What is the best London LAW firm to work for if I am starting a career in law?
There are hundreds of them! There’s the magic circle, they’re the biggest UK based international firms. Then there are the US firms which have offices in London. Both of these pay a lot and have extremely long hours. Then there are the mid-size London firms and the silver circle, which may have similar hours and pay, or may have slightly lower on both counts – it depends firm to firm. Then there are the smaller niche firms which often specialise in specific areas like media, sports, private client etc. These have fewer hours and lower pay usually. Really you need to research this yourself, there’s no way anyone can say which is the ‘best’ firm because each has different strengths and weaknesses. Google ‘chambers student guide’, ‘roll on friday’, ‘lex 100’ and ‘the vault’. Each of these lists most of the main London firms and has info on salary, practice strengths, hours, culture, what they look for in employees etc as well as the opinions of people who work there. The lex 100 is partic
