NQ Salary
~£165,000
TC Salary
~£55,000 / £61,000 (year 1 / year 2)
Annual Intake
~10 per year (London)
Seats
6 seats
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Dechert has 15 offices outside the UK alongside London. Chambers UK 2026 ranks the London office Band 2 for CLOs, hedge funds and private equity credit funds, and Band 3 for mid-market leveraged finance for lenders, employment and partnership law.
The training contract
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The first seat is assigned by business need; trainees give three preferences for each of the other five
First Year Insight Event
Closes 31 Dec 2026
Closes 31 December · Event in February 2027
Winter Vacation Scheme
Closes 16 Oct 2026
Closes 16 October · Scheme runs 7 to 18 December
Spring Vacation Scheme
Closes 31 Dec 2026
Closes 31 December · Scheme runs 30 March to 9 April
Open Event (16 November 2026)
Closes 30 Oct 2026
Closes 30 October
Dublin Summer Internship 2027 (four weeks in July)
1 Dec 2026 – 12 Feb 2027
Opens 1 December · Closes 12 February · Four paid weeks in Dublin
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Method
“Second stage after the application form: a critical reasoning test and a written exercise, with five days to complete both and about an hour in total. Then a 15-minute telephone interview with graduate recruitment, then an interview with a partner and a senior associate. The firm names no vendor.”
Tests
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