About the firm

The firm: Marriott Harrison is a specialist law firm, partnering with leaders, entrepreneurs and investors to make smart, informed decisions. We know what it takes to make a fast-growing business thrive and succeed, mature and evolve. Based in central London, we have a 90+ team multi-disciplinary team with deep rooted expertise in M&A and venture capital deals, spanning legal advisory and transactional needs, we also know and understand the human side of a business and what it takes to build these.

The clients: We advise entrepreneurs, SMEs, national and international companies, private equity and venture capital houses, growth capital funds, banks and other financial institutions, management teams and high net worth individuals. Some key clients include Chiltern Capital, Audiotonix, Balderton, Beringea, Redalpine, Gresham House Ventures, Accel, Northzone, Amplience, Soldo, Dialpad, Oxford Science Enterprises, Francisco Partners, Mizrahi Tefahot, Moonhub, Octane Capital, Investec, Zenzic Capital and CSBF Capital Partners.

The deals: Advising Chiltern Capital on various transactions, including its buyouts of Batt Cables, European cable distributor and Intec, IT hardware distributor, advised Audiotonix, a longstanding client since 2007 on its acquisitions of Sonible and Fourier Audio, advising The Fulham Shore plc on its acquisition by Great Sea Kitchens through a court-approved scheme of arrangements, advised Balderton on its seed investment into Grasp, the online learning platform founded by former Revolut employees, advised Redalpine on its Series A investment into Uncommon, advised a consortium of investors of Tesseract’s $78m Series A fundraise, advised Beacon on its Series A investment round led by 6 8VC and Jeff Bezos, advised Spark Capital and Blossom Capital as co-lead investors alongside Salesforce Ventures on a $39.5m Series B investment round into AutogenAI and advised Northzone on Infogrid’s $90m Series B round.

Managing partner: Daniel Jacob – as managing partner, Daniel leads a team fully focused on delivery of exceptional commitment to help clients to build, grow and scale the companies of the future. Daniel has built a team with a first-class reputation as a result of their deep understanding of the markets in which they operate.

Training principal: David Strong – as the firm’s training principal, David’s role is to ensure that future trainees get to enjoy the same career trajectory as he did, from starting as a trainee to becoming the head of the venture capital team.

Who we are: Our people are creative, practical and responsive. They bring diversity of perspective and are united and empowered by a culture of deep collaboration, integrity and a passion for developing the ideas of tomorrow.

We work as one multi-disciplinary team and have intimate knowledge of the context and work required at every stage of growth and change.

What we do: The clients we work with are forward-thinking achievers and dealmakers who are changing, challenging and shaping the future. We work with innovative companies from start-up, through growth and maturity, and help established companies navigate complex processes of change and digital transformation. We work alongside our clients as a partner for growth. This includes proactively:

• accessing capital;
• building commercial value through optimised operations in commercial contracts, technology and IP management;
• evolving team capabilities and employment arrangements;
• real estate financing and management, managing and resolving disputes;
• tax arrangements; and
• fundraising and seed investments series A through C, development capital investment transactions and management-backed buyouts.

What we’re looking for: Being able to demonstrate academic ability is key but more than that, we want people who are curious, strong communicators and who embrace each opportunity that comes their way.

Perks: 25 days’ annual holiday, permanent health insurance, life assurance, private healthcare, season ticket loan, pension scheme, cycle to work, employee assistance programme.

Sponsorship: if you have not yet taken the SQE course and exams, we will cover these costs.

Marriott Harrison places great importance on having a supportive working environment where everyone can enjoy their work.

Marriott Harrison aims to hire all its trainee solicitors from within its summer vacation scheme. Every participant in the 2025 summer vacation scheme will work in the office for a week between June and July and will typically attend with three other participants.

During the week, each participant will have excellent visbility of real project work and will be given access to work from all departments in the firm. Participants will get to see what it is like to make a genuine contribution to live transactions. The week is intended to make the experience as close to that of a trainee as possible, thereby giving both Marriott Harrison and the participant lots of opportunities to see whether they match.

Subject to the usual demands placed on fee earners, participants may get to attend various events throughout the week including client meetings, training sessions, business development events and social events which will help the participant get to know a wide range of people at the firm. There will be a range of formal and informal assessments throughout the week, looking at both technical legal and soft interpersonal skills.

Trainees form an important part of the Marriott Harrison teams and are directly involved in transactional work from the start. Typically, the training contract is split into four six-month seats, spread across its core departments.

Marriott Harrison offers trainees high-quality and varied work, increasing in complexity as they progress through their training contract. Trainees sit with a partner in each seat, ensuring that they receive direct guidance from experienced practitioners throughout their training contract. Associates are always on hand to offer support and guidance when needed.

Depending on the department, work may come from a variety of different fee earners. Every three months trainees will have a review meeting with the supervising partner for that seat, to discuss progress and the ways in which career development can best be achieved.

Marriott Harrison provides an all-round approach to training, aiming to develop the individual as both a lawyer and a person. Like work placement participants, trainees are involved in all aspects of office life, including client meetings, marketing events, CSR, internal social events (some of which are trainee-led), seminars and external and internal training events, and are generally encouraged to make the most of the many opportunities available.

We currently pay future LPC and SQE fees for successful applicants about to start their course. 

• Corporate
• Banking & finance
• Business restructuring
• Commercial
• IP/IT
• Employment
• Dispute resolution
• Real estate

• Corporate & Commercial
• General Practice

• London

• LMP Education