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ADVANCE . THRIVE .  \nPage 3  \nWhy Start Your Legal Career With Us?  \nPage 6  \nThe Solicitors Qualifying Examination  \nPage 7  \nWant To Get To Know Us Better?  \nPage 9  \nApplication FAQs  \nWhy Start Your Legal Career With Us?  \nAt Akin, we are all about opening doors. We recruit those with exceptional promise and give you everything you need to reach your goals. Our trainees are guaranteed animmersive hands-on experience, working side by side with senior practitioners on highprofile transactions and disputes.  \nTraining Programme Structure  \nOver the course of your two-year training programme, you will rotate across four different practice areas, spending six months in each. This provides you with the best opportunity to acquire a breadth of experience and an indepth understanding of our business, our work, our clients, and our people. All of our seats provide opportunities to gain exposure to multi-jurisdictional work and our global teams and clients.  \nEveryone’s legal journey is different. Although you may already have an idea about the type of work you’re interested in, our advice is to remain open-minded. Our Trainee Development team will be on hand throughout your training to help you navigate seat choices and help tailor your training programme.  \nKey practices include:  \n• Financial restructuring  \n• Corporate/M&A  \n• Energy & infrastructure  \n• Finance  \n• Financial regulatory  \n• Funds/investment management  \n• Litigation/arbitration  \n• International trade  \n• Antitrust & international competition  \n• Tax  \nAll of our trainees sit in one or more of our flagship transactional seats and one contentious seat, to give a strong foundation of our key business areas and to build diverse skill sets. In addition, there are opportunities for a tailored international or client secondment.  \nSmall Intake  \nWe recruit a maximum of 8 trainees each year and therefore you will be integral to the team from day one. Expect plenty of responsibility and the chance to play a meaningful role in fast-paced, sophisticated client matters.  \nFeedback  \nFeedback will be key as you move through your legal career. You’ll receive ongoing feedback from your seat supervisor and others within your team to keep you on track and help you develop and refine your legal skills. You’ll also have two formal reviews in each seat.  \nTraining  \nThere is no limit to your learning as an Akin trainee. You’ll attend regular practice group and office-wide training sessions on relevant areas of law and practical skills. Additionally, you’ll have the chance to hone your public speaking skills through our Trainee Education and Development (TED) Talk Series. During TED Talks, you’ll present to your trainee cohort on a topic in which you’ve become a subject matter expert-offering a great opportunity to share knowledge.  \nThroughout your two-year training programme and beyond, you’ll also collaborate with our internal talent team and external consultants to support your professional growth. By working together, we’ll make sure that your skills and knowledge are constantly growing.  \nThe Akin Client Excellence Framework (ACE)  \nThe ACE Framework outlines the core skills that our associates and counsel are expected to achieve at each stage of their career to provide exemplary service to our clientsand to build a successful career as a lawyer. Our robust training programmes support our lawyers’ development in these core skills. Please click here to learn more.  \nSupport  \nSupport doesn’t begin on your first day as a trainee, it starts as soon as you’ve secured your place to join us. 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