Slaughter and May

Senior Partner: Steve Cooke

Number of partners: 110

Number of fee earners: 561

Contacts:  

Asset Management: Paul Dickson

Capital Markets (Equity): Rebecca Cousin, Richard Smith

Capital Markets (Debt): Matthew Tobin

Commercial Contracts: Duncan Blaikie, Richard Todd, Oly Moir

Competition: Bertrand Louveaux, Claire Jeffs

Litigation: Richard Swallow

Contentious Tax: Dominic Robertson, Richard Jeens

Corporate & Commercial: Simon Nicholls, Richard Smith

Data Privacy: Rob Sumroy, Rebecca Cousin

Disputes: Richard Swallow

Environment: Richard Todd, Samantha Brady

Financial Institutions: Jonathan Marks, Jan Putnis, Roland Turnill

Financial Regulation: Jan Putnis, Nick Bonsall

Financing: Philip Snell

Fintech: Rob Sumroy, James Cook

Global Investigations: Jonathan Cotton, Ewan Brown

Government: Robin Ogle

Healthcare, Pharma & Life Sciences: David Johnson, Simon Nicholls, Claire Jackson

Infrastructure & Energy: Mike Corbett, Hywel Davies

Insurance: Jonathan Marks

Intellectual Property: David Ives

Mergers & Acquisitions: Simon Nicholls, Richard Smith

Outsourcing: Rob Sumroy

Pensions, Employment & Incentives: Charles Cameron, Padraig Cronin, Phil Linnard, Sandeep Maudgil

Private Equity: Harry Bacon, Filippo de Falco

Real Estate & Construction: Jane Edwarde, John Nevin, Richard Todd

Risk & Business Transformation: Andrew Jolly, Jeff Twentyman, Matthew Tobin, Camilla Sanger

Restructuring & Insolvency: Ian Johnson, Tom Vickers

Sport: Andrew Jolly, Mark Zerdin

Tax: Mike Lane, Gareth Miles

Tech & Digital: Rob Sumroy, Rob Innes

THE FIRM Slaughter and May is a leading international law firm with a worldwide corporate, commercial and financing practice. The firm provides incisive advice while ensuring real value for money, and a professional service of the highest calibre. Slaughter and May is recognised throughout the business and legal community for its ability to help its clients realise and develop commercial opportunities, no matter how challenging the setting.

The firm prides itself on being different. A client-focused approach means that clients are central to its culture; and a multi-disciplinary philosophy ensures that lawyers have a broad understanding of many legal areas and can offer not only depth of expertise but also breadth of experience and sound commercial judgement.

The firm’s clients range from governments to entrepreneurs, from funds to leading banks, from retailers to entertainment companies and from industrial conglomerates to Premier League football clubs. It is trusted adviser to the largest UK and global public companies and acts for more FTSE 350 companies than any other law firm. The firm launched Collaborate, its first legal tech programme to enhance the firm’s engagement with the best new legal tech developers, to help shape the development of legal tech and to identify future efficiencies in the delivery of legal services more generally.

INNOVATION Throughout its history, Slaughter and May has both supported and practised entrepreneurialism and innovation. It recognises the value innovation can bring to complement its traditional strengths and support its lawyers to deliver the best in class, business-focused advice on which its reputation is built.

The firm’s initiatives include its emerging tech programme, its legal tech incubator, and its regular thought leadership publications and innovation and emerging tech blog. For Slaughter and May, innovation means using its creative problem solving skills to identify areas for improvement and find new ways of working which add value for its clients.

GLOBAL CHALLENGE The firm advises on significant international mandates involving over 140 countries annually. The firm’s international approach is driven by the fundamental principle that complex cross-border matters require first-class legal expertise rooted in a deep knowledge of local practice, procedures and culture. The firm’s global reach matches its clients’ requirements wherever in the world that may be. It works with the best lawyers around the world and acts as lead international counsel to deliver innovative solutions to its clients’ challenges.

RECRUITMENT There are approximately 80-85 vacancies for trainee solicitors per year. In addition, work experience placements are available in spring for first year law students and during the summer for penultimate year law and non-law undergraduates considering a career in law. The firm also runs two day Winter Workshops in December for law and non-law finalists and graduates, and Open Days in spring for first year law and non-law students. Applications should be made using the online form which can be accessed via the website (www.slaughterandmay.com). Further information is available on the careers section of the firm’s website.