NQ Salary
~£130,000
TC Salary
~£55,000 / £60,000 (year 1 / year 2)
Annual Intake
c.25–35 per year
Seats
4 seats
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Travers Smith is a Silver Circle firm built around mid-market private equity and corporate work, a reputation it has held since the late 1990s and now backs with Chambers UK rankings in private equity, capital markets and financial services. It runs from just London and Brussels, and takes on complex, often international deals for well-known funds while keeping a deliberately focused footprint.
Culture & Values
Travers Smith pairs trainees with senior lawyers in a room-sharing setup that gives direct, day-to-day learning and a lot of client contact early. Retention is consistently high, recently above 95%, and the firm has announced an increase to its future trainee intake. The result is a close, well-supported training environment at one of the City's stronger mid-market firms.
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