NQ Salary
~£165,000
TC Salary
~£60,000 / £65,000 (year 1 / year 2)
Annual Intake
c.8–12 per year (London)
Seats
4 seats
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Covington & Burling sits at the intersection of regulatory strategy and transactional work, and its stand-out practice is life sciences: it advises many of the world's largest pharmaceutical and biotech companies on everything from product launches to M&A. The London office also has a strong technology-regulation practice, advising major platforms on AI, data privacy and digital-markets rules across the UK and EU.
Culture & Values
Trainees complete four six-month seats, two core and two elective, with electives including life sciences regulatory and life sciences transactional work. The London office is known as friendly and supportive, with a reasonable work-life balance for a US firm and senior lawyers who often stay for their whole careers. Recent expansion of the financial services and private equity teams has widened the seat choices on offer.
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