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Training contract at Fried Frank provides a rigorous two years of training across departments making up the core pillars of Fried Frank ecosystem. It provides trainees with the opportunity to gain experience, challenge themselves and, more importantly, build relationships and start to develop their own personal brand and network. Our trainees spend their two-year training contract working with partners and associates across four departments, gaining a broad knowledge of the law on their way to becoming a lawyer. No two Fried Frank trainees are the same and we are looking for energetic self-starters with enthusiasm and personality to drive our business forward.
Fried Frank London invites highly motivated, bright individuals who have a keen interest in the practice of law to apply for one of our four training contracts in our London office starting August 2027.
Please click here to find out more about Fried Frank and training contracts at the firm.
Applications have opened for 2027 training contracts and the deadline for applications is 23 May 2025. If you wish to apply please click here to make your application.
How to apply
www.friedfrank.comApplications to
Nikita Patel
Method of application
Online Application FormMethod of assessment
- HR-led interview
- Partner interview
- Psychometric testing
- Written exercise
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP advises the world's leading corporations and financial institutions on their most critical legal needs and business opportunities. The firm’s approximately 750 lawyers are based in North America and Europe.
Find more information about the training contracts programe here: London Training Contracts Brochure.
Fried Frank offers currently does not offer vacation schemes
Fried Frank offers a fresh and individualistic training programe, working as part of a close-knit team with a practical and hands-on approach to learning. Trainees will have direct access to a combination of US and UK expertise, working for clients on European and international transactions. Trainees will spend six months working with partners and associates across four departments, gaining a broad knowledge of the law to become a commercial partner to clients.
Our trainees spend their two-year training contract working with partners and associates across four departments, gaining a broad knowledge of the law on their way to becoming a commercial partner to our clients.
As well as on-the-job training from each department, all trainees receive quarterly 1-2-1 coaching and personal development training throughout their training contract via an external career coach. Trainees rotate between four seats, each six months long. During these seats, trainees have the opportunity to experience different practice areas and build on their experience and knowledge of the frim.
Practice areas where trainees can have a seat are:
- M&A and private equity
- corporate real estate
- corporate finance
- asset management
- antitrust
At Fried Frank we believe that feedback is key, and you will receive ongoing feedback from your seat supervisor, as well as other associates and partners within the team. The firm encourages trainees to take control of their training by actively seeking feedback and networking across the firm.
For all our future trainees we will provide support and sponsorship for them to complete their SQE1 and 2. During the time they complete their SQE1 and 2 they will be provided a maintenace grant of £13,000
An inclusive and supportive environment is central to the culture of Fried Frank. Firm Chairman Kenneth Rosh chairs our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Council (DEIB), which works with our DEIB Department to increase the diversity of our workforce and ensure that Fried Frank is a place of inclusion and belonging, where everyone has equal access to opportunities so they can reach their full potential. Diversity is broadly defined as the visible and invisible aspects that make each person unique, and the idea that understanding and appreciating our different points of view leads to better, more robust solutions, greater engagement and superior client service. At Fried Frank, we value people for who they are and the unique perspectives they bring to our firm and to our clients. We have a longstanding tradition of celebrating differences.
The framework embeds the values of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging into the fundamentals of our firm culture around four
Key objectives:
Strengthening partner and business services Leader engagement
Developing firmwide inclusion skills
Embedding DEIB into policies and processes for people, clients and the community
Elevating Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) as catalysts for change
- M&A
- Private equity
- Asset management
- Finance
- Antitrust
- Corporate & Commercial
Practice Areas
Extra info
Phone: 020 7972 9600
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.friedfrank.com
| Work placement: | No |
| Minimum qualification: | 2.1 degree, AAB at A level |
| Start salary: | £55,000 |
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| Training programme applications: | 140 (2017) |
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- London
- Horizon Legal Advice Clinic
- LawWorks (the Solicitors Pro Bono Group)
- Schools Consent Project
- The Royal Courts of Justice Advice Bureau
- Aspiring Solicitors
- Inspire!
- InterLaw Diversity Forum
- PRIME
