Legal Intern, Corporate

Interns at DLA Piper are given real responsibilities, supporting our clients wherever they operate around the world. You will have the chance to learn through practical work and observation in a truly global firm, giving you an outstanding breadth of legal knowledge, as well as the practical skills that will stay with you for your entire career.

You will also be fully involved in our pro bono and knowledge activities. You will have the opportunity to interact with other DLA Piper offices and experience our “One Team, No Borders” way of working, to improve and test your technical legal skills internationally.

We are currently offering 6-month Internships starting from **July 2025**.

This internship role is for a fixed term. It is not a Bar traineeship role.

Main duties and responsibilities

Our Corporate team offers comprehensive legal services across the full spectrum of cross boarder and national transactions to multinational corporations, investment funds and domestic entrepreneurs. Our involvement in numerous complex transactions has allowed our lawyers to develop extensive experience in all key areas of corporate law.

The successful Intern would be assisting our team of experts on national and cross border corporate transactions, including M&A and PE deals, joint ventures, group reorganisations and general corporate/commercial work;
Duties include:

- Drafting a broad range of corporate documents and setting up of entities
- Project management
- Assisting companies, founders, board of directors, executives and committees on operational matters and strategic transactions and providing them with on-going personalised legal support
- Research on legal matters; and
- Handling due diligence processes and closings

About you

We pride ourselves on having a collegiate environment and we are looking for Interns with a strong leadership potential, who are passionate about our culture, values and ethos of the firm.

We are keen to hear from Interns with the following experience:

- A strong academic record
- Excellent communication and drafting skills in English and French
- A good command of German or any other language would be advantageous
- Commercially astute and keeps abreast of key legal and business news;
- Personal commitment and learning attitude

How to apply

About us

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

Our values

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

- **Be Supportive** - we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfully
- **Be Collaborative** - we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships
- **Be Bold** - we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions
- **Be Exceptional** - we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations

Diversity and inclusion

At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.

Hybrid working

Pre-engagement screening

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits and where relevant, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and work-related references.

Job Reference

4012

Function

Early Careers

Category

Early Careers

Location
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg