More About Watson, Farley & Williams
Watson, Farley & Williams was founded in 1982
in the City of London. It has since grown rapidly
to 76 partners and a total staff of over 440 (241
fee-earners). We now have offices in London,
New York, Paris, Hamburg, Munich, Rome,
Milan, Athens, Piraeus, Singapore & Bangkok.
Areas of work
The firm is divided into five international practice
groups: International Corporate, International
Shipping Finance, International Project &
Structured Finance, International Litigation and
International Tax. These groups are not divided
by location but work together internationally.
The International Corporate Group is divided
into several sub-groups: Employment/
Immigration, EU/Competition, Projects and
Commercial Property.
Training and development
The firm looks to recruit graduates who, in
addition to a sound academic background,
exhibit enthusiasm, ambition, self-assurance,
initiative and commercial awareness. Each
trainee undertakes six four-month seats; we aim
to seat trainees with a partner or a senior
assistant from day one. Currently, a trainee can
expect to have a four-month period in Paris,
Piraeus, Singapore or Bangkok.
Each trainee will have at least one seat in one of
our more specialised areas such as tax, projects,
property, employment or EU competition.
Trainees undertake professional skills training
during their training contract and we also hold
regular in-house seminars at which we invite
guest speakers and partners to speak.
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