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London offers common law qualified lawyers access to the full range of international law firms from the magic and silver circle to US, west end, profit sharing and specialist boutique practices. Newly qualified starting salaries have sky rocketed in the City over the last 3 years reaching as high as £125,000 at magic circle firms and £175,000 at some US practices. This combination makes London as desirable as ever from both a financial and legal experience perspective, while also offering those looking to travel during their overseas experience, the perfect gateway into Europe. Please contact us below to learn more about current London and UK opportunities.

Jersey and Guernsey are the closest offshore jurisdictions to the UK sitting directly in the English Channel between France and England. Once Britain's summer destination of choice, the Channel Islands offer a beautiful port town lifestyle and a quieter, friendly pace of life, particularly suited for those who enjoy their nature, walks, sailing and green rolling hills. Both Jersey and Guernsey are home to all the major pan-offshore firms and have close links with the UK and international law firms in London. The offshore work is of the highest quality encompassing corporate, funds, banking & finance, trusts, financial services, and litigation. Salaries for NQs typically start near the £75,000 mark and are further bolstered by only a 20% income tax rate. To learn more about current opportunities in the Channel Islands, please get in touch.

Perhaps the world's most famous offshore legal centre, the Cayman Islands enjoys a bustling cruise ship based tourism industry thanks to its crystal blue waters, long white sand beaches and its covenient location off the US coast near Miami. Many of the world's premier offshore law firms started in Cayman and continue to win some of the best corporate, funds, trusts, litigation, finance and regulatory offshore work available. Like Bermuda and the BVI, salaries are in US dollars but there is no income tax at all in Cayman and salaries tend to exceed USD150,000 at the 3 year qualified mark. Please note, solicitors will need to be at least 3 years qualified to secure work on the island. To learn more about current opportunities in Cayman, please get in touch.

A more rustic Caribbean option, the BVI offers the most stunning green mountainous island landscape built for sailing and island hopping day trips. Tortola is home to all the major pan-offshore law firms and provides UK qualified barristers and solicitors the chance to work in high quality close knit legal teams with a mix of funds, trusts, banking and finance, financial services, regulatory, corporate and disputes work available. Salaries tend to exceed USD150,000 for 3 year PQE solicitors and this is further improved by a very low payroll tax rate. To learn more about current opportunities in the BVI, please get in touch.

Bermuda is made up of a picturesque archipaleago of islands located close to the US and New York coast line peppered with pink sand beaches, crystal blue waters and idyllic pastel coloured buildings. It is also a very well established offshore legal centre with a particularly strong connection to the insurance & reinsurance sector. Law firms in Hamilton enjoy a broad mix of corporate, funds, banking and finance, financial services, trusts, litigation, regulatory and insurance sector work, and will consider common law qualified solicitors with at least 3 years experience in those areas. Salaries tend to be in excess of USD150,000 further improved by a very low payroll tax rate. To learn more about current opportunities for lawyers in Bermuda, please get in touch.