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Your growth. Our ambition.

At Herbert Smith Freehills, we align your growth and ambition with ours.

We invest in your personal and professional growth and support you to achieve your ambition. And you share responsibility for playing a part in delivering the firm’s growth and ambition too.

Become a Solicitor Apprentice at Herbert Smith Freehills

We’re excited about the future and you’ll help us build something even better than we have today.

Our training is tailored and meaningful. We’ll ask you to be open to the experience and what's required. You’ll discover what sort of lawyer you want to be and become an excellent one. A leading international law firm, we’re recognised leaders in demanding contentious matters, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private transactions. From the outset, you’ll work with respected colleagues on high-quality matters and your experience will help you grow an international perspective. We’re immersed in the many challenges facing our clients. We’re interested and resourceful. We understand the part technology plays in the delivery of legal services. We want to make a positive impact. You’ll have the opportunity to engage with this with an open mind and curiosity. Known for our diverse perspectives and renowned for our culture, being human, bold and outstanding are more than our values: you’ll discover it’s our lived experience. And by being ambitious for your growth and ours, we’ll achieve our goals together.

Perks and benefits

  • Cycle scheme

  • Employee assistance

  • Generous parental leave

  • Health cover

  • Learning and development

  • Pension

  • Remote working

  • Rewards and benefits

  • Wellbeing scheme

Herbert Smith Freehills

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Exchange House, 12 Primrose Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 2EG

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"Our Apprenticeship programme is a positive step towards making the legal profession more accessible and inclusive. I’m personally excited to welcome our first cohort in September and look forward to the fresh perspectives they will bring."
Alison Brown
Executive Partner

Culture

At Herbert Smith Freehills, we’re renowned for our culture. You’ll be supported to grow, achieve your ambitions and play a part in helping us achieve the firm’s. So as an apprentice, by being ambitious for your growth and ours, we’ll achieve our goals together. We value diverse perspectives and embrace difference. We’re proud of our achievements, committed to building on our good work, as well as our awareness of and focus on well-being. You’ll be supported to bring your whole and best self to work in an environment that is not only professional, but also connected and caring.

Values

Human: We’re genuine relationship builders. We’re collaborative, generous, kind, and respectful of the contribution of others. We embrace difference, and benefit from the insight and diverse perspectives it brings. Bold: We’re ambitious. We’re proud of our past, excited about the future and think tomorrow can be better than today. We’re entrepreneurial, not afraid to do things differently and believe anything is possible. Outstanding: We strive to be leaders in all we do. We know growth and success is a shared responsibility. We’re client-centred and commercial, known for our insight and expertise.