Stagiaire Energy & Infrastructure – 2nd semestre 2024

About Herbert Smith Freehills

As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.

We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.

The Opportunity

About us:

Our market-leading Energy, Mining & Infrastructure teams advise domestic and international corporate, private equity and government clients on all aspects of their projects, covering the energy (renewables, hydrogen, batteries, conventional power), natural resources (oil & gas, critical minerals, precious metals) and infrastructure sectors. The Paris team focuses on transactions primarily across the UK, Europe and the African continent, for which it has consistently achieved top-tiered rankings across all major ranking providers. The team is split into French avocats and solicitors from Anglophone jurisdictions, bringing a real diversity of knowledge and approach to transactions.

Description:

An internship / stage in the HSF Paris Energy, Mining & Infrastructure English law team will provide you with unrivalled hands-on experience dealing primarily with English law matters and multi-jurisdictional transactions, as well as opportunities to work with our French avocats on French law matters. As the majority of our team is dual qualified in both English and French law, a large number of the interns who trained with us have subsequently applied for and secured a training contract with our London office, or have been able to acquire meaningful experience as part of the French law path to becoming a fully qualified French avocat. We are looking for candidates that are native or near-native in English, proficient in French, hard-working, and who can demonstrate a strong interest in the energy and infrastructure sector. Previous work experience of at least 3 months would be preferable.

Internship details:

The HSF Paris Energy & Infrastructure practice is looking to hire an intern (stagiaire) for the English law side of the team for the following periods:

• Second semester 2024 (October-December 2024)
• Starting dates and duration of the stage can be flexible – we will consider applications for shorter internships (with a minimum of 3 months) which can start/finish at any times during the specified semester.

If you are interested in applying for an internship with us, please send your CV and cover letter to annabelle.woerth@hsf.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

Team

Corporate

Working Pattern

Full time

Location

Paris

Contract type

Stagiaire Contract

Diversity & Inclusion

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.

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