DLA Piper International: They offer approximately 90 training contracts a year across London, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Sheffield offices. Training contracts at DLA Piper consist of four six-month seats. Although they do not have compulsory seats, training contracts must consist of at least one contentious and one non-contentious seat. Being a commercial firm, a seat in an area like corporate or finance is likely.

There are also opportunities for client secondments and international secondments (Bangkok, Dubai, Hong Kong, Moscow and Singapore). Practice areas include; Restructuring, Corporate, Finance & Projects, Employment & Pensions, IP and IT, Litigation & Regulatory and Real Estate. DLA Piper provides sponsorship for the GDL and LPC.

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