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DLA Piper.
Main Office: 160 Aldersgate Street | London | London | EC1A 4HT

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Reviewed on December 16, 2017

I would like to see management really get on top of things and make sure that everyone is on the same page and I would like to get some of the rude attorney's get lectured or replaced.

I received a lot of help here while I was an intern and I greatly enjoyed my interactions with most of the attorneys here. There was always plenty of work to go around as well.

Unfortunately, there is a real lack of leadership at this firm. At times it can feel like a real free for all. I always felt as though some of the attorneys were really standoffish.

Former Employee
Reviewed on October 24, 2017

Provide more training for management. Allow more flexibility for the staff.

They are a large global law firm. The atmosphere is innovative and professional. Staff is friendly and supportive. I really enjoy working here.

There is not a good work/life balance at the firm. Management doesn't always run things well.

Current Employee
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Overview

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality and value to our clients. We achieve this through practical and innovative legal solutions that help our clients succeed. We deliver consistent services across our platform of practices and sectors in all matters we undertake.


Practice Areas

DLA Piper. practices law in the following areas and works with its clients to provide the best possible legal solutions.

  • Asset Based Lending
  • Asset Finance
  • Debt Capital Markets
  • Debt Finance
  • Derivatives
  • Financial Services Regulatory
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Structured Finance And Securitisation
  • Trade And Commodity Finance
  • Administrative Law
  • Antitrust And Competition
  • Aviation Disputes
  • Banking And Finance Litigation
  • China Investment Services
  • Construction And Engineering
  • Corporate And Securities Litigation
  • Cross Border Litigation
  • Defence
  • Emerging Growth And Venture Capital
  • Employee And Labor Relations
  • Employment Litigation And Dispute Resolution
  • Environment Health And Safety
  • Eu Law And Policy
  • Finance
  • Franchise And Commercial Contracts
  • Fund Formation And Investment Funds
  • Global Alignment And Integration
  • Global Employment Law Compliance
  • Global Equity Compensation
  • Global Governance And Compliance
  • Infrastructure And Construction Disputes
  • Infrastructure Finance
  • Insurance And Reinsurance Disputes
  • International Arbitration
  • International Tax Counsel
  • International Trade
  • Investigations
  • It And Telecoms Disputes
  • Media Sport Gaming And Entertainment
  • Mergers And Acquisitions
  • Nuclear
  • Oil And Gas
  • Patent Litigation
  • Patent Prosecution And Strategic Patent Counseling
  • Pensions And Reward
  • Power And Transmission
  • Private Equity
  • Product Liability Mass Torts And Product Stewardship
  • Protecting Business Assets
  • Public Company And Corporate Governance
  • Public Private Partnerships And Pfi
  • Real Estate Asset Management
  • Real Estate Development And Planning
  • Real Estate Funds And Private Equity
  • Real Estate Investment
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Renewables
  • Social Infrastructure
  • Tax Controversy And Disputes
  • Technology Transactions And Strategic Sourcing
  • Trademark And Copyright
  • Transactional Tax Planning
  • Transfer Pricing
  • Transport
  • Us Law And Policy
  • Vat And Customs Duties
  • Water And Waste
  • White Collar And Corporate Crime
  • Workforce Restructuring And Outsourcing
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate
  • Data Protection Privacy And Security
  • Diversity Discrimination And Equal Pay
  • Employment
  • Intellectual Property And Technology
  • International Trade Regulatory And Government Affairs
  • Litigation Arbitration And Investigations
  • Projects Energy And Infrastructure
  • Real Estate
  • Restructuring
  • Tax

Hiring Criteria

DLA Piper. follows the set of hiring criteria outlined below.

As the firm continues to grow within the US and across the world, DLA Piper has an extremely stringent hiring process. In general, it recruits only from the top one-third of the graduating class from select law schools. In addition to academic performance at both graduate and undergraduate levels, the firm considers pervious work experience and a demonstrated passion for the law.

Here are some of the skills that the firm looks for in prospective hires:

Analytical ability and innovative problem solving
Motivation to succeed
Ability and willingness to take up challenges
Demonstrated ability to work in teams of various compositions and sizes
Excellent organizational skills
Strong commercial sense

Pro bono

As a global business law firm, DLA Piper strongly believes in giving back to the community and considers the provision of free legal services as an important part of both its past and its future. Hence, every attorney at the firm is encouraged to spend a considerable amount of time doing pro bono work. In fact, in 2011, the firm's attorneys spent more than 170,000 hours in bringing pro bono initiatives to fruition.

Known as the largest global provider of pro bono legal services, DLA Piper is a thought leader in the creation and delivery of pro bono services for a large number of low-income individuals, community groups, charities, and social entrepreneurs who would otherwise not have access to legal services.

The firm's global pro bono practice also acts for some of the world's leading global charities, academic institutions, aid agencies, UN agencies, NGOs, and governments in order to improve education, economic empowerment, and equality.

Notable cases

  • Redevelopment of the World Trade Center: The firm represents the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in all aspects of this redevelopment in Lower Manhattan.
  • Redevelopment of Intercity and Commuter Railway System of Istanbul: The firm represents the Ministry of Transportation of Turkey in an ICC arbitration worth

DLA Piper. Awards and Recognitions Write a review



Top Labor & Employment Lawyer (Daily Journal list of 75 "Top Labor & Employment Lawyers in California" 2012)

National Law Journal/Legal Times "Champion" (Fifth Annual Legal Times "Champions & Visionaries" Awards 2012)

Second Rank, World's Leading Law Firms (Law360 "Global 20," 2012)

Leaders in Business Law (Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2012)

Philadelphia Litigation Practice recognized as "Litigation Departments of the Year" (The Legal Intelligencer 2012)

The World's Leading IP Strategists (Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Strategy 300, 2012)

First Rank by Lawyer Head Count and Third Rank by Revenue (The American Lawyer's list of "Biggest 25 Litigation Departments," 2012)

2012 International Franchise Law Firm of the Year (Who's Who Legal)

2012 International Real Estate Law Firm of the Year (Who's Who Legal)

Turkish Law Firm of the Year (Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence 2012)

Diversity Write a review

As a leading law firm, DLA Piper promotes an all-inclusive culture, where everyone, irrespective of background, ethnicity, gender, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation, has equal opportunity to grow their career. The firm believes that fostering diversity, equality, and inclusion helps it to attract the best talent from across the continents and build the most effective teams that enable the firm to deliver the highest level of service to its clients. These values are apparent in every aspect of the firm and the way it conducts business with its clients.

DLA Piper's management board is responsible for developing the firm's strategy for diversity and implementing it across the firm's global offices, thereby ensuring that the firm's diversity objectives are successfully met. In fact, the firm has very active diversity committees across its offices that create an empowering environment for all its employees through innovative programs such as the Global Women's Leadership Summit.

Summer associate program

DLA Piper's eight-week summer programs focus on offering substantial real-time pragmatic legal experience and helping law students make an impact in a wide range of practice areas. The summer associates are rotated through several practice groups and encouraged to work on areas of specific interest. Some of the popular summer associate programs at the firm include the following:

Two-week program in overseas offices

Two-week public interest fellowship in New York

In-house internship at a major consulting firm

A survey of the summer associates at DLA Piper revealed that the supervising attorneys constantly provided constructive feedback to the associates at every opportunity, thereby helping the summer associates steepen their learning curve and excel at their assignments.

The supervising attorneys also conduct weekly training sessions including a writing seminar for the summer associates. Further, DLA Piper organizes a range of social events, including golf and cooking lessons, every year in order to help summer associates get to know the firm and its people better.

Working for the DLA Piper.
Working at DLA Piper is one of the most exciting opportunities that one can come across while practicing law in the twenty-first century. Being the largest firm worldwide in terms of the number of attorneys, DLA Piper boasts of an unrivalled variety of work globally across a wide variety of industries and sectors. It does not believe in shortcuts and encourages its employees to work hard for their success.

Having its roots in entrepreneurial regional firms, each with its unique style and exceptional history of client success, DLA Piper truly admires enterprise and imagination in its employees and rewards them accordingly. With its diverse set of legal professionals who are abound with energy, committed to working in a collaborative environment and helping their clients succeed, and extremely intelligent and ambitious, DLA Piper is a firm where you will have the opportunity to work with kindred spirits and exceptional mentors who will lead you toward an extraordinary legal career.

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