The Freshfields Vision Scholarship, in collaboration with the Springboard association, offers students with international family history the opportunity to participate for one year (October 2021 to September 2022) in a support program that includes mentoring and training and financial support of 250 euros per month.
The students will be supported by Freshfields lawyers and gain exciting insights into an international law firm in which all dimensions of diversity are are practiced.

Your profile

The scholarship is aimed at committed students (f/m/x) who have successfully completed the second portion of the law program or have successfully completed the bachelor’s program in business law (WU Vienna) by the beginning of the scholarship.
If you are are also interested in economics and have have successfully completed examinations of at least 16 ECTS in the past academic year, we look forward to receiving your application.

Your application

Please send us your application with a motivation letter, your CV and relevant transcripts and certificates by October 13, 2021 by email.

Scholarship sponsored by Freshfields and Springboard

Your Tasks

In this exciting role you will manage the business development activities of the Austrian practice in close collaboration with our Vienna-based partners. We are a very international team and you will be collaborating with colleagues in numerous countries to help market our distinctive services to clients in the Austrian context.

• First point of contact for the Vienna partners and associates with relation to all Marketing and Business Development (MBD) activities
• Supporting global campaigns, initiatives and comparable marketing efforts from an Austrian perspective and adapting materials to the specific needs of the Austrian market
• Closely interacting and collaborating with the Continental Europe MBD team and global colleagues to ensure that BD activities and best practices are leveraged for the Austrian market
• Assisting in the development, planning and implementation of client events and seminars
• Regularly monitoring press and other external sources and feeding intelligence on opportunities in the market to relevant lawyers
• Undertaking research and analysis on clients, targets, markets, competitors, etc.

Your Profile

• A degree preferably with a focus on economics, law or marketing
• 2+ years in a similar role within a professional services environment and an understanding of the legal landscape and trends will be an advantage
• 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
• High level of social competence and service orientation
• Agile project management experience will be an additional advantage

What we offer

Become part of our strong and motivated team in an international environment and benefit from our outstanding learning and development opportunities. Did we get you interested? Then get in touch with us – we are looking forward to receiving your application! Please send your application with a cover letter, your CV and relevant transcripts and certificates via e-mail.

Depending on the specific qualifications and professional experience, a gross annual salary of at least € 48,000 is envisaged for this role. The final salary will be agreed upon at offer stage.

Your Tasks

Your future work with us covers a wide range of tasks:

• Taking over tasks in the accounting team in the area of processing vendor invoices in the electronic invoice workflow system
• Participation in the automation of procurement and creditor processes (Purchase-to-Pay)
• Processing of travel expenses and receipt statements in our travel expense tool
• Processing of reminders and maintenance of vendor master data
• Support in the collection and reconciliation of bank statements

Your Profile

• A successfully completed commercial school (preferably HAK) which is suitable for the job
• The desire to become an expert in the field of accounting
• Team orientation and good communication skills
• Professional fluency in German and English
• Computer literate with practical experience in Microsoft applications (especially Excel)

What we offer

Become part of our strong and motivated team in an international environment and benefit from our outstanding learning and development opportunities. Did we get you interested? Then get in touch with us – we are looking forward to receiving your application! Please send your application with a cover letter, your CV and relevant transcripts and certificates via e-mail.

Depending on your specific qualifications and professional experience, a minimum gross annual salary of EUR 35,000,- is envisaged for this role. The final salary will be agreed upon at the offer stage.

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

• International financing of acquisitions, projects, assets or companies
• Structured financial products
• FinTech
• Restructuring, reorganization and insolvency law
• Regulatory advice to banks and other investors
• Capital market law, financial market law and investment funds
• Financial disputes and contentious proceedings

Your Profile

You will have completed your legal studies with above-average results, have excellent English and German skills, are an entrepreneurial thinker and dedicated lawyer. 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

In our practice group, we advise national and international companies from a wide variety of sectors in the area of European as well as Austrian antitrust, competition and trade law. We are active both in an advisory and forensic capacity and work very closely with our colleagues from other offices and areas of law. We advise transactions, proceedings of administrative bodies as well as “Compliance Counselling” and frequently collaborate with colleagues from other areas of law to offer the best possible advice to our clients.

Within the scope of your future work, you will be in charge of the following main areas:

• Merger control proceedings of the Austrian competition authorities as well as the European Commission
• Antitrust proceedings (including the accompaniment of house searches, fine proceedings)
• Abuse control
• Compliance with antitrust law
• State aid law
• Contract review (in particular distribution law) as well as expert opinions on antitrust issues

Your Profile

You will have completed your legal studies with above-average results, have excellent English and German skills, are an entrepreneurial thinker and dedicated lawyer. Experience abroad and previous knowledge in this area, such as by way of an LL.M. in European competition law, 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 such as international conferences as well as training program in Brussels.  Our associates benefit greatly from work related travel by being able to directly communicate with their clients.

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

In our practice group People & Reward we advise Austrian as well as international companies from various sectors on Austrian and European labour law, in particular with the following focus:

• Solving employment law issues in the context of national and international corporate acquisitions and restructurings; related support and coordination of the employee-related parts of the project
• Strategic advice and structuring of our clients’ operational labour relations (for example, works councils, working time issues, compliance systems, employee data protection)
• Contractual matters – drafting and negotiating of employment contracts (in particular for management board members and managing directors), drafting of works council agreements and template contracts; contract terminations and related required agreements
• Whistleblowing & internal investigations
• Compensation topics – in particular employee incentive schemes, stock and option plans and other types of variable compensation
• Company pension law – advice on company pension schemes and restructuring steps
• Representation of our clients in labour law disputes before courts and authorities

In the future, you will work closely in a team on these focus areas, regularly also with colleagues from other offices and other areas of law on cross-border issues in several jurisdictions.

Your Profile

You have completed your legal studies with above-average results, have excellent German and English language skills and an entrepreneurial thinking, are enthusiastic about complex legal problems and economic contexts, appreciate legal creativity? Experience abroad and previous knowledge in this area, e.g. through an LL.M., a dissertation or internships are also welcome.

What we offer

Be inspired by a strong and motivated team that operates in an international environment and lives flexible working practices. You will also benefit from numerous international conferences and our outstanding internal international training opportunities. In the course of their career, our associates also have the opportunity to work with clients from different industries or in other offices of our firm or partner firms on secondment arrangements.

Sounds interesting? Then get in touch with us – we are looking forward to receiving your application!

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

Your Tasks

Your future job with us will involve working on international projects. This includes:

• Participation in the processing of complex legal issues with international relevance
• Analytical preparation of research results for further use
• Support in the coordination of procedures and processes
• Answering factual inquiries from the project team
• Participation in project meetings and trainings in Vienna and Germany

Your Profile

• You are interested in business and have successfully completed your legal studies
• You have gained initial professional experience in a legal environment, for example in court, public authorities, law firms or in companies
• You are open to technical/legal cross-sectional issues; ideally, you have an additional qualification in the field of information technology
• You have fluent language skills (written and spoken) in English and German
• You are familiar with the common MS Office applications
• You value creativity and initiative as well as social competence and team spirit

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 35,000 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 22,400 EUR.

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.