Wedlake Bell LLP - True Picture

Firm profile

Wedlake Bell LLP is a medium-sized law firm providing legal advice to businesses and high net worth individuals from around the world. The firm’s services are based on a high degree of partner involvement, extensive business and commercial experience and strong technical expertise. The firm has approximately 150 lawyers in central London and affiliations with law firms throughout Europe and in the United States.

Main areas of work

For the firm’s business clients: Banking and asset finance; corporate; corporate tax; insolvency, restructuring and recoveries; commercial; intellectual property; information technology; media; commercial property; construction; residential property; employment. For private individuals: Family tax, trusts and wealth protection; offshore services; residential property. 

Training opportunities

In addition to academic excellence, Wedlake Bell LLP looks for commercial aptitude, flexibility, enthusiasm, a personable nature, confidence, mental agility and computer literacy in its candidates. Languages are not crucial.

Trainees have four seats of six months across the following areas: insolvency, restructuring and recoveries, commercial property, commercial litigation, construction, corporate, employment, IP and commercial, private client, pensions, property litigation and residential property. As a trainee, the firm encourages you to have direct contact and involvement with clients from an early stage. Trainees will work within highly specialised teams and have a high degree of responsibility. Trainees will be closely supervised by a partner or senior solicitor and become involved in high quality and varied work. The firm is committed to the training and career development of its lawyers and many of its trainees continue their careers with the firm, often through to partnership. Wedlake Bell LLP has an informal, creative and co-operative culture with a balanced approach to life.

Wedlake Bell began hiring solicitor apprentices in September 2023, with the first cohort beginning in September 2024.  

Other benefits

During the training contract: 25 days holiday entitlement, pension, travel loans, gym membership, private medical insurance, dental insurance, life assurance, permanent health insurance, cycle to work scheme, employee assistance scheme, additional holiday scheme and give as you earn.  

Diversity, inclusion and wellbeing
Mentoring Scheme, Wellbeing Events throughout the year, Wellbeing Week, Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders, Rare Recruitment, Sutton Trust Work Placements, Law Society Diversity Access Scheme, Apprenticeships, Networking groups, Micro-placements Scheme with City University, 10,000 Black Interns placement, volunteering opportunities with Future Frontiers.  

Careers site: Early Careers - Wedlake Bell
Application: Apply here