Associate Trainee 5 May 2025 - 12 September2025

at  White Case

Associate Trainee 5 May 2025 - 12 September2025
Firm Summary
White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.
With lawyers and staff operating from more than 47 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.
It’s not just about our global network of offices and shared services centers; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work. And why we attract a diverse group of people.
Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Diversity is a core value of our Firm and it has been recognized with numerous awards and top rankings around the world. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.
Position Summary
White & Case in Helsinki is recruiting twp law students who have completed the majority of their studies to work as trainees during the terms starting in May 2025. The trainee positions are full-time. Our trainee program offers law students an opportunity to gain experience and training in a global law firm. Associate trainees work across our three core practice areas: Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Debt Finance, and also on Competition law matters. Typical assignments for trainees include legal research, legal translation, dealing with various governmental authorities, supporting in due diligence processes, as well as drafting various transaction documents, memoranda and minutes. Our trainees work closely with our lawyers based in Helsinki and other White & Case offices and have full access to our internal trainings.
Duties1

White & Case offers law students a possibility to gain experience and training in an international law firm through our trainee program. Typical assignments for our trainees include:

• Legal research
• Legal translating
• Dealing with various governmental authorities
• Preparing and assisting with maintaining data rooms related to various transactions
• Drafting agreements, memoranda and minutes

Our trainee program is a full-time position. Law students interested in the trainee position should have finished the majority of their studies to maximize their benefit from the program.
Qualifications
We want to recruit trainees with energy and enthusiasm - individuals who show initiative, adaptability and have the ability to work in teams but are not afraid of individual responsibility. We expect great communication and language skills from our trainees. Law student interested in the trainee position should have finished the majority of their studies to maximize their benefit from the trainee program.

Location & Reporting

• This is a trainee role based in Helsinki.

The Firm may modify and amend any job description at any time in its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.
1The above is only a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.
Primary Location: Finland-Helsinki
Expected Workplace: Onsite
Job Posting: Oct 14, 2024, 5:03:39 AM

Please refer the Job description for details