Trainee Lawyer, Finance

The role

We are seeking to hire a talented and ambitious Trainee Lawyer to join our financial services team in Milan, Italy. 

You will have the opportunity to support Partners and Lawyers of the team in advising asset managers, banks, insurance companies, investment firms, payment institutions and other domestic and international regulated intermediaries in the regulatory, structuring, compliance and AML areas. 

DLA Piper understands that you are building a future. Which is why we encourage you to reach your full potential, to explore the opportunities and choices that shape your individual career journey. 

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Legal research and due diligence
• Assistance in drafting legal opinions

ABOUT YOU

• Italian Law Degree with great academic results
• Candidates will preferably expect to sit for the first session of Italian Bar Exam in 2025
• Strong interest in financial services and regulation of the financial markets will be considered as a plus
• Excellent English and Italian language skills
• Personal commitment and learning attitude
• Energetic and entrepreneurial mind-set
• Motivated and team player

ABOUT US
DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

OUR VALUES
In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

• Be Supportive – we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfully
• Be Collaborative – we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships
• Be Bold – we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions
• Be Exceptional – we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.
Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.

HYBRID WORKING
We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That’s why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING
In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits and where relevant, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and work-related references.