Fieldfisher is to take trainee solicitors in its Belfast office for the first time.
Two current employees, Hollie Ferris and Leo McSweeney, will begin the Legal Practice Course in September and will eventually qualify as solicitors in England & Wales after completing their study and two years of work experience
Applications were open to those employees who had been at the firm more than a year. Trainees will be based in Belfast with the possibility to complete a seat in one of Fieldfisher’s other offices. The starting salary for the two Belfast trainees has not yet been finalised
Lisa Algie, Fieldfisher’s head of Belfast Operations said: “This is an exciting time for our Belfast operations and it’s great to see the office grow and develop as we continue to consolidate our place in the Northern Ireland legal community.
“I’d also like to offer my congratulations to Hollie and Leo. I’m very much looking forward to seeing them develop and thrive as they undertake their training and I hope that they will be just the first of many colleagues to qualify as solicitors in our Belfast office over the coming years.”
Among the other firms to have launched Belfast training contracts in recent years are Allen & Overy, Baker McKenzie and TLT.
