2029 Candidate Attorney Programme

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals.

Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care about our client relationships, which is why so many are longstanding. We enjoy breaking new ground, as we have for over 170 years.

As a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm, we are where you need us to be. Our footprint is extensive and committed across the world’s largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs.

At our best tackling complexity and navigating change, we work alongside you on demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private market transactions. We are recognised as leading in these areas.

We are immersed in the sectors and challenges that impact you. We are recognised as standing apart in energy, infrastructure and resources. And we’re focused on areas of growth that affect every business across the world.

All of this is achieved by supporting the growth of our people, who help us deliver on our ambition – which is to help you achieve yours.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: Your goals. Our ambition

The Opportunity

A career defined by Your growth. Our ambition.

At Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, we align your growth and ambition with ours. This means we invest in your personal and professional growth and support you to achieve your ambitions. And as part of the team, you share responsibility for delivering the firm’s growth and ambition too. Over time, our firm will change with you and be changed by you.

We’re renowned for our culture. We balance being human, bold and outstanding and you’ll find these are more than our values: a lived experience. At the heart of this, you’ll be supported to grow, achieve your ambitions and play a part in helping us achieve the firm’s. So as a graduate, by being ambitious for your growth and ours, we’ll achieve our goals together.

Our Practical Vocational Training Programme is designed to equip trainees with the best opportunities to hone the technical skills necessary to excel in their legal careers. Additionally, through our Business Skills Academy, we equip our trainees with the business acumen, skills, and mindset required to handle significant matters and deals with our global clientele.

You will be tasked with intellectually stimulating work that will call upon your technical legal abilities, having a grasp of the broader context of a matter, analytical skills, and reliance on well-developed synergetic relationships with colleagues to provide clients with sound legal advice and guidance.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer - Your growth. Our ambition.

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Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our Values - Human, Bold, and Outstanding.