Location: London, UK
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Posted: 4 days ago
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A Legal Trainee role at Société Générale focused on supporting legal documentation, research, and regulatory work within a financial services environment.
Responsibilities
Start your legal career in financial services
We are looking for a motivated and detail‑oriented Trainee to join our London Legal Department, supporting our Prime Services business. This is an excellent opportunity for a law graduate to gain hands‑on experience within a fast‑paced, regulated financial services environment while working closely with experienced legal professionals.
You’ll gain exposure to real commercial legal work, develop practical skills, and build a strong foundation for a career in legal or financial services.
About the role
As a Trainee, you will support the legal team that advises on trading, clearing, and prime brokerage activities. Working under the supervision of qualified lawyers, you will assist with legal documentation, research, and day‑to‑day legal support, while learning how legal, regulatory, and commercial considerations interact in a global business.
This role combines legal drafting, research, coordination, and project support, offering a broad and practical training experience.
What you’ll be doing
Assisting with the drafting and review of legal and commercial agreements
Supporting lawyers with client documentation and contractual processes
Managing legal document execution and maintaining accurate records
Conducting legal and regulatory research on a range of topics
Supporting client‑focused projects and documentation updates
Assisting with company secretarial and administrative activities
Working closely with colleagues across Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Operations
Profile required
What we’re looking for
A completed UK law degree (or equivalent legal qualification)
Strong academic performance and a genuine interest in commercial and financial services law
Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
A proactive, professional, and collaborative approach
Confidence working with stakeholders at different levels
Prior legal work experience is beneficial
Why join us?
Practical, hands‑on legal experience in a respected legal team
Exposure to complex commercial and regulatory matters
Supportive learning environment with experienced legal professionals
A strong platform for future legal or financial services careers
Why join us
People join for the impact they can have on us. They stay for the impact we have on them. A flatter structure offers visibility and exposure beyond that of our competitors, so you know our names, and we know yours. It's personable, human, and inspires success through passion.
By encouraging open mindedness and a willingness to share ideas, we have adapted to market changes and thrived through innovation. Bringing words like “hard work” and “dedication” together with “community” and “respect” has enabled us to work collaboratively and build our future together. We call this Team Spirit and it's what makes us different. It's what makes you different.
Business insight
If you feel you have the required experience and qualifications, then please apply to the SG Resourcing Team, and we will manage your application. At Société Générale, we believe our people are our strength and are core to the success of our business.
As such, we search for, recruit and appoint the best available person on the basis of aptitude and ability, regardless of sex, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, pregnancy, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or gender identity.
Diversity and Inclusion
We are an equal opportunities employer and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. Societe Generale is committed to recognizing and promoting all talents, regardless of their beliefs, age, disability, parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organisation, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination.
How to apply
Apply directly through the company website. Clicking the link below will open the application page in a new window.
Location: Nanterre, Ile-de-France
Industry: Banking & Financial Services
We support you over time, during expansion phases and their more challenging periods alike. By providing a full range of solutions suited to your needs, we play a facilitating role to help you realise your ambitions and leverage your potential. This is why we intend to develop an authentic advisory relationship for all of your financial issues, specifically risk anticipation and management. Our model is based on both bankers who have a very detailed knowledge of their clients and the sectors in which they are active, as well as a broad cross-asset view of the bank’s various products and experts who bring sophisticated technical skill to their work. This client coverage model, though not in itself unique to Societe Generale, finds a better home there because of the bank’s ability to pool expertise in order to provide bespoke solutions to your needs. As a key pillar of the Societe Generale Group’s universal banking model, SG CIB supports the economy by playing a key intermediary role, offering broad market access to issuers and smart investment solutions to investors. The service we bring to our corporate and financial institutions clients revolves around three main activities - investment banking, financing and markets - and our global franchises of equity derivatives and natural resources. For our clients we stand out because we are a trusted advisor with a worldwide leading engineering expertise and a quality product suite.
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