Welcome from our recruitment partners

Ben Higson:
I think an international law firm is an incredible intersection of law, business, politics and international current affairs and lawyers are at the centre of pretty much every major international transaction, case, decision and action which occurs.

Elaine Penrose:
The reality is, you get a huge array of work and experience. I got my own cases as a trainee, in particular in relation to pro bono work. I got to meet clients on a regular, almost day to day basis and I got real diverse experience across the firm, including a secondment to Hong Kong.

James Doyle:
As partners we will always try and push all levels of lawyers in our teams whether they are associates or trainees and give them as much responsibility as we feel they can deal with. So, if we think you are competent and capable of running with a transaction, we will very much want you to do that.

Elaine Penrose:
Our trainees get the opportunity to spend time on secondment. We have a number of oversees secondments to our international offices including Hong Kong, New York and a number of offices in Europe. Our trainees also get an opportunity to work at one of our clients and we have a large range of our big blue chip clients who take on our trainees for six months, who get a real experience of working in house.

James Doyle:
Hogan Lovells for me is a place where people really can thrive. They can work on the most complex, the most cutting edge transactions which really push their career along but at the same time it is a place which actually supports other colleagues when they are working and people are really interested in other people’s success.

Ben Higson:
My advice to applicants is to first of all work out why they want to be a lawyer and secondly work out where they want to be a lawyer.

James Doyle:
All sorts of different firms have different characteristics and I think applicants need to do their research and work out what they really want for their careers.

Elaine Penrose:
First of all you have got to be smart and not just academically intelligent but I think you have got to be able to think outside the box and come up with commercial solutions.