Legal Internship – Healthcare and Life Sciences – Paris Office – Urgent

Job description

Description

Please send your CV and cover letters to associaterecruiting.pa@lw.com

Desired Periods: To be defined with the candidate – from September 2024 to December 2025

Internship Details

Latham & Watkins is seeking an intern for its Healthcare & Life Sciences practice at the Paris office.

Paid internship with a minimum duration of 3 months (several periods are available in 2024 and 2025).

Our team is renowned for its in-depth knowledge of regulatory law concerning health products (medicines, medical devices, cosmetics, health-related consumer products, etc.) at both the European and French levels. This expertise regularly leads us to advise numerous multinationals, startups, and other sector players.

During this internship, you will have the opportunity to enhance your training and develop your skills and knowledge alongside all members of the HCLS team while working directly with other departments of the firm (corporate, litigation, competition, etc.) as well as with colleagues from other offices in Europe and internationally.

Your will experience a dynamic and collegial environment, with the chance to work on interesting regulatory issues in a national, European, and international context.

You will be integrated into the life of the team and the firm, and work on a variety of cases, from preliminary stages (legal research) to drafting the final deliverable, as well as participate in writing articles and other tasks.

Desired Profile

·  Law student enrolled at a bar school, highly interested in the life sciences sector and preferably holding a degree in health law or pharmaceutical law (or similar degree) and/or having previous experience in the health products industry.
·  Student holding a degree in health law or pharmaceutical law, or similar degree.
·  Student from Sciences Po.

Beyond this profile, we are primarily looking for a motivated and curious candidate who will fit well into our team.

Required Skills

·  Excellent command of English;
·  Proficiency in office tools;
·  Autonomy, legal rigor, sense of initiative and responsibility;
·  Particular interest in the life sciences sector.

Please send your CV and cover letters to associaterecruiting.pa@lw.com

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment.

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are.

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