Maclay Murray & Spens LLP
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151 St Vincent Street
Glasgow G2 5NJ
Tel: +44 (0)141 248 5011
www.mms.co.uk |
Firm Profile
Maclay Murray & Spens is a full service, independent, commercial legal firm with over 550 people, and are also one of the Top 50 in the UK with offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London & Brussels
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Main Areas of Work
Banking & Finance
Capital Projects
Commercial Litigation & Advocacy
Construction & Engineering
Corporate
Employment Pensions & Benefits
EU, Competition & Regulatory
IP & Technology
Oil & Gas
Planning & Environmental
Private Client
Property
Public Sector
Tax
Trainee Profile
Applicants should have a strong academic background (minimum 2:1 degree) as well as demonstrate a number of key skills including an inquiring mind and a keenness to learn, commitment, professionalism, determination to see a job through, first class communication skills - the ability to get on with colleagues and clients at all levels, an ability to operate under pressure in a team environment, as well as a sense of humour. The Firm welcomes non-law graduates.
Training Environment
MMS will provide you with a very broad range of practice experience, including legal writing, drafting, research work, and an element of client contact. This is one of our strengths as a business and a long standing attraction for candidates.
By working as a team member on more complex transactions, you are given the opportunity to gain experience over a broad range of work.
Benefits
At MMS we pay our trainees competitive salaries as well as provide an attractive benefits package. All of our employees receive a combination of fixed and variable holidays totalling 34 days each year. We also offer a contributory pension scheme, death in service benefit worth 4 times your annual salary, support with conveyancing fees, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, income protection insurance and discounted access to medical and dental plans.
Sponsorship & Awards
From 2009, successful trainees will be supported with the cost of their Diploma of Legal Practice in Scotland and their Legal Practice Certificate in England.
In Scotland, trainees that do not receive a funded place on the Diploma will be able to apply for up to £3,000 towards the cost of the course. In England, MMS will contribute up to £10,000 towards the cost of the Legal Practice Certificate. These payments will be made when you start your training contract with us.
Method of Application
Application forms only, accessed at www.mms.co.uk/traineeship
Email – trainee.recruitment@mms.co.uk
Selection Procedures
Following an initial interview, a number of candidates will be invited to attend a second interview with 2 Partners, where they will also complete a role play and research exercise. Offers will be made to the successful candidates very soon after the second interview.
Application< Closing Dates
London Traineeship (2010) – August 2008
Scottish Traineeship (2009) – 19 October 2007
No. of training contracts p/a – around 30
Training Salary (2007)
Scotland:
1st-year trainee: £17,000
Newly qualified: £33,000
London:
1st-year trainee: £30,000
Newly qualified: £54,000 |
