK offices: 1
Training contracts vacancies per annum: 4 (approx)
Vacation scheme places per annum: 20 (approx)
Minimum degree grade: 2:1 degree or higher
Salary and benefits
First year salary: £57,50
Second year salary: £62,500
Post qualification salary: £147,500
Holiday entitlement: 25 days
Other benefits: Guaranteed seat in the New York office. Private medical insurance and medical cash plan, life insurance, critical illness insurance, permanent health insurance, pension scheme, season ticket loan, subsidized gym membership & employee assistance programme.
SQE Fees: Yes
In Europe, through our offices in London, Madrid and Paris, we advise on a range of private and public M&A, equity and debt capital markets, finance and restructuring transactions for corporate, private equity and investment banking clients, with the support of first-rate tax, financial regulatory and antitrust lawyers.
Practice Areas:
- M&A
- Capital Markets
- Finance
- Tax
- Financial regulatory
- Antitrust
How to Apply for a 2022 Vacation Scheme and our 2024 Training Programme
We will be accepting applications for our summer 2022 vacation scheme from penultimate-year law undergraduates and law postgraduates between 1 December 2021 and 8 January 2022. If you would like to apply, please email a cover letter setting out the reasons for your application and enclosing a CV and detailed breakdown of your academic results to londonrecruiting@davispolk.com. We will hold interviews in mid-January 2022.
Our vacation scheme offers a perfect introduction to a career in law and to Davis Polk. We expect to host two groups of between eight and ten law students per group. Each group will spend a week with the firm, with the first group starting in late June or early July and the second group starting in mid-July. You will work on international transactions for some of our major clients and learn about our practice, culture and distinctive approach to client care, receive £500 to cover expenses and be interviewed for our 2024 training programme. We look to offer around four places.
If selected as one of our trainees, we will provide you with training and full sponsorship to help you through the first and second stages of the SQE in the year after you graduate from university. In the two-year training programme that follows, you’ll experience our corporate and finance practices, spend time in a specialist area of law such as tax, financial regulatory and antitrust and competition, and have the opportunity to work in our New York office. You will share an office with a more senior colleague, receive tailored training and have extensive contact with and access to our partners. With a first year base salary of £57,500, rising to £62,500 in the second year and then £147,500 on qualification, you will receive a comprehensive benefits package including 25 days holiday.
If you would like to find out more about Davis Polk and training with us, please join one of our virtual ‘Getting to know Davis Polk’ sessions (6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on 22 and 23 November 2021) by emailing londonrecruiting@davispolk.com with your preferred date and a copy of your CV by no later than 12 November 2021.
