More About Stephenson Harwood


Stephenson Harwood is an international law Firm with over 80 partners and 500 staff worldwide. With a fifth of our people operating out of Asia, the China connection is stronger than ever. HSBC remain a major client of the Firm to this day and we have built a formidable strength in the banking and wider financial services sector, accounting for twelve of our top twenty clients. Stephenson Harwood is more than simply a City-based practice. Through our international network of offices and affiliates, we provide clients with quality resources and expert local knowledge in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.

Stephenson Harwood was the overall winner at the 2006 Association of Graduate Recruiters Awards, an independent national voice for all employers involved in graduate recruitment. The Firm was praised for its entire campaign as well as being singled out for the prize for best literature.

The Training Contract
As the graduate intake is relatively small, the firm gives Trainees individual attention, coaching and monitoring. Your structured and challenging programme involves four six month seats in areas of the firm covering contentious and noncontentious areas, across any department within the firm's practice groups. These seats include 'on the job' training and you will share an office with a Partner or Senior Associate. In-house lectures complement your training and there is continuous review of your career development. You will also have the opportunity to spend six months aboard in the Singapore or Hong Kong Office and have free language tuition where appropriate. As a Trainee at SH you will be given your own caseload and as much responsibility as you can shoulder.

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