Your Tasks

Your future job with us will include a diverse range of tasks in advising and representing international clients in relation to arbitration disputes.  This includes:

• Conducting in-depth factual research (through document review, personal interviews, etc) across a wide variety of industries
• Conducting legal research on points of national and international law
• Drafting memoranda and analyses of disputed issues for internal and client consideration
• Drafting legal briefs for submission to arbitral tribunals; and
• Engaging in proactive business development and market profiling activities.

Your Profile

You must have completed your legal studies with exceptional results, be able to communicate, read and draft fluently both in English and German, be comfortable working with colleagues from different backgrounds, be a self-motivated entrepreneurial thinker and value legal creativity. Additional assets – but not requirements – include (i) previous exposure to arbitration (including, for example, participation at the Vis Moot or the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition), (ii) previous experience working or interning in a law firm; and (iii) academic or work experience abroad, particularly in an English-speaking country.

What we offer

Become part of our strong and motivated team in an international environment and benefit from our outstanding learning & development opportunities.

Did we get you interested? Then get in touch with us – we are looking forward to receiving your application!

Note: according to §9 GlBG: There is no collective agreement or legal minimum salary. The intended minimum basis for the salary arrangement (with the possibility of additional payment) is an annual salary (gross, all-in, 14 instalments) in the amount of 45,000 EUR.

We are accepting applications for internships of six months commencing in March or April 2021.

We welcome applications from outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate students in law, as well as those who have already graduated. English is the only language of which mastery is a pre-requisite, although fluency in other languages, in particular German, French, Russian or Eastern European languages, would be an advantage. In addition to that, a valid work permit in Austria is a requirement.

An internship in the Freshfields arbitration group would expose you to a wide range of cross-border work, including some of the most complex and interesting international disputes currently subject to arbitration.

To apply, please submit a letter of application and a curriculum vitae that includes a summary of your university results on or before Friday, 12 February 2021 to:

recruiting.vienna@freshfields.com

Remuneration will be determined in accordance with Austrian law and is based on qualifying experience. The minimum annual gross salary is EUR 21,000, paid monthly in accordance with Austrian law.

Your Tasks

Your future job with us will include a diverse range of tasks in advising and negotiating national and international:

• large real estate transactions
• challenging real estate project developments
• interesting real estate outsourcing projects
• real estate financing

Your Profile

You will have completed your legal studies with above-average results, have excellent English and German skills, are an entrepreneurial thinker and value legal creativity. Experience abroad and previous knowledge in this area, such as by way of an LL.M., a dissertation or internships are an asset but not a must.

What we offer

Become part of our strong and motivated team in an international environment and benefit from our outstanding learning & development opportunities.

Did we get you interested? Then get in touch with us – we are looking forward to receiving your application!

Note: according to §9 GlBG: There is no collective agreement or legal minimum salary. The intended minimum basis for the salary arrangement (with the possibility of additional payment) is an annual salary (gross, all-in, 14 instalments) in the amount of 45,000 EUR.

Your Tasks

• Advising international and national clients on data protection law
• Challenging mandates in the field of data commercialization and data economics as well as in the area of Internet of Things (e.g. autonomous driving, M2M communication, data analytics) beyond data protection law
• Consulting on complex projects concerning (IT-)outsourcing
• Challenging projects in the national and international telecommunications environment
• Large international M&A transactions in TMT context
• Mandate processing with legal tech tools, for example, based on artificial intelligence or document automation

Your Profile

If you’re interested in business, creative, enjoy new and complex challenges, would like to work in a multinational team and are comfortable working in English, then you’ll fit right in with us.

You should have a positive attitude, be truly curious about what we do and have completed your law degree as well as have a high level of English. Furthermore, you are IT-affine and have professional or scientific experience in the field of data protection law, digitalization and data.

What we offer

Become part of our strong and motivated team in an international environment and benefit from our outstanding learning & development opportunities.

Did we get you interested? Then get in touch with us – we are looking forward to receiving your application!

Note: according to §9 GlBG: There is no collective agreement or legal minimum salary. The intended minimum basis for the salary arrangement (with the possibility of additional payment) is an annual salary (gross, all-in, 14 instalments) in the amount of 45,000 EUR.

Your Tasks

• Advice on corporate law
• Public M&A: Takeover offers and subsequent squeeze-out procedures
• Private M&A: company and share purchases and related procedures (auctions)
• Privatizations, Joint Ventures
• Corporate Governance Consulting and Compliance
• IPOs and capital increases

Your Profile

You will have completed your legal studies with above-average results, have excellent English and German skills, are an entrepreneurial thinker and value legal creativity. Experience abroad and previous knowledge in this area, such as by way of an LL.M., a dissertation or internships are an asset but not a must.

What we offer

Become part of our strong and motivated team in an international environment and benefit from our outstanding learning & development opportunities.

Did we get you interested? Then get in touch with us – we are looking forward to receiving your application!

Note: according to §9 GlBG: There is no collective agreement or legal minimum salary. The intended minimum basis for the salary arrangement (with the possibility of additional payment) is an annual salary (gross, all-in, 14 instalments) in the amount of 45,000 EUR.

Your Tasks

Get to know us “unplugged” and discover exciting insights into our daily work and team while gaining experience in an international law firm. You will support us to deliver excellent work for our top clients among the various practice groups, for example:

• Support our associates and partners with everyday work
• Sit in on negotiations and court hearings
• Help us draft briefs and consultations as well as learn how to construct memos and revise contracts
• Literature research
• Support with the production of publications and certificates

What we offer

Become part of our team which offers a highly dynamic and inspiring atmosphere, and you’ll be surprised by the diverse and challenging tasks you’ll find. As an intern you are not assigned to a particular practice group, rather you support all colleagues with individual client work. This provides you with the unique opportunity to guide your focus independently during your monthly internship as you get to know all the areas of Business Law.

Key requirements

You will need to have successfully completed the second portion of the law program or a successfully completed bachelor’s program in business law (WU Vienna) by the beginning of the internship period. You must also be interested in business, curious, creative and like new challenges time and time again. If you are in fact an out-of-the-box thinker and are comfortable working in English, then you have come to the right place!

Application deadlines

If you want to complete your internship between February – June 2022, send us your application by October 15th, 2021. If you want to complete your internship between July – November 2022, send us your application by January 15^th, 2022.

Did we get you interested? If yes, contact us – we are looking forward to hearing from you!

The agreed minimum salary (with the possibility of an over payment) is based upon an annual gross salary (of 14 installments) in the amount of 21,000 EUR.

In this exciting role you will manage the Business Development (BD) activities of the Austrian practice and the Vienna office, reporting into the Marketing & Business Development Partner in Vienna and the Team Lead, Continental Europe Local BD who is located in Brussels. You will collaborate very closely with the Vienna-based Marketing & Business Development Executive, who leads on operative marketing activities such as events, seminars and publications.

Your key responsibilities

• Identify business opportunities with key and new clients in the Austrian market; provide intelligence on opportunities; design and implement BD initiatives to realize opportunities
• First point of contact for the Vienna partners and associates in relation to strategic BD initiatives
• Network with our global MBD team and adapt the firm’s business development initiatives and materials so that they meet the needs of our clients and are fully leveraged for the Austrian market
• Help drive client relationship management for selected Austria-based clients
• Undertake research and analysis on clients, targets, markets and competitors
• Liaise with our central PR team and external PR provider to help drive our PR and communications activities in the Austrian markets
• Provide guidance and feedback to one MBD team member (MBD Executive) in the Vienna office

Key requirements

• A degree preferably with a focus on economics, law or marketing
• 5+ years in a similar role within a professional services environment and an understanding of the legal landscape
• Eager to work as part of a global team
• Excellent English and German skills at least on business fluent level are essential
• Strongly positive, pro-active and pragmatic mentality and the ability to deliver high-quality results in a dynamic work environment
• Ability to generate strategic and commercial insights on market trends and client needs and convert these into actions
• High level of social competence and service orientation
• Project management experience

Our offer

We provide a wealth of opportunities in a diverse and ambitious environment. You will be an important member of a strong, motivated and truly international team in a leading global law firm. We encourage international collaboration and will support your career with ongoing learning and development throughout our cross-border network. Let yourself be inspired by our team spirit. Depending on the specific qualifications and professional experience, a gross annual salary of approximately € 40,000 (for 50% part-time basis) is envisaged for this role. The final salary will be agreed upon at offer stage.

Interested?

Then let’s talk. Please send us your application incl. a letter of motivation and your CV in English via email, indicating your earliest possible start date and your salary expectations.

Your key responsibilities

Your responsibilities would include working with our clients across our varying practice groups, such as:

• Antitrust, Competition & Trade
• Banking and Finance
• Corporate/M&A
• Dispute Resolution
• Intellectual Property and Information Technology
• People & Reward
• Public Law
• Real Estate
• Tax

What we offer

Become part of our strong and motivated team in an attractive work environment and benefit from our outstanding national and international learning & development programs.

Key requirements

If you’re interested in business, creative, enjoy new and complex challenges, would like to work in a multinational team and are comfortable working in English, then you’ll fit right in with us.

You should have a positive attitude, be truly curious about what we do and have completed your law degree as well as have a high level of English. Having worked or studied abroad is also a definite advantage but not a requirement.

Did we get you interested? Then get in touch with us – we are looking forward to receiving your application!

Note: according to §9 GlBG: There is no collective agreement or legal minimum salary. The intended minimum basis for the salary arrangement (with the possibility of additional payment) is an annual salary (gross, all-in, 14 instalments) in the amount of 45,000 EUR.