Mishcon de Reya

About the firm

Senior partner: Kevin Gold

Managing partner: James Libson

Other offices: Hong Kong, Singapore, Cambridge, Oxford

Who we are: The Mishcon de Reya Group is an independent, international professional services business with law at its heart, employing over 1,450 people with over 650 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm’s legal services.

What we do: The firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. Its work is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning seven core practice areas: corporate; dispute resolution; employment; impact; innovation; private; and real estate. The Mishcon de Reya Group includes consultancy businesses MDR Discover, MDRi (in Hong Kong), MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai), MDR ONE and MDRx. The group also includes MDR Lab, which invests in the most promising early stage legaltech companies

What we’re looking for: Great communication skills both written and verbal; excellent attention to detail; organised and able to work in a structured way; excellent problem-solving skills; driven and motivated with a passion to pursue a career in law.

What you’ll do: Assisting fee-earners with cases with close supervision; answering phones and meeting clients; supporting in the overall efficient running of the team; preparing files and bundles; document management and general administration duties such as e-filing, photocopying and scanning; drafting correspondence and reports; attending client meetings and generating attendance notes; communication with clients both written and verbal; ensuring confidentiality and security of all firm and client documentation, data and information; ensuring all duties are carried out in full compliance with our regulatory requirements and internal policies; drafting invoices; and attending training sessions, both departmental and those put on by our in-house Academy.

Perks: Mishcon Benefits Portal includes: 25 days’ holiday, income protection and life assurance. Other optional benefits include: health screening, dental insurance, private medical insurance, travel insurance, critical illness cover, gym membership, season ticket loan, group pension scheme, yoga classes, childcare vouchers, cycle scheme, in-house doctor, bonus scheme and give-as-you earn schemes.

Seat options

Tax disputes and investigations; white-collar crime and investigations; fraud; insolvency; contentious regulatory and enforcement; commercial litigation; insurance litigation; international arbitration; private commercial litigation; reputation protection; art law; immigration; tax and wealth planning; family; private wealth disputes; private equity; corporate tax; MDR ONE; corporate transactions and advisory; corporate innovation and venture capital; emerging companies; commercial real estate; real estate tax; real estate finance; real estate planning; real estate construction (non-contentious); real estate litigation; employment core; employment innovate; IP (disputes and brands); competition and EU; tech, life sciences, commercial and sport; data; Mishcon Purpose; charities and social ventures; global secondment.

Diversity and inclusion