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Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP is a premier, full service City law firm. We have over 600 lawyers, including 170 Partners, leading practitioners across a range of key legal specialist practice areas.

Our open and friendly culture, combined with a strong commitment to career development and internal communication means that we have become a magnet for quality staff.

Our clients are diverse and we work with a growing list of large institutions, blue-chip corporates, banks and financial institutions, major property companies and developers, public sector bodies and individuals.

At BLP you will find a supportive environment where talent is encouraged to develop in its own way. It's a firm of diversity and international capability with offices in London and Brussels, offices in Paris and Singapore and an alliance with New York firm Kramer Levin.

Our increasing international workload reflects the success of our distinctive strategy of working with the best independent legal advisors in jurisdictions around the world. We actively manage relationships with two or more preferred firms in over 50 countries.

BLP is an exciting, ambitious, dynamic and entrepreneurial firm. Yet when recruiting trainees, our focus is on quality rather than quantity. As a result, our trainees are rewarded with a high degree of responsibility and involvement underpinned by an exceptional standard of training and support. There are no clones at BLP and ability, not seniority, commands respect. We think laterally and value original thought. BLP has always prided itself on providing the right environment for people to grow. We have a unique culture that incorporates loyalty, ambition and dynamism.

The firm's leading benefits programme, includes innovative offers such as the cycle to work scheme and a range of health and insurance options that are believed to be unique amongst leading law firms.

All our people believe that BLP is a genuinely innovative and friendly firm with a refreshing lack of hierarchy, our open-door policy is something that our trainees value tremendously. Both the sports and social scene are a big part of life at BLP. We have an annual charity bike ride endorsed by partners and trainees alike. There is an extensive variety of sports teams to join which are complemented by regular firm-wide drinks, parties and celebrations.

Our ambition to provide a more attractive place to work than our competitors has driven us to create new ways of supporting our people at every stage of their career with us.