Trainee Solicitor - Dublin 2025
Job Introduction
Choosing where you start your career is one of the most important decisions you'll make.
At DAC Beachcroft, we know how important it is to have a customised experience throughout your training contract. Not only do we provide a tailored development programme, you'll also receive ongoing support from our Learning and Development team and key partners across the business.
About DACB Dublin
DACB Dublin is part of DAC Beachcroft LLP and is a leading law firm specialising in Insurance Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Commercial, Employment, Sports & Regulation, Real Estate Law and Data Protection & Cyber. Our purpose is to help our clients and our colleagues succeed, creating sustainable value. Our services are modelled on providing quality, value and cost certainty to our clients.
Since DACB Dublin was established in 2009, we are one of Ireland's fastest growing firms. We have 13 partners leading a team comprising of almost 100 lawyers and professional support staff in our new and bespoke offices located in Dublin 4.
Our Training Contract
Our Training Contract will provide you with a blend of technical and personal development. You'll have a comprehensive personal development plan created in collaboration with our Learning and Development team. During our training programme, you will have an opportunity to work with market-leading professionals and clients across a range of sectors. You'll gain early exposure to interesting and challenging work with support from dedicated supervisors.
Our Trainees
Our Trainees tell us that they enjoy the firm's collaborative working environment which reflects our open door policy and cultural principles of being supportive, creative, determined, and clear. There are also many opportunities to network with other Trainees and other colleagues across our business, and to be part of wider firm projects and initiatives.
During your training contract, you will rotate through different practice areas. In each seat you will be supported by a supervisor and will have regular reviews, set clear objectives and discuss your progress.
For the right candidate, we will pay your PPC fees and you will be your paid full salary during your study period. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for someone with a minimum 2:1 degree who has energy and the drive to succeed, as well as commercial acumen and leadership potential. We want you to be different, a lateral thinker who welcomes and values different perspectives.
About the Company
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.
We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.
We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.
Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.
Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.
Application Details
At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are. We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.
We also want you to be at your very best. Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable. Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com
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