The Dentons Newly Qualified Lawyer Program is a unique opportunity for lawyers with up to three years of legal experience to improve their legal knowledge and hone practical skills.
You will join our team and gain invaluable experience working alongside Kazakhstan’s leading legal professionals in the following practice areas:
1) Banking and Finance / Capital Markets
2) Corporate / Mergers and Acquisitions
3) Employment
4) Energy and Natural Resources
5) Intellectual Property / Technology, Media and Telecom
6) Litigation and Dispute Resolution
7) Real Estate and Construction
The program takes place in Almaty and lasts from three to six months (depending on performance).
You will receive a competitive compensation for the entire duration of the program.
What you can expect
- You will have an opportunity to work on high-profile projects and take responsibility in client matters early.
- You will be assigned a supervisoran experienced associate at Dentonswho will provide support and necessary training.
- We will provide you an experienced mentor through our global mentoring program. Your mentor will help you see new perspectives, maximize your personal and professional potential, build strong relationships and expand your professional network beyond Kazakhstan.
- You will have the opportunity to join professional development courses delivered by trained professionals from Dentons’ offices across Europe and improve your business writing and presentation skills.
- You will attend the Dentons Academy, our dedicated training course in civil law.
- Upon successful completion of the program, we may invite exceptional lawyers to join our team in Almaty.
Requirements
What we expect from you
Key selection stages
Stage 1: Submission of application via (link to the website to be inserted)
Deadline for submission: 21:00 (Almaty time) August 10, 2022
Candidates without an IELTS certificate with an overall score of 6.0 will be invited to attend an English language exam with a Dentons team member
Stage 2: Written legal assignments (1 problem question and 1 essay question) and a personal assessment questionnaire
Approximate dates: August 1015, 2022
Stage 3: interview(s)
Approximate dates: August 2025, 2022
Benefits
Dentons is the world’s first polycentric global law firm. Driven to provide clients a competitive edge and connected to the communities where its clients want to do business, Dentons knows that understanding local cultures is crucial to successfully completing a deal, resolving a dispute, or solving a business challenge. Now the world’s largest law firm, Dentons’ global team builds agile, tailored solutions to meet the local, national and global needs of private and public clients of any size in more than 200+ locations serving 80-plus countries.
In Kazakhstan Dentons has been active for 25 years. With offices in Almaty and Nur-Sultan, the firm is the largest, and the leading, international full-service legal practice in the country with fully qualified legal and professional staff numbering well over 50. Deep practice focus of lawyers allows Dentons to offer competitive prices while securing all the benefits and the highest standards of services of a reputable global law firm.
Dentons is consistently ranked #1 among law firms in Kazakhstan by Chambers Global, The Legal 500 and IFLR1000. The firm secures leading positions in banking and finance, capital markets, corporate, Mamp;A, oil and gas, mining, PPP/infrastructure, dispute resolution and intellectual property.