Welcome to Graduate Recruitment at BWB
SOME RELEVANT DATES TO NOTE:
Summer Placements 2010: Our summer placement 2010 applications are now closed. If you have applied, you will hear from us again with a decision during March.
NB: Applying for a Summer Placement does not automatically go forward for the Training Contract application procedure. You will need to apply separately as below.
Training Contracts 2012: The application form will be available on this site from 1st May 2010 and close at midnight on Thursday 15th July 2010. Please see below for more information on our training contracts.
Open Evening: We will be holding an open evening at our offices on 16th June 2010 for students intending to apply for our next training contracts in 2012. There will be short presentations by Stephen Lloyd our Senior Partner and Peter Bennett our Partnership Executive Officer and a chance to meet our current trainees who will give you a tour around the offices. Places will be limited and allocated on a first come basis. We do not record attendance at these events - except for security reasons on entering the building – and your attendance will have no impact on any application. The open evening is an opportunity for you to meet us, learn more about BWB andto help you decide if we are the right firm for you.
To Register for the Open Evening please repeat your email address below. You will be contacted at the beginning of June to confirm your place.
please repeat your e-mail address
TRAINING CONTRACTS - 2012
We will open applications on this website for 2012 Training Contracts on 1st May 2010. Application is online only.
We offer four training contracts each year and over the last three years we have offered a solicitor position to every trainee. We currently pay first year trainees £30,000, second year trainees £32,500 and newly qualified solicitors £45,000. All of these salaries will be reviewed in the summer of 2010.
Bates Wells & Braithwaite has a unique profile. We want to attract the best possible potential commercial lawyers who understand the work we undertake, the clients we work for and who are committed to our ethos.
What we are looking for
BWB has a unique profile. We want to attract the best possible potential commercial lawyers who understand the work we undertake, the clients we work for and who are committed to our ethos.
We are not looking for the person who for whatever reason has failed to get the big-firm training contract they really want.
We expect an applicant to have a sound academic background (a minimum 2.1 degree is required) plus an ability to communicate clearly and effectively. But most important we want an applicant who is positively looking to join a firm with our work mix and approach. We are also looking for candidates with interests outside work which we would expect to be maintained if not developed.
We currently pay first year trainees £30,000, second year trainees £32,500 and newly qualified solicitors £45,000. All of these salaries will be reviewed in the summer of 2010.
Assistance
LPC course fees paid and interest paid on student loansfrom the signing of contract to the contract end. Please note we do not provide funding for the GDL.
If you have any specific questions about Training Contracts or Summer Placements that are not answered on this website, please email us at training@bwbllp.com
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ABOUT BWB
Our history
Bates Wells & Braithwaite, London was set up by Andrew Phillips on the 1st January 1970. It is one of only a handful of new firms established in the City since then. Today the London office has grown to 23 Partners, 53 Assistant Solicitors and 10 Trainee Solicitors plus a full complement of back-up staff.
Bates Wells & Braithwaite was founded over 100 years ago in Sudbury, Suffolk.
About Us
Starting the London office from scratch enabled us to shape the practice to suit our interests and strengths. When we started we saw an opening for a firm attuned to the business client who wanted a personal service - but a firm which also could act for charities, institutions and individuals. Over the years, we have maintained that mix as we have grown steadily from two individuals to our current level of 150.
Yet while we cover an ever increasing area of individual, institutional and corporate endeavours, we still make sure that we are able to provide our clients with a personal professional service based on long continuity of staff and mutually rewarding relationships.
We recognise that law is a business where people matter most of all and we ensure that clients know the person who is working for them. We are still small enough to be able to do this, but large enough to be able to provide the full range of services which our clients need.
Areas of Practice
• Charity & Social Enterprise Law
• Competition Law
• Corporate / Commercial
• Dispute Resolution
• Education Law
• Employment
• Environment
• Film & Television
• Health & Social Care
• Immigration
• Insolvency
• Intellectual Property
• IT & Information Law
• Private Client
• Property
• Public & Administrative Law
• Sports Law
• Theatre & Arts
• Trade Associations
The international dimension
We were co-founders in 1971 of the PARLEX GROUP of European lawyers, which now consists of a network of law firms throughout Western Europe. We have always had a policy of welcoming foreign law students and lawyers as observers. The Parlex Group was registered as the first EEIG in Britain and is its oldest such group.
Our purpose
We have certain beliefs about how we should go about our work which we call our Ethos. This is set out below.
Ethos
To do worthwhile work for clients we respect to the best of our ability in a highly competitive environment. We will, at all times, seek to value everyone in the firm and provide secure and enjoyable employment. We will strive to preserve a balance between work and home.
We will encourage a diverse and open culture which also fosters trust and loyalty both within the firm and with clients. All this we endeavour to achieve in the context of making a reasonable living and always with a commitment to justice and the public interest.
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