NQ Salary
~£177,000
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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Founded in New York in 1879, Sullivan & Cromwell has advised on landmark corporate work since the formation of Edison General Electric in 1882 and US Steel in 1901. Its defining strength is financial institutions M&A: the firm ranks first by value over the past 15 years, with more than $2.64 trillion in announced deals, and has handled more billion-dollar bank mergers than any other firm since 2010. The London office, open since 1972, connects UK and European work to that global M&A and capital markets practice.
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The London trainee intake is deliberately small, up to fifteen a year, and each of the four six-month seats is supervised directly by a partner or senior lawyer. The firm retained all five qualifying trainees in 2025 and reports keeping the vast majority over the past decade. Trainees begin with a firmwide orientation in New York and can be seconded to offices including Hong Kong, Paris, Melbourne, Sydney and Palo Alto.
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