Durham University Law Society

Shearman and Sterling (London) LLP

Shearman & Sterling is recognised as one of the leading international corporate and commercial law firms in London.  Our ability to offer integrated English and US legal advice across a broad range of practices has made us one of the most successful US firms in the UK market.

In London, we represent major UK and international companies and financial institutions.  We are ideally placed to work closely with our offices in the Americas, continental Europe, the Middle East, and Asia to advise clients on complex corporate transactions.  These capabilities have contributed to substantial growth in the business and size of the office, making the London office instrumental to our European practice.

Our main areas of work include European Corporate (including Mergers & Acquisitions, Intellectual Property & US Capital Markets), Project Development & Finance, European Finance (including Capital Markets, Structured, Acquisition & Leveraged Finance), International Litigation & Arbitration, Antitrust, Tax, Financial Institutions Advisory & Asset Management, Property and Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits.

Headquartered in New York, we also have offices in Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Menlo Park, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto and Washington D.C.

As part of our training contract, trainees are able to take advantage of the global nature of the Firm by completing a seat overseas in offices such as: Hong Kong, New York, Abu Dhabi or Singapore.

Applications for our Summer Placement Programme are open from 01 December 2010 – 25 February 2011.

Applications for our 2013 Training Contract are open from 01 January 2011 – 30 June 2011.

If you are interested in finding out more, please visit our website: www.shearman.com or email us at graduates@shearman.com

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