About Us
Over 350 lawyers work in our London office, on some of the most complex, high value and high-profile international matters. You’ll be heavily involved in real deals and cases with them, not just listening and learning but relied upon to make a valuable contribution.
Our Location
Kirkland’s London office is located in the Gherkin, perhaps the most distinctive building on the city’s horizon with an international reputation that’s synonymous with ours.
Your Application
Our work is demanding, challenging, thrilling, high-profile and involves extremely talented clients from businesses in all industries and sectors. Working in this environment will stretch your intellect and make you more than just a lawyer.
Welcome
Meet The People
Sarah Jordan and Andrej Wolf
Trainees at Kirkland seize the opportunity to take ownership of every task and make things happen for their clients and team. We reward them with real responsibility.
Rajinder Bassi
Our small trainee intake each year gives us the freedom to run a less rigid training programme than most big firms…
Tilly Kersley
In my year we had an intake of ten people which is big enough to give you a valuable support network but small enough to provide…
Holly Donovan
I didn’t expect to go on secondment so early on in my career but the opportunity arose to be part of the legal team at a private…
Sam Sherwood
I joined Kirkland having trained at another law firm. I was attracted by the big deals and the truly international nature of the work…
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Awards & Recognitions
LawCareers.Net – Best Work Placement Scheme (Vacation Scheme) – City Firm 2020
Lex 100 – Overall job satisfaction 2020/2021
Lex 100 – Quality of work 2020/2021
Lex 100 – Approachability of supervisors 2020/2021