Gateley

The insight I was able to receive in the Intellectual Property Rights department was first-class. From the first day, I was involved in live matters and talked through the specific processes. I was able to bounce ideas off senior management as well as my...

I attended a week long vacation scheme in the Manchester office. I worked on active matters set by Partners and Associates such as research tasks, writing letters, attending calls and creating case summaries. I interreacted regularly with lawyers, IT st...

In the Banking and Finance department, the role consists on drafting agreements and deeds of release. Further to this, we did Companies House searches and filled in filing checklists of the background information to either register or release a deed from...

The week was packed with presentations to learn more about the firm. Outside of that, I worked with the Banking team and was assigned multiple tasks by my trainee buddy to help me get a taste of what a Banking lawyer does. I have also had the opportuity t...

I had varied tasks from teams including construction, CDR and Regulatory. There were also a number of teams talks from different departments which gave a good overview of the firm. There were plenty of social events spread out throughout the week which I...

On day one, we were introduced to the trainees and various other people at the firm. We attended a few introductory talks and then started working in our allocated department. Each day, we received a range of tasks within the department, which offered a...

I spent a week in the Leeds office as part of their Summer Vacation Scheme which is the final stage of the recruitment process for a training contract. I sat with the Employment Team and was exposed to real work including drafting and research tasks. The...

On a daily basis, I would reach out to colleagues working in different practice areas I was intrigued in to gain a better understanding of their practice area and develop my own awareness of what more Gateley has to offer. Myself and other vacation scheme...

Throughout the week I worked in the Real Estate team. My tasks ranged from analysing and amending documents, recommending advice and next steps for different cases and researching.

Between events and talks about the firm and the role, we were delegated a myriad of varying tasks in order to simulate a week in the life of a Trainee at the firm.

I was paired with a trainee buddy, and on a day to day basis I was able to get insight into the work my buddy was doing as well as complete my own tasks. These included drafting emails to supervisors, preparing briefing notes, drafting letters, and other...

Working in IP Team and gaining an insight into the firm.

Sat in departments and completed various tasks, TC interview, presentations about the work that the firm does and the culture it embraces and attend after work socials.

Day to day tasks ranged from drafting real legal documents, researching these documents, and researching the whole process using relevant precedent and other resources. Various teams calls were also structured well so we had a great insight into the firm...

In short, this has been a great week! I have been placed in the banking dept for the week and my perception, even from this short time, has changed a lot on banking. I have been involved in real legal work from drafting to meetings, and all of it has trul...

The vacation scheme lasted 5 days. Day 1 primarily involved listening to lectures surrounding who Gateley are, the current trainee experiences, responsible business etc and then briefly meeting your department and trainee buddy. The departments are random...

General: - Insight into departments across Gateley - Discussions on D&I at Gateley - Responsible Business talk - Socialising with other current trainees - Attending social events with Partners and clients - Assisting with charity events in the office...

I was placed in the Commercial Dispute Resolution team where I had the opportunity to do research for the trainees and also paralegals. I was also able to draft meaningful letters such as a Letter Before Cause and Letter Before Action. The role also allow...

I was placed in a randomly selected team for the week with a trainee buddy supervising me. My trainee buddy gave me a series of tasks to do, as well as some other members of the team. These tasks included drafting and reviewing documents as well as resear...

I was given a variety of tasks, including but not limited to report writing, companies house search, draw the differences between the search result and statutory books that companies keep on their own.