Hybrid Trainee Solicitor bei Fortrea

Fortrea is a global clinical research company with a small in-house legal team. Our external client base is large pharmaceutical companies, small biotechs and specialist firms.  Our in-house team supports all aspects of an in-house legal team including commercial contract, privacy, employment, corporate, compliance and litigation support.  Our culture centers around four pillars: Forward Together, Own It, Uphold Integrity and Respect People.

This is Fortrea’s inaugural Traineeship Program which will provide you with opportunities to be involved in international work.  Our program has 4 seats and trainees will have 1 seat in each of the 4 areas: commercial contracting, corporate, privacy and compliance (investigations and third party risk management). 

Our application process for Traineeships beginning in September 2025 is now open.

The Role:

This is a full-time traineeship for a two-year fixed term contract.

Location: Central Belt. The positions will be fully remote with a requirement to meet face to face with training supervisor on a monthly basis.

Our trainees can expect to be involved in a broad range of work throughout their traineeship at a local and international level, including, but not limited to

• Action Line Investigation support
• Affidavit drafting
• Support internal meetings
• Support Compliance Liaisons
• Contractual language drafting and review
• Support Regulatory document filings
• End User Access Terms review

This offers our trainees experience in working in an international organization and with colleagues across our global offices supported by our experienced Scottish solicitors.

Successful applicants will have good organizational and time management skills, along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.  Candidates are expected to have good attention to detail and the ability to work on own initiative.  We would welcome candidates who have a particular interest in life sciences and who have previous office working experience although this is not essential.

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