Charles Russell is one of the UK's top 50 legal practices, providing a full range of services to UK and international companies, organisations and individuals.

Approximately 75% of the work carried out by Charles Russell is for corporate and commercial clients.

Charles Russell is known for its client care, high quality, expertise and friendly approach. We have a simple strategy - to help clients achieve their goals through excellent service. Many of the lawyers are ranked as leaders in their field.

Experienced in carrying out cross-border corporate and commercial work, the practice can also provide clients with access to 150 recommended law firms across the world as part of the two major legal networks, ALFA and Association of European Lawyers.

Our lawyers and staff are highly motivated and talented people based at offices in London, Guildford , Cheltenham, Cambridge, Oxford, Geneva and Bahrain. Our commitment to training and development and strong team spirit is a key ingredient to being known as a friendly practice to work with and to work at. This is reflected in a recent survey of trainees which ranked Charles Russell as a Lex 100 Winner 2007 for 'client contact' and 'social life'.'

We recruit relatively few trainee solicitors and, as a consequence, are very deliberate in our selection. This means you will be treated as an individual, not just another suit! You will be exposed to a wide variety of different practice areas so that together we can decide where your ambitions can best be realised.

It is a two way process and along with the highest academic qualifications we expect a strong level of commitment from you to help us maintain the high standards our clients have come to expect.

We are a practice with a strong sense of fairness and values, a loyal client base of many years’ standing and a keen eye on the future – could we be part of your future too?

The closing date for the Training Contract applications has now passed.

The application form for both the 2009 Placement Programme and 2011 Training Contracts will be available from December 2008.

The closing date will be 31 July 2009.

If you have any queries please email us on graduaterecruitment@charlesrussell.co.uk