NQ Salary
~£180,000
TC Salary
£65,000 / £70,000 (year 1 / year 2)
Annual Intake
Up to 15 per year (London)
Seats
4 seats
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Gibson Dunn's London office is best known for disputes: its dispute resolution team spans commercial and banking litigation, international arbitration and white-collar investigations, and sits alongside a strong cross-border M&A and private equity practice acting for financial sponsors and major corporates. The firm recruits up to fifteen trainees a year in London and covers GDL and SQE fees with a £20,000 maintenance allowance for each year of study.
Culture & Values
The London intake is small enough, at up to fifteen a year, that trainees work closely with partners across a broad set of seats: dispute resolution, corporate, energy, competition, tax, technology, real estate, finance and restructuring, and more. The firm offers an international secondment to its Abu Dhabi office, and because disputes and transactions both run deep here, trainees can spend time in a leading practice on each side. Pro bono earns billable credit hour for hour.
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Method
“Strength-based situational judgement online assessment after application. Then first-stage interview with Graduate Recruitment, followed by two 45-minute interviews with partners and associates. Interviews include discussion of a topical news article.”
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