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Leeds Legal welcomes Barcelona lawyers to the city Leeds Legal continues to drive Anglo-Spanish business links for the city, by welcoming a delegation of Catalan lawyers to Leeds for a two-day delegation. Twenty delegates from Barcelona arrived ...
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Leeds Legal signs formal agreement for future business links between Leeds and Barcelona Representatives from Leeds Legal have just returned from a fruitful delegation visit to Barcelona, having put in place a formal agreement to encourage collaborative working between the two cities. ...
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Leeds Legal return to Barcelona to boost international business opportunities for the city A delegation of Leeds lawyers is travelling to Barcelona this week, for the third time in two years to further enhance business relationships between the two cities. Leeds Legal – an alliance of t...
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Careers & Lifestyle

Careers

Now is a great time to be a lawyer in Leeds.

The scale of opportunities across a wide variety of law firms continues to develop in Leeds, from large scale international practices employing several hundreds, to niche firms.

Leeds is every bit as competitive as London, many of the undergraduate and postgraduate law students who graduate from Leeds’ three educational institutions (University of Leeds, Leeds Metropolitan University and BPP Law School), remain in the city as it offers everything they need to progress their careers. Leeds educates almost 2,500 law graduates on an annual basis - boosting the legal sector further. For more information about law studies in Leeds visit www.leeds.ac.uk, www.lmu.ac.uk and www.bpplawschool.com.

Leeds is also attracting city trained lawyers from London to head up north due to the calibre of work the city’s firms are delivering.

Don’t just take our word for it, click here to read case studies from Leeds lawyers

The legal profession continues to develop as Leeds firms expand and excel in a variety of disciplines, both in the large firms, and the niche practices. Most notably these include corporate and finance, intellectual property, private finance initiatives (PFI), public private partnerships (PPP), commercial property, taxation, employment and international services.

The portfolio of world-class clients speak for themselves with Asda part of the Walmart Group, American Express, Barclays Bank, British Nuclear Fuels Plc, Hitachi Capital, KPMG, National Australia Group, Tesco and Youngs Seafood, all part of the Leeds law firms key clients.

Five reasons why Leeds a good career choice:
  • Since the 1970s the total number of solicitors has grown at an average annual rate of 4%
  • Five national legal practices have major offices in Leeds, employing over 1,000 qualified lawyers between them
  • Law in Leeds is competitive, but a close-knit community
  • High calibre work from high calibre clients, offering competitive salaries and excellent career development prospects
  • Leeds is also one of the most important centres in the UK for financial services, making it a true business hot-spot

Lifestyle

Leeds is a vibrant, thriving city that not only offers great career potential but it also has a great work life balance.

The city offers something for everyone from shopping, sporting events and facilities, a vibrant nightlife and high quality restaurants, to family and cultural attractions.

For more information about Leeds visit www.leedsliveitloveit.com

Case studies
 
Louise Bland, Lupton Fawcett Louise Bland, Lupton Fawcett
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Hazel Randall, DLA Piper Hazel Randall, DLA Piper
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Damian Crosse, Pinsent Masons Damian Crosse, Pinsent Masons
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