Trainees choose two elective seats from five areas. We make every effort to satisfy requests and tailor the training contract to specific interests.
Employment
Covington’s international employment practice helps multinational employer clients manage HR-legal compliance projects. Our work includes the preparation of global policies and codes of business conduct, expatriate secondments/ global mobility, multi-country project management, cross- border M&A, corporate restructuring, and litigation. Current projects in which we are involved include business and human rights-related compliance initiatives and gender pay gap reporting requirements.
Life Sciences Regulatory
Covington is widely acknowledged to have one of the world’s top life sciences practices globally. We advise companies and trade associations, including many of the major multinational pharmaceutical manufacturers, biotechnology companies and producers of medical devices, cosmetics, foods, food packaging, specialty chemicals and consumer products. Our advice covers a wide range of regulatory, transactional, and contentious matters. We represent our clients before regulators, policymakers, and the national and European Courts. The group has been heavily involved in most of the major regulatory developments in recent years, including the fight against COVID-19.
Technology Regulatory
We advise clients on a variety of technology regulatory issues. Our expertise spans such diverse topics as data protection, cyber security, copyright and other IP, e-commerce, the use of AI, platform regulation, Internet of Things, digital health, social media, behavioural advertising, geolocation tracking, and biometrics, to name just a few. The team in London works closely with colleagues in our other offices to help clients roll out innovative new products and services globally, as well as supporting clients to manage regulatory investigations and important litigation. We also work regularly with our public policy and government affairs colleagues to help clients shape technology, IP, and related laws at the European and national level.
Project Development and Finance
Our team advises companies, lenders, and governments on a wide variety of energy and infrastructure projects. Our main focus in energy is on power projects rather than traditional oil and gas. We have substantial experience in renewables and are rapidly gaining experience in battery and other storage projects. We consider that the energy transition is not only key to the future of the practice but also to the life chances of people in developing countries. Two-thirds of people in Africa still do not have access to power and one of the team’s pro bono initiatives was commenting on mini-grid regulations before they were brought into force in an African state; another consists of teaching project finance techniques to young African women involved in the energy sector. The team work on projects anywhere in the world but with a particular focus on the Middle East and Africa.
Life Sciences Transactional
Widely recognized as a global leader in strategic transactions, Covington advises on many of the industry’s largest and most innovative life sciences transactions year after year. A hallmark of our transactional practice is our extensive experience structuring, negotiating, and drafting complex global alliances, strategic collaborations, joint ventures, licensing, and other agreements that underpin the life sciences and healthcare sectors. We work with pharma, biotech, medtech and digital health clients, ranging from start-ups through to the largest multinationals, giving us a deep understanding of the issues that arise in relation to agreements at all stages and across all fields within life sciences and healthcare.
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