What makes a leading UK law firm? - Burges Salmon

ChrisAllen‘The six seat rotationstood out as afantastic professionaldevelopmentopportunity, allowingtrainees to make themost of their trainingand gain maximumexposure to the firm.’Future Trainee SolicitorDegree: Marine Biology at University of Wales,SwanseaGDL and LPC: UWEDeciding to change my career to follow a new direction intolaw was a big decision and one that was not taken lightly.It was important to me that I received the best possibletraining in a supportive and ambitious working culturewhile gaining exposure to high calibre clients over a rangeof practice areas. I was immediately impressed by BurgesSalmon, with a training programme regarded as one of thebest in the country, a portfolio of high-quality clients anda wide range of market leading departments. The six seatrotation stood out as a fantastic professional developmentopportunity, allowing trainees to make the most of theirtraining and gain maximum exposure to the firm.The assessment centre and vacation scheme at BurgesSalmon gave me hands on experience and a real idea ofwhat it would be like to be part of the firm. Right from thestart everyone made me feel very welcome with traineesand partners eager to expose me to their projects and getme involved where possible.Since securing my training contract, Burges Salmon hascontinued to maintain contact and offer support. Futuretrainees receive the monthly newsletter ‘Wharfside’ andinvites to Christmas and summer social events. This hashelped to maintain my familiarity with the firm and hasgiven me the opportunity to get to know and socialisewith future trainees.All of these experiences have given me a very positiveimpression of the firm, its people and its culture and I amnow very excited about joining the Burges Salmon team.A leading UK law firm 29