NQ Salary
~£105,000
TC Salary
~£52,000 / £57,000 (year 1 / year 2)
Annual Intake
c.68 per year (UK-wide, one of the largest national intakes)
Seats
4 seats
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Pinsent Masons is the pre-eminent UK firm for infrastructure, energy and projects work, with a global practice spanning major construction projects, renewable energy transactions and complex regulated utilities. The firm has one of the largest trainee intakes in the UK and is known for its out-front role on infrastructure PPPs and energy transition deals.
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Culture & Values
Pinsent Masons runs one of the largest trainee programmes in the UK, spread across a national network: alongside the London HQ it trains in Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester, all treated as equals. Trainees get heavily structured support through their seats, from live training and webinars to practice-development lawyers and detailed seat packs, and the firm retains well, recently in the region of 80% to 88%. It is also known for its diversity and social-mobility record.
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Method
“Blended online assessment after application: situational judgement questions, short written exercise, two video questions, and an abstract reasoning test (Graduate Managerial Assessment, "which shape comes next" format, ~30 mins, minimum score required). Then in-person assessment centre.”
Tests
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Six-week paid internship for candidates from Black-heritage, mixed-heritage, or disabled backgrounds. Runs alongside the vacation placement and is also a route to a training contract (same assessments as vacation scheme candidates).
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