Hong Kong Work Experience Scheme

Are you currently studying for the first year of your law degree and thinking about taking steps towards a fulfilling career with a professional services firm? Or are you a high school student that is interested to learn about a career in law? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Our exciting work experience placements offer a valuable insight into working in a professional services environment, where you’ll gain exposure to a wide range of legal or business areas, working alongside our award-winning, supportive, and friendly teams.

Our clients include many of the world’s leading financial institutions, corporations, public organisations, private equity houses and investment funds, as well as ultra-high net worth individuals and family offices. We routinely work in partnership with the most prestigious international legal and accountancy firms.

What does our Work Experience Scheme provide?

• Training in all key practice areas including both technical legal knowledge and business skill
• Online resources with help and general information for you
• Personal mentor for the whole period of your placement with us
• Support and expert guidance along with constructive feedback and valuable career advice
• A dynamic, international and inclusion culture

Key Responsibilities

By joining our Work Experience Scheme, you will have the opportunity to work in our various practice groups including Funds, Corporate, Banking & Finance, Litigation, as well as Corporate Services and you will also get an insight into some of our business services teams.

As a work experience student, you will be given work ranging from legal research, drafting, attending client meetings, and you will be supervised by our lawyers and specialists from different areas. Other than work shadowing, you will have the opportunity to attend our internal training programmes, such as Offshore 101 (providing introductory training in offshore law) and Share Your Knowledge sessions (i.e. practical training delivered by our very own specialists on specific areas of law and legal issues). We are flexible and willing to tailor the structure of the programme towards your needs, so you can gain experiences in different areas.

Duration of our Work Experience Scheme

The placements are for a duration of any one week during July to September.

How to apply

We are now welcoming applications for our 2026 intake. Please apply via the button below.

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We can provide the job description or the application form in an alternative format if required. If you’d like to discuss the recruitment process with our team, please email [email protected].

For more information on working with us, find out more on our About page.