NQ Salary
£173,077
TC Salary
£60,000 / £65,000 (year 1 / year 2)
Annual Intake
4-6 per year (London)
Seats
Non-rotational
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Vinson & Elkins is a Houston firm with energy at its core, and its London office on the 24th floor of the Walkie Talkie works across energy, infrastructure, power and data centres as the transition reshapes all of them. The trainee cohort is one of the smallest in the City at four to six a year.
Culture & Values
The training contract is non-rotational, so trainees work across departments simultaneously and shape their own mix of experience rather than moving through fixed six-month seats. Legal Cheek's survey shows a 09:19 average start, a 21:04 average finish, no billable target, 25 days of leave plus personal hours, and £20,000 grants for both the PGDL and SQE.
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“No online psychometric test named in published sources. CV + cover letter + form, then a pre-recorded video interview, then a 30-minute panel with two graduate recruitment partners built around a 5-minute presentation (a legal development, a news story, or a client pitch).”
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