Work where the supervision is real.
We hire slowly and we train properly. Every lawyer here has a named supervisor with an explicit obligation to review their work — and that obligation is assessed in the supervisor's own appraisal, not left to goodwill.
5 open positions.
Applications to careers@salawassociates.com
Senior Associate — Corporate & Commercial
Lead transactions with partner supervision, run diligence exercises end to end, and take primary drafting responsibility on investment and acquisition documentation.
Principal Office · Posted 18 August 2026
What you would do
- Run transaction workstreams from term sheet to completion
- Draft and negotiate primary transaction documents
- Supervise and review the work of associates and trainees
- Hold direct client relationships on assigned matters
What we look for
- 6+ years post-qualification experience in corporate practice
- Demonstrable lead-drafting experience on M&A or investment transactions
- Comfort managing a client relationship without partner presence
- Admitted to practise and in good standing
Associate — Disputes & Advocacy
Build evidentiary records, draft pleadings and applications, and appear on procedural matters as part of the firm's largest practice group.
Principal Office · Posted 4 August 2026
What you would do
- Prepare pleadings, applications and written submissions
- Assemble and maintain document schedules and chronologies
- Appear on procedural and interlocutory matters
- Support senior counsel in trial and arbitration preparation
What we look for
- 2–5 years experience in contentious practice
- Strong written advocacy and document-management discipline
- Willingness to travel for hearings
- Admitted to practise and in good standing
Associate — Family & Private Client
Advise on divorce, custody, maintenance and succession matters within a settlement-led practice, with early client-facing responsibility.
Consultation Suite · Posted 29 July 2026
What you would do
- Manage a caseload of family matters under partner supervision
- Prepare financial disclosure and settlement documentation
- Attend mediation and negotiation sessions
- Apply the firm's safeguarding protocol on sensitive instructions
What we look for
- 2+ years in family practice
- Demonstrated judgement in matters involving children
- Mediation training desirable but not required
- Admitted to practise and in good standing
Counsel — Regulatory & Compliance
Design compliance frameworks clients can actually operate, and manage regulator engagement from first request through to resolution.
Principal Office · Posted 15 July 2026
What you would do
- Advise on licensing, data protection and AML obligations
- Design and test compliance frameworks and controls
- Manage regulatory information requests and investigations
- Deliver client training and board briefings
What we look for
- 5+ years in regulatory practice or an in-house compliance function
- Sector depth in financial services, healthcare or telecoms
- Experience of direct regulator engagement
- Admitted to practise, or a qualified compliance professional
Trainee Solicitor Programme — 2027 Intake
A two-year structured programme with four six-month seats across the firm's practice groups, a named supervisor in each, and real files from the first month.
Principal Office · Posted 30 June 2026
What you would do
- Four rotating seats across corporate, disputes, private client and regulatory
- Research, drafting and document management on live matters
- Attendance at client meetings, hearings and completions
- Participation in the firm's pro bono programme
What we look for
- Law degree completed or in final year at the time of application
- Evidence of sustained written ability
- Genuine interest in one or more of the firm's practice areas
- Applications open annually in October
Benefits, stated plainly.
Everything below is a written policy, not a cultural aspiration. Ask about any of it at interview and you will get the document.
Supervision that is real
Every lawyer has a named supervisor with an explicit obligation to review work and give feedback. It is assessed in their own appraisal.
Client contact from the start
Junior lawyers attend client meetings, hearings and completions. Nobody spends two years attached to a document review.
Transparent progression
Published criteria for every grade, reviewed twice yearly. You know what the next step requires before you are asked to take it.
Funded study and qualification
Fees and study leave for professional qualifications, further degrees and accreditation relevant to your practice.
Pro bono as chargeable work
Up to 5% of your annual hours may be pro bono and count fully toward targets. Partners participate on the same basis.
Hybrid working, honestly applied
Two days remote by default across most roles, adjusted around hearings and completions rather than around presence.
Parental and carer leave
Enhanced leave for all parents regardless of how they become one, with a structured return and a phased caseload.
Health and wellbeing cover
Medical cover for you and your dependants, and confidential counselling available independently of the firm.
Four steps, roughly three weeks.
You will hear from a person at every stage, including if the answer is no. Send a CV and a short covering note explaining why this practice rather than another to careers@salawassociates.com.
Application review
Read by the partner leading the relevant group, not by a screening tool. You will hear back within ten working days either way.
First conversation
Forty-five minutes with two people from the group. Mostly about matters you have actually worked on and decisions you actually took.
Written exercise
A realistic drafting or analysis task, timed at ninety minutes and paid at your prospective hourly rate. You get written feedback regardless of outcome.
Final meeting and offer
With the managing partner. Terms, progression criteria and supervision arrangements are set out in writing before you are asked to decide.
Nothing listed that fits? Write anyway.
We keep speculative applications on file for twelve months and review them whenever a role opens. Tell us what you want to be doing in three years.
- Direct line
- +1 (212) 555-0142
- Response time
- Every enquiry acknowledged within one business day.