We are not a law factory. You are an integral part of the team. You'll get high levels of responsibility and client contact, quickly; you’ll go to relevant meetings and find yourself corresponding with clients and other advisers; you’ll be treated very much like a qualified lawyer; and you’ll often find that your opposite number on a matter is more senior than you.

Our Corporate M&A & ECM and Private Equity & Financial Sponsors departments frequently appear at the top of UK and European M&A tables. Our Pensions Sector Group has recently completed a series of insurance transactions for the British Steel Pension Scheme, taking total buy-ins to £7.5bn and making it the largest pension scheme to reach full insurance. Our Financial Services and Markets department and Technology group have been advising Pay.UK on the biggest overhaul in UK payment systems this century: the New Payments Architecture. We are regularly recognised for industry excellence, with our Funds and Tax practices awarded at the recent Drawdown Awards. And last year, our Dispute Resolution team 'substantially succeeded' acting for Hewlett Packard Enterprise on fraud claims amounting to US$5 billion – a case heralded as the 'tech trial of the century'.

Whichever department you are in, you will find yourself working with people who are recognised as the leaders in their chosen field. And that’s the case whether you are advising on the restructuring and sale of McColl's, the agreement to broadcast Channel 4 HD, Monzo's outsourcing arrangement, the takeover of Brewin Dolphin or the London Stock Exchange's development of a voluntary carbon market.