White & Case announces London qualifying trainee retention rate for March 2025
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Global law firm White & Case LLP will retain 87 percent of its London trainees who were due to qualify in March 2025, after 20 of 23 trainees accepted positions at the Firm.
"White & Case is a firm that provides trainees with an opportunity to make a difference, advising leading global clients on significant matters that help shape the world we live in," said White & Case partner Vicky Landsbert, who heads the trainee solicitor programme in London. "It's an exciting professional environment that combines a comprehensive training programme with a highly competitive salary and benefits package."
The newly qualified lawyers join practices including Antitrust; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Debt Finance; Employment, Compensation & Benefits; Financial Restructuring and Insolvency; Financial Services Regulatory; International Arbitration; Mergers & Acquisitions and Project Development and Finance. One trainee is joining the Firm's office in Doha, reflecting the global importance of English law expertise at White & Case.
Inigo Esteve, White & Case Office Executive Partner in London, said: "Ambitious trainee lawyers join White & Case knowing they will benefit from an experience designed to help fulfil their potential as global lawyers advising leading international clients on their most important, complex, cross-border matters. We support the development of our lawyers throughout their careers and our long track record of success in London is built on recruiting and retaining the best legal talent at every level to deliver exceptional service to our clients."
White & Case retained 87 percent of its London trainees who qualified during 2024. The Firm's trainee solicitor programme in London, which has been established for 27 years, has an average retention rate of 82 percent during the five-year period from 2020 to 2024. Around 50 trainees join the scheme each year and benefit from experience working on complex, cross-border matters as well as an opportunity to work in an overseas office for six months.
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