Legal Trainees 2025/2026 - EY Law, Helsinki

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Will you shape the future or will the future shape you?

The opportunity: your next adventure awaits

We are now looking for trainees with the interest in Transaction Law or Corporate Law to join our dynamic team of experienced and talented legal colleagues. In Finland, we have over 50 business lawyers who are working in the following practices: private and public transaction law, corporate and commercial law, employment law, data protection, financing and financial services, dispute resolution, real estate, competition, IP, technology and AI, ESG, and energy law. Additionally, we have e.g. tax lawyers as well as a legal managed services -team, which provide technology based legal services.

As a legal trainee, you will assist our lawyers in various assignments e.g. by doing background research, due diligence, preparing documents, drafting agreements, memorandums, and other legal documentation as well as handling communication with the authorities. At EY, besides your core team, you are offered to work flexibly across our Law team’s practice groups based on your interests in the legal field. You will work with colleagues from different disciplines and talented professionals from all over the world as our practice is strongly growing. EY Can offer much more than a traineeship if you are curious to explore EY’s capabilities to its fullest.

We are looking for trainees for the following periods:

• April 2025 – September 2025 (Transaction Law)
• September 2025 – March 2026, and
• March – September 2026

However, we are flexible with the exact start date depending on your preferences. Let us know your preference regarding the beginning of the traineeship. The position is based in Helsinki and our hybrid working concept allows also our legal trainees to work partly remotely. The legal trainees in Helsinki work full-time but we are of course flexible when it comes to your studies. With us you will get an interesting opportunity to learn more about legal projects and assignments together with supportive and experienced colleagues. You will work with educational and inspiring tasks and get a unique opportunity to challenge yourself in an upbeat business environment.

EY commits to your personal development – many of our trainees have retained junior legal counsel positions with EY after their graduation.

What we look for:

• Qualifications:
  • Currently pursuing an academic degree in law with at least 180 ECTs
  • Deep interest in business law and motivation to develop as a legal professional
  • Excellent communication skills in both Finnish and English, other languages are considered as an asset
  • Can-do attitude and flexibility
  • Ability to adapt to new challenges as a true team player
  • Advanced skills in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ideally, you’ll also have
  • Previous work experience in the legal industry or related field
  • A keen interest in legal technologies that drive automation and digitization of legal operations by combining them to the way legal work is executed on a daily basis.

What’s in it for you:

• Develop, broaden and deepen your legal knowledge and skills while working with various clients and legal projects in several fields of business
• Develop your personal leadership skills and technical capabilities while using different programs and taking part of several projects simultaneously
• Continuous support from your buddy, counselor and colleagues from the beginning of the traineeship until the very end of the traineeship

What you can expect:

To apply, please submit your resume, cover letter and transcript by 31 March 2025. In your cover letter, kindly indicate the traineeship period(s) you are applying for and express your specific areas of interest (Corporate or Transaction Law).

• Once you have applied, you will receive an invitation via email to our video assessment. Please note that the video assessment is part of the recruitment process and must be completed in order to be considered in this process.

We will start going through the applications and conducting interviews during the application process and are prepared to fill the position(s) as soon as a suitable candidate is found.

For more information please contact Legal counsels Solja Seppänen / 050 471 8424, Solja.seppanen@fi.ey.com or Juha Ellonen / 045 130 7079, juha.ellonen@fi.ey.com

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

At EY, we celebrate diversity and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds. If you have any questions, require assistance, or need adjustments to the recruitment process due to a disability, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at rekrytointi@fi.ey.com. We are here to support you.

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