Mishcon de Reya is an independent law firm, which now employs more than 1,000 people with over 600 lawyers offering a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. We have grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.

Based in London and Singapore, with an association with Karas LLP in Hong Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: corporate; dispute resolution; employment; innovation; private; and real estate.

In times of such far-reaching and profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients - and our own people - to shape the world's possibilities. We are here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital, and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge.

Our purpose remains rooted in our founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and inclusion. Mishcon Academy, our in-house place of learning, development and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts and our innovative impact strategy, including a commitment to be a net zero carbon business, also play a central strategic role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launched Mishcon Purpose, a first-of-its-kind sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.

The Mishcon de Reya Group comprises standalone businesses MDR Brand Management, MDR Cyber, MDR Discover, MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai) and MDRxTECH. Complementary to Mishcon de Reya's core areas of work, each is led by best in class professionals recruited from a variety of non-legal industries and sectors.

Types of work

Organised internally into six key departments – dispute resolution, private, innovation, corporate, employment and real estate. The firm also has a growing number of specialist groups which include: banking and finance, defamation, employment, fraud, immigration, services to private clients, sports and media and reputation management.

Who should apply

Applications are welcome from penultimate-year students and graduates wishing to commence a training contract. The firm recruits from a wide range of universities.

We don’t believe that lawyers who have the intellect, agility, and personality to shape a client’s future can be churned off a production line. So while other firms may have a narrow, prescriptive view of what a lawyer should be, we offer you an alternative. At Mishcon de Reya our junior lawyers are the future of our business. And the future of law is not predictable: the years to come will look nothing like the years that came before. So we need shapers. We need bold individuals who can adapt to seismic changes across the legal, social and political spheres. We need creative thinkers who can revolutionise the way we work, bringing technology to the fore while never forgetting the power of human thought and human interaction.

Our 2022 vacation schemes will be a one week experience in the office. 

You will sit with one of our teams during the week. As well as this, you will take part in number of group and individual written assessments and there will be opportunities for you to meet existing trainees, training principals and other fee-earners from across the firm.

Trainees have the opportunity to experience four different seats of six months each. Because of the relatively few training contracts offered, trainees can expect to be exposed to high-quality work with early responsibility. In order to support this, the firm has a wide-ranging training and education programme, and provides extensive internal training in addition to the Professional Skills Course. Trainee performance is monitored closely and trainees can expect to receive regular feedback.

On 28 October 2020 the Legal Services Board (LSB) approved the introduction of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) as a new approach to qualification.  

We intend to continue with our two-year training contract for the foreseeable future. Any candidates who are offered a training contract from one of our 2022 vacation schemes, and who have started their LPC course, will be allowed to continue with the traditional qualification route. All other candidates (both law and non-law) will be asked to qualify through the SQE route.

Diversity and inclusion lie at the heart of our core values. At Mishcon de Reya, our aim is to promote and foster a culture which embraces diversity, respect for the individual and the expression of talent, to empower individuals to fulfil their, and the firm’s, potential. In order to support this, we recognise the importance of flexible and agile working and are open to having conversations on how this could work for you and our business.

Our purpose remains rooted in our founding values. We have always been driven by an entrepreneurial, tenacious and socially conscious spirit: one that has always embraced change in order to stay relevant and shape the future.

From our offices in London and Singapore, we still counsel clients around the world with the same vision, dedication and passion that we set out with. We continue to fight for freedoms, settle disputes, protect assets and grow businesses. We fiercely guard our clients’ interests and appreciate the privilege of sitting alongside them as a trusted advisor.

We are committed to having a material positive impact on society and the environment and operating as a socially responsible business. Our impact aims are to:

- Increase access to law

- Create opportunity

- Increase diversity in the legal profession

- Make sustainability a reality

We will set clear goals, measure our efforts and support our people with opportunities to make an impact in their work and their personal lives.

In 2021, Mishcon de Reya achieved B Corporation certification as certified by B Lab, the non-profit organisation behind the B Corps movement. 

B Corps are defined as "businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. B Corps are accelerating a global culture shift to redefine success in business and build a more inclusive and sustainable economy."

Our long established equity, diversity and inclusion programme works towards encouraging diversity in the legal profession, whilst our pro bono work, giving and volunteering increases access to law and creates opportunity. Our commitment to our climate change strategy will make sustainability a reality.

We offer full SQE, LPC and GDL funding in addition to a living allowance of £8,000 payable in each full academic year of study.

• Tax disputes & investigations
• White collar crime & investigations
• Fraud
• Insolvency
• Finance & banking Disputes
• Contentious regulatory & enforcement
• Commercial Lltigation
• Insurance litigation
• Arbitration
• Private commercial litigation
• Reputation protection
• Art law
• Mishcon purpose (ESG)
• Immigration
• Tax & wealth planning
• Family
• Private wealth disputes
• Core corporate
• Private equity
• Corporate tax
• Commercial real estate
• Real estate finance
• Real estate tax
• Planning & construction
• Real estate litigation
• Employment
• IP brands
• IP disputes
• Competition & EU
• Commercial-tech-sport
• External client secondments
• International secondment (Singapore)

• Corporate & Commercial
• General Commercial

• London
• Singapore
• Hong Kong

• Inspiring the Future
• Just for Kids
• Lewa Education Programme
• Oasis Hub Waterloo
• Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre
• RCJ Advice
• The Bingham Centre
• The Funding Network
• TrustLaw Connect
• UK collaborative pro bono plan
• UnLtd

• #10000BlackInterns
• Black Interns Matter
• Bright Network
• City Parents
• MyKindaFuture
• Pathways to Law
• PRIME
• Rare Recruitment
• Social Mobility Business Partnership
• Speakers for Schools
• Sutton Trust