About Linklaters

Linklaters is a Magic Circle law firm with 30 offices across the world, advising on the most complex transactions in global finance, corporate, and disputes. The firm has been at the front edge of generative AI deployment in elite legal practice for several years - and the last 18 months mark a meaningful acceleration across the firm’s tooling, talent, and client offering.

• Legora rollout and FT Awards (September 2025): Linklaters rolled out Legora across all 30 offices firmwide, reported as one of the largest BigLaw legal AI implementations to date. Linklaters’ in-house Contract Analysis tool was named Standout Tool at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyer Awards Europe 2025.
• AI Lawyers (November 2025): Linklaters launched a 20-strong global team of dedicated AI Lawyers, drawn from external hires and from experienced Linklaters lawyers who chose to supplement their legal craft with AI delivery expertise. The cohort goes through a bespoke bootcamp - strategic positioning, power-user features, change management, prompt and workflow design - and then deploys into practice groups and offices globally.
• Applied Intelligence (May 2026): Linklaters launched Applied Intelligence - the firm’s bespoke AI practice - unifying AI Lawyers and data scientists to build matter-specific tools and workflows for individual clients and mandates, on a fixed-fee basis. Designed for matters where off-the-shelf AI cannot deliver: regulatory compliance assessments for global banks, claims triage in large-scale European litigation, and ongoing covenant evaluation in complex financings.

Linklater’s Legal AI Highlight

Tanya Sadoughi (Managing Associate and AI Lead - Applied Intelligence, Linklaters) is speaking at the Saturday conference on Bridging Worlds: Client and Law Firm Perspectives on AI and Innovation.

Tanya has built numerous AI tools which have been deployed across the firm and builds using AI agents everyday in her day job and personal life. Her talk will touch on these and also cover the agentic AI governance principles Linklaters has developed for the responsible deployment of autonomous AI systems.

Hackers working on the Citation Sentinel challenge are warmly encouraged to attend; the talk will provide concrete reference points for the auditability requirements built into the challenge brief.

Open positions for you to consider

We welcome applications from students from all degree backgrounds, including science, technology, engineering and maths. STEM skills such as structured problem solving, data literacy and an interest in artificial intelligence are increasingly valuable in commercial law, where we help clients navigate complex, tech-driven change.

Our Vacation Schemes in London are the main route to gaining a training contract with Linklaters. Over two or three weeks you will:

• Sit in a practice area of your choice and work on live client matters
• Experience how we use AI and legal technology in practice, with the chance to try some of our tools first-hand
• Join insight sessions on our practice areas, innovation and pro bono
• Experience our culture through informal networking and socials
• Be supported by a trainee buddy, a principal and the trainee recruitment team
• Receive £520 per week and a guaranteed training contract interview at the end of the scheme Training contract decisions are based on your overall performance during the scheme, with detailed feedback provided.

Find us at the Hackathon

Jonathan Hew, AI Lawyer (Innovation Managing Associate) ⭐ Grand finale judge ⭐ First-round judge ⭐ Speaker: Bridging Worlds: Client and Law Firm Perspectives on AI and Innovation