Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, (“Freshfields”) is looking for high calibre Chinese law students to join our Beijing Corporate Team as Legal Consultant in 2016.
Please note that these positions are open to Chinese Nationals only for visa consideration.
To apply for either of these positions, please email the materials required below to bjrecruitment@freshfields.com by 14 December 2015.
1. An application cover letter in English: Details your career aspirations, the main reasons that you choose to apply to Freshfields, and your perceived personal strengths for this position.
2. An application form in both Chinese and English: Download and complete the standard application form enclosed
 Application Form
3. A copy of full academic transcripts: Provide transcripts during your entire university study period
Note　1:　All the documents should be in either Word or PDF files.
Note 2: Consolidate all the documents in one ZIP file with an English file name of “[university]-[name].zip”.
Note 3:　Name your email subject as “Freshfields – [university] – [name]”.

About the Firm
Freshfields is a leader among international law firms, providing business law advice of the highest quality throughout the world.With more than 2,500 lawyers in 27 key business centers around the world, we provide a global service to national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments.
Lawyers in our China offices make up one of the most experienced teams of any international law firm.　Operating across many sectors, our teams support clients across a wide range of contentious and non-contentious work.　Our China offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai are fully integrated and our legal teams provide the best legal advice and service to our clients, wherever and whenever required.
Year after year, independent league tables show us as the leading law firm for public and private M&A, capital markets and compliance, antitrust, competition and trade transactions in China.

About the Legal Consultant Position
We offer three-year contracts to our Legal Consultants. During the three-year period, you will work closely with associates and partners on transactions. Regular tasks include due diligence, legal research and legal memo and agreement drafting. Working with us, you can expect to attend meetings with associates and partners, deal directly with clients and other professionals, and be involved in managing and executing transactions from start to finish.

We help our Legal Consultants with their career development by offering comprehensive on-the-job training as well as a variety of training programs for development of legal skills, management skills and other professional skills.

We encourage our Legal Consultants to qualify in common law jurisdictions. Each year, we select top performing Legal Consultants and sponsor them for a one-year LL.M. study in US law schools and a US state bar exam.
We support our Legal Consultants and aid their professional development by offering opportunities of inter-office secondment and client secondment.

About the Selection Process:
1.Applications received: by 14 December 2015
2.Scheduling interviews: November 2015 to December2015
3.Shortlisted applicants attending Internship (3 months): November 2015 to February 2016
4.Confirming Legal Consultant job offers: February and March 2016