Legal Assistant Programme 2024

The Programme

Every year we look for bright graduates to join our Hong Kong office as Legal Assistants.

Our programme in Hong Kong  

You will start by joining our four-week summer internship programme in Hong Kong to experience what life is like at Freshfields.

Subject to satisfactory performance, you will be offered to return as a Legal Assistant in our Hong Kong office upon graduation, where you will help leading enterprises to list in Hong Kong or to invest abroad. You will also advise companies on their cross-border mergers and acquisitions – some of the largest and most high-profile M&A’s in Asia.  

Our top performing Legal Assistants will proceed to the United Kingdom for further education at the BPP University Law School.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL) gives you an introduction to the English Legal System and Foundational Legal Skills, and the City Consortium Solicitor Training Programme (CCP) provides you with the optimum preparation to pass the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), the new qualification path for aspiring solicitors.  

Upon the completion of your studies and the SQE assessments, we will offer you a training contract with our London office: you spend your first year in London and your second year in Hong Kong.  

Our unique eight-seat training contract offers you a wide breadth of experience across our many areas of law, including corporate, dispute resolution and finance.  

After the two-year training contract, you will qualify as an England and Wales qualified solicitor with the opportunity to become an Associate with one of our offices in Asia. 

About Us:

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a global law firm with a long-standing track record of successfully supporting the world’s leading national and multinational corporations, financial institutions, and governments on ground-breaking and business critical mandates.

At Freshfields we seek to create a better future for our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.

We value diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone feel they can belong, engage and excel.