You will be working in a leading law firm. You define the limits of your own career and we will help you achieve your professional goals. We want you to share our commitment to excellence through the following:
Seat System
During your first 15 months at the firm you will carry out ‘seats’, where you work in three different teams, each for five months. The teams in which you will carry out your seats will be decided together. During the selection process you will be asked for your preferences, although your choices allow for flexibility and can be changed once you start working at the firm. We like the seat system because it allows lawyers to gain a more comprehensive understanding of both the law and the firm, and will provide you with the opportunity to get to know various teams and practice areas. Each seat period is a new challenge and fosters the development of various skills necessary for practising law.
Ongoing Training Plan
Internal training: TESEO is an ambitious two-year training plan designed for Pérez-Llorca’s youngest lawyers. It is also open to any other lawyers from the firm who wish to participate. This programme, organised and funded by the firm, has been designed with the primary objective of offering its participants the necessary training to reach their professional goals.
You can find out more information about TESEO here.
National and international external training: we encourage continuous training for lawyers once they have joined the firm, as this allows them to specialise in specific or new areas and fosters ongoing contact with the academic and professional world through courses, seminars and conferences organised by prestigious institutions.
We believe that a true professional should be constantly learning and building on their knowledge and we take this into consideration in the career plans we design for each lawyer. After several years practising law we believe that it is crucial to stay up to date or to study certain areas in ever greater detail. At Pérez-Llorca, we believe in your career and we support this process in a number of different ways:
Financial support: we have a scheme through which we fully or partially finance postgraduate or LL.M. studies in the US as long as the interest and commitment between the professional and the firm are mutual.
Recommendations: we provide individual and institutional references in order to facilitate admission onto the programme of your choice.
Support groups: we put those who are interested in touch with groups of lawyers, partners and/or alumni, who have had the same concerns and have gone through the same experience, so that they can offer their advice.
International Opportunities
Pérez-Llorca has four offices abroad, in London, New York, Brussels and Singapore, where our lawyers practise Spanish and Portuguese law. Our offices assist Pérez-Llorca’s clients with the development of their projects and serves as a gateway for our firm to collaborate closely with local firms.
Some are managed by partners who have spent the majority of their professional careers at Pérez-Llorca. They are accompanied by associates who joined as first-year lawyers and have grown both personally and professionally at Pérez-Llorca.
From our London office located in the capital’s financial hub in the City, our firm advises our clients on cross-border transactions and provides them with an even more global and comprehensive service and accompanies them on all their projects.
From our New York office located on Park Avenue, we advise clients and adapt our multidisciplinary advice to their needs in the US and Latin America.
Furthermore, our Brussels office ensures that Pérez-Llorca has a permanent presence in the heart of Europe, very close to the main European institutions.
Finally, in our office in Singapore Pérez-Llorca is developing its strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, making it the first Spanish law firm with a presence in this country.
Secondments programme: you will be given the opportunity to participate in our international placement scheme and spend a period of time in a highly regarded law firm in the US, Latin America, Europe or Asia. We also have a seat system for our offices in Bogotá, Brussels, Lisbon, London, Medellin, Mexico City, Monterrey, New York and Singapore. Our lawyers take maximum advantage of these stays abroad, both professionally and personally. We run exchange programmes around the world in cities including: New York, London, Paris, Stockholm, and Sao Paulo.
Multilateral training: you will be able to attend courses and seminars abroad organised by other firms with whom we collaborate and who invite our lawyers to participate in their training programmes.
Study an LL.M
Ensuring our professionals receive international training is one of our main objectives, which is why we strongly encourage our lawyers to study an LL.M. abroad. To support this, we have the “Study an LL.M. (PLL.M.)” programme, through which we manage this training and guide you through the process.
In addition, the firm can help you to find funding resources and has an Advisory Committee made up of LL.M. alumni and the HR team that advises those interested in this experience and provides all the information needed to make the decision to study an LL.M., as well as to navigate the entire admission process.
Studying for an LL.M. is an exciting milestone in a lawyer’s career, as it enables you to acquire a more global vision of the law, network, improve your professional English, qualify in another country, or work as a secondee in international firms, among other benefits.
Delegation and supervision
At Pérez-Llorca you will have the opportunity to take on responsibilities from the start. In addition, an experienced lawyer will supervise your work and will act as your tutor and mentor to help enhance your skills and improve any aspects of your work, in order for you to acquire the technical excellence required by our clients. For tutors, partners and/or lawyers with experience, lawyers represent the future of the firm and this is why time is invested in passing on knowledge and guiding your career.
Career Plan
We evaluate each lawyer’s individual performance and provide them with feedback, either annually or every five months in the case of lawyers who are carrying out seats. This is how we discover each lawyer’s strengths as well as their professional and personal interests, facilitating their development and progress at the firm.
Business Development Training
Business Development is a very important aspect of a lawyer’s work alongside the technical competencies that can be acquired through practice. For this reason, we have a specific Business Development training programme for senior lawyers that gives them the basic tools necessary to successfully conduct presentations and meetings, respond to our clients’ needs, and create new business opportunities.
Grants
In collaboration with the Faculty of Law (Comillas ICADE), Pérez-Llorca is offering students in the second year of baccalaureate from public secondary schools throughout Spain the opportunity to study any of the degrees offered by the Faculty of Law with a grant that will cover 100% of the cost of the degree. As a prerequisite, you must have excellent grades and pass the admission exams. You can fill out the application form here.
Sustainability: Pro Bono activity and C4C volunteering scheme
Through the Sustainability department, and especially through Pro Bono initiatives, we work to support the most vulnerable people and communities, guided by a deep sense of ethics and service to others. We believe sustainability is not simply a responsibility, but a way of creating social transformation, and encourage our professionals to get involved in projects that promote justice, equity and the development of opportunities. This work is framed by the values that inspire and give meaning to the legal profession, and which guide our commitment to society.
The Collaborate4Change (C4C) Plan is an additional corporate volunteering initiative that expands this commitment through charitable activities and sporting events aimed at supporting vulnerable groups. Through these initiatives, we seek to strengthen communities and contribute to the creation of a more humane and supportive environment committed to the pursuit of the common good.
We would love to have your support for these projects.
