As one of the fastest-growing law firms in the UK whose partners have an average PQE of 22 years, there are excellent opportunities at Keystone for high-calibre associates with drive and ambition to work with leading partners on top-flight legal work. Keystone can offer associates:
- Enhanced career progression
- The ability to have more control over their career
- Excellent financial remuneration
- Bespoke learning and development
- Career coaching
- A collegiate team of other associates, trainees and paralegals
- Support to build a practice.
WHY IS KEYSTONE A GREAT FIRM TO JOIN?
Keystone has an excellent reputation
Keystone is a Top 100, full-service law firm with over 400 partners and senior consultant solicitors. We are known for our innovative approach and as a result of being the pioneer of the platform model, The Lawyer awarded Keystone ‘Law Firm of the Year 2020’ and RollOnFriday awarded us ‘Firm of the Year 2021’. Our lawyers are highly ranked in Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 year after year.
Work closely with experts and undertake challenging work
Our partners and consultant solicitors are experts in their fields, having spent years at leading law firms before joining Keystone. This means that our associates are working with, and learning from, market-leading specialists. They also receive a high level of responsibility from the start, direct client contact and the opportunity to work on technically challenging matters.
Career development
We offer unparalleled career development opportunities to associates. The firm covers 25 practice areas and 22 industry sectors, which means a wide range of work is on offer, and our associates can progress as fast as their talent and dynamism allows.
Legal training
Keystone offers access to a full continuing professional development programme consisting of in-house and external sessions, supported by career coaching and mentoring. Associates can also request individual training, if needed.
Location
Our proprietary technology enables our senior lawyers to work effectively and securely from any location, giving them freedom and flexibility.
Whilst remote working is possible for our associates, many of our associates prefer to work from Keystone’s offices on Chancery Lane, surrounded by others at the same level so that they can enjoy a friendly, supportive, and sociable environment.
Keystone’s unique culture
All Keystone associates receive a warm welcome to the firm and are encouraged to join in the many social events held throughout the year. They are part of a collegiate and friendly law firm where every effort is made to make everyone feel included.
Facilities and support
Our new joiners can rely on the enthusiastic and efficient support offered by Central Office, including our bespoke IT platform ‘Keyed-In’, and assistance from our business support teams. Read more about these here.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
We are looking for exceptional candidates with ambition and a passion for what they do. We provide opportunities and recruit associates who wish to propel their careers forwards. This could mean that, one day, they will have grown their own practice or have embedded themselves so deeply in the practice of our lawyers, that a partnership becomes the natural next step.
Our associates must also have excellent interpersonal skills, so our partners and clients learn quickly to trust you, as well as a thirst for knowledge, utilising our KeySkills knowledge programme to become subject matter experts. We require our associates to have:
- Excellent academics
- Extracurricular activities that make you stand out from the crowd
- A personality where you see yourself as the CEO of your own business
- Experience in a top law firm
- Technical abilities ahead of your PQE.
HOW DO I APPLY?
Particular vacancies are advertised below, but we also welcome speculative applications from candidates who meet our criteria, especially those with experience in corporate, banking and finance, and litigation.