NQ Salary
~£173,000
TC Salary
£65,000 / £70,000 (year 1 / year 2)
Annual Intake
c.4–8 per year (London)
Seats
4 seats
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Fried Frank's London office is one of the strongest private equity practices of any US firm in Europe, regularly acting on landmark leveraged buyouts and fund formation. The firm has a particularly strong real estate finance practice, a distinguishing feature from most other US firms in London.
Culture & Values
Fried Frank's four six-month seats have a fixed backbone: trainees must sit in asset management, finance and corporate/M&A, with the final seat open to a preference for antitrust or real estate. The asset management department centres on fund formation for major private equity, private credit and infrastructure houses. The small intake means hands-on work and early responsibility, and the London office runs as a standalone practice in its own right.
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Method
“No vacation scheme; direct TC applications only. Application form with commercial awareness questions, then verbal reasoning test, then in-person assessment rounds in June/July with interviews and commercial exercise. Very small intake (~4 TCs/year from ~490 applicants).”
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