Programme structure

Exciting challenges and early responsibility

We think that if you're intelligent, talented, willing to learn and work hard, you deserve the chance to prove yourself. Unlike some other law firms, we believe in challenging you with early responsibility and exposure to some of our top clients.

You see, we want to make the best use of your time and talents. This is a chance to prove yourself and an opportunity to shine. So you join us as a valued member of our team and with our support, we expect you to work with us to produce results.

'The great thing is that you are given as much responsibility as you are able to take on at an early stage. In my first seat, I was involved in a multi-million pound property development and on one occasion, I attended a client meeting alone and was responsible for following up on instructions from the client.'
Navin Prabhakar

You may find yourself working on high profile, live cases in your first few weeks, talking to clients and giving advice. If you can show that you're willing to take on more work and greater responsibility, then we'll trust you with exactly that. And we'll always give you the support you need.

Birmingham opportunities

We will be recruiting up to 25 trainees into our Birmingham office for September 2012/March 2013. However you will have the opportunity to work from both the Birmingham and London offices throughout your training contract.

London opportunities

We will be recruiting up to 4 trainees into our London office for September 2012. However you will have the opportunity to work from both the Birmingham and London offices throughout your training contract.

Seats on the training programme structure

You'll spend six months in four different practice areas or seats. Three of them are usually Real Estate, Corporate and Litigation. Then for your third or fourth seat you can either revisit a department or undertake one of the additional seats on offer.

Seats on the Wragge & Co training programme

Corporate

• Corporate (including private equity, M&A and equity markets)
• Corporate Tax
• Finance (including banking, debt finance, corporate recovery)
• Projects (including transport and logistics, utilities and PFI)

Real Estate

• Development (including planning and regeneration)
• Retail & Property Services
• Residential
• Asset Management

Litigation

• General Commercial Litigation
• Construction
• Finance
• Property Litigation

Additional

• Employment/Pensions
• Intellectual Property
• Information Technology
• Anti-trust
• Trade