We are currently recruiting a bright Trainee Lawyer to join our Employment team in Milan, where you will be supporting senior associates and partners of the team in advising clients on a wide range of employment matters. You will be advising leading national and international companies operating in the most prominent industries on a wide range of employment matters including general advice, both ordinary and strategic; assistance on contentious matters and the management of the relationship with trade unions; social security law.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Assistance in drafting disputes related documents
• Deadlines managements, filing of legal briefs; service of process and all the practical activities related to the civil proceeding
• Participation in hearings and meetings with clients together with the associate/partner responsible for the matter
• Case law study
• Analysis of contractual agreements and other case documentation
• Preliminary drafting of due diligence report
• Teamwork with senior or junior resources

About you

• Italian Law Degree with great academic results
• Candidates will preferably expect to sit for the first session of Italian Bar Exam in 2027
• Strong interest in labor law will be considered as a plus
• Excellent English and Italian language skills
• Personal commitment and learning attitude
• Energetic and entrepreneurial mind-set
• Motivated and team player
• Minimum 6 months’ experience in employment law with a leading international law firm or employment boutique dealing with international matters will be consider as a plus

About us
DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.
Our values

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

• Be Supportive – we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfully
• Be Collaborative - we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships
• Be Bold - we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions
• Be Exceptional - we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations

Diversity and inclusion
At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.
Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.
Hybrid working
We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That’s why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.
Job Reference
6043
Function
Employment
Category
Lawyers
Location
Milan, Ital

• Assistance in drafting disputes related documents
• Deadlines managements, filing of legal briefs; service of process and all the practical activities related to the civil proceeding
• Participation in hearings and meetings with clients together with the associate/partner responsible for the matter
• Case law study
• Analysis of contractual agreements and other case documentation
• Preliminary drafting of due diligence report
• Teamwork with senior or junior resource