About Us
Over 450 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.
Your Career
Your success goes hand in hand with ours, so we are passionately committed to your personal development and career progression. Join us and you will receive quality training right through to qualification and beyond.
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
Trainees spend the majority of their time working on real deals and cases gaining exposure to partners who are working at the top of their game…
Arun Sohan-Pall
Being a Kirkland trainee has exceeded every expectation I had of my training contract…
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…
Tilly Kersley
This is a meritocratic firm, where trainees aren’t limited by a fixed view of what trainees can do…
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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