Partners

We believe in growing our business in a number of ways. As well as focussing on developing our own people and ensuring a clear career path we also recognise the additional skills and relationships which lateral hire partners can bring to the firm.

Whether to further deepen existing areas of strength or to bring a new specialism to the firm we regularly meet informally with lateral candidates. We have considerable experience in lateral hiring and feel that we know what makes for a successful hire – whether that’s our cards on the table approach or our focus on integration post hire. Either way our retention rates for our lateral joiners are exceptional.

If you are a senior lawyer with a strong portfolio of clients and looking to join a firm that is experiencing consistently strong growth, please contact us in confidence to talk through a move to Stephenson Harwood.

Call Director of human resources and learning and people development Jeff Marlow on 020 7809 2825 or click here to send through your CV.

Qualified lawyers

Wherever you are in the world, and whatever stage in your career you are at, you get comprehensive training and development at Stephenson Harwood.

The outcomes of this are:

• Everyone progresses on merit and can take advantage of high quality development during each career stage and role
• Whatever skills you want to develop, continuous learning and development are open to you
• You benefit from the transfer of legal and related skills, expertise and knowhow across the firm and firms we associate with
• You can achieve high performance and excellence in technical and business skills
• As a firm, we deliver the highest levels of quality and service for our clients

Commercial, practical, technical and non-technical skills are all part of your development. There are other learning opportunities too, such as secondments, a high potential programme and other specialist schemes, all of which are closely linked to your day job.

Partners and other internal and external experts are involved at every stage, providing a bespoke and high quality offer that enables you to develop in the direction you want to go.

Find out more about our opportunities for qualified lawyers

Future talent

We do everything we can to make sure the future talent joining our firm is world class.

Our people are listened to, encouraged, coached and stretched. They quickly become central to complex international deals and we make sure they have the tools they need to make an impact.

We have a range of opportunities for graduates and school-age students including training contracts, apprenticeships, placement schemes, work experience and open days. We offer opportunities across our international offices. 

Find out more about our opportunities for future talent

Business services

We value our business services staff, as an important and integral part of our business. If you join the team, we will invest in your management and development.

Whether you are on the secretarial or business services support team, you will benefit from a variety of training sessions and other support so that you can continue to develop and consolidate your particular area of expertise.

As well as inductions, technical training and annual appraisals, you will be included in skills programmes, which cover business, management and advisory skills.

Find out more about our opportunities for business services