Hybrid Trainee Solicitor - Scotland, Central Belt presso 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.

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

Location: Central Belt. The positions are 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.

Requirements:

- Scottish LLB and Scottish Diploma in Legal Practice.

- Good organizational and time management skills.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 

- 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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