Legal Trainees - EY Law, Helsinki Finland

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WHAT IF WE DIDN’T FOCUS ON WHO YOU ARE NOW, BUT WHO YOU COULD BECOME?

Here at EY, you’ll have the chance to build a truly exceptional experience. We’ll empower you with the latest technology, surround you with high-performing teams, and provide the global scale and diverse and inclusive culture you need to discover your full potential. Through our coaching and training programs, you’ll develop the skillsets you need to stay relevant today and in the future – all while building a network of colleagues, mentors, and leaders who will be on the journey with you at EY and beyond.

THE OPPORTUNITY: YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE AWAITS

We are looking for legal trainees to join our dynamic team of experienced and talented legal colleagues. In Finland, we have over 40 business lawyers who are working in the following practices: private and public transaction law, corporate and commercial law, employment law, data protection, financing and financial services, dispute resolution, real estate, competition, IP, technology and AI, ESG, and energy law. Additionally, we have e.g. tax lawyers as well as a legal managed services -team, which provides technology based legal services. Working at a thoroughly global law firm with more than 3,500 lawyers and with more than 160,000 other professionals and sector specialists all over the globe in over 90 countries is an experience already per se.
We are now looking for trainees with the primary interest in transaction law or corporate law to join our practices. As a legal trainee, you will assist our lawyers in various assignments e.g. by doing background research, preparing documents, drafting agreements, memorandums, and other legal documentation as well as handling communication with the authorities. At EY, besides your core team, you are offered to work flexibly across our Law team’s practice groups based on your interests in the legal field. You will work with colleagues from different disciplines and talented professionals from all over world as our practice is strongly growing. EY can offer much more than a traineeship if you are curious to explore EY’s capabilities to its fullest.
We offer a 7-8 month-long traineeship starting in January or February 2025. The traineeship may be extended subject to prevailing situation. Let us know your preference regarding the beginning of the traineeship. The position is based in Helsinki and our hybrid working concept allows also our legal trainees to work partly remotely. The starting point is that the legal trainees in Helsinki work full-time but we are of course flexible when it comes to your studies. With us you will get an interesting opportunity to learn more about legal projects and assignments together with supportive and experienced colleagues. You will work with educational and inspiring tasks and get a unique opportunity to challenge yourself in an upbeat business environment.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

• To apply, please submit your resume, cover letter and transcript by 20 September 2024 on our career website.
• Once you have applied, you will receive an invitation via email to our video assessment.
• Please note that the video assessment is part of the recruitment process and must be completed in order to be considered for this process.
• We will start going through applications and conducting interviews during the application period.
• We are looking for trainees to start in January or February 2025 and are flexible with the exact start date depending on your preferences.For more information, please contact Legal Counsels Solja Seppänen / 050 471 8424, solja.seppanen@fi.
  At EY we celebrate differences and support it. Our employees bring their authentic selves to work every day. We promote diversity of thought, culture and background, and are committed to creating an inclusive EY environment for all employees. EY is an equal opportunity employer for employees and applicants. EY encourages applications from all backgrounds related to gender, age, ethnicity, culture, race, religion and belief, nationality, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.
  If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability in your recruitment process, you may contact us through the Talent Attraction and Acquisition specialist in this advert.

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