Greenberg Traurig
2019
[Candidate’s address]
Greenberg Traurig LLP
7th Floor
200 Gray’s Inn Road
London
WC1X 8XF
United Kingdom 27 April 2019
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am currently a student at BPP Law School studying the Legal Practice Course. I am writing to apply to your London office for a training contract to start with your firm in September 2020.
My industry experience, academic background, and personal qualities demonstrate that I have the ability and the potential to succeed as a lawyer with Greenberg Traurig. Having interned at an investment bank in Hong Kong and worked as a paralegal for a multinational oil & gas company, I have had business experience of corporate transactions from a banking and legal perspective. My other legal experience and development of my leadership qualities through taking on management roles in a number of extra-curricular bodies has also permitted me to cultivate creative problem solving and people skills.
Training with GT would provide me with invaluable exposure to rapidly developing industries. One example of this is GT’s recent involvement in AstraZeneca’s purchase of Pearl Therapeutics. Developing my practice as a lawyer on by advising commercial parties on legal issues in industries such as life sciences would fit well with my existing skillset and interest in the business world.
GT’s small trainee intake is of great appeal to me. Due to my determination to participate in a strategically growing firm in London, I believe that working in a small local team, whilst being able to leverage the global resources of GT, would allow me to fulfil my potential as a lawyer and to contribute substantially to GT’s London practice.
This quality of training, combined with GT’s multidisciplinary focus would also allow me to develop into a versatile lawyer in a manner that is uncommon in many City law firms; and forms the basis of my decision to apply to you for this position.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
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