Hunters Law LLP

Overview

Hunters Law LLP is a long-established London-based law firm centred in Lincoln’s Inn with a cross-practice focus on private client, family, charity, corporate and real estate work. The firm emphasises client-focused, practical advice for international entrepreneurs, family groups, charities and landed estates and highlights its specialist credentials in private client / high-net-worth work (continued recognition in the Chambers HNW Guide 2025) and an award-winning Family & Relationships team (Chambers UK Awards 2025: Family Team of the Year). Founded in the early 18th century and still based in Lincoln’s Inn, Hunters positions itself as a trusted adviser on complex transactions, contentious matters and sensitive personal client issues.

• Headquarters: London, Lincoln’s Inn (9 New Square)
• Founded: 1715
• Offices: 1

Values & Culture

Practice Areas

• Charities & Not-for-Profit
• Real Estate
• Corporate & M&A
• Family Law
• Dispute Resolution & Litigation
• Private Client & Wealth
• Agriculture & Rural
• Employment
• Tax
• Intellectual Property
• ESG & Sustainability
• Regulatory & Compliance

Geographic Focus: Primarily London-focused (Lincoln’s Inn) serving private clients, landed estates, charities and businesses across the UK; acts for national and international clients and advisers on cross-border private client and commercial matters. The firm positions itself as a City-based adviser with specialist sector knowledge (charities, landed estates, private wealth) and continues to attract London and international high-net-worth work.

Training Contract

Selection for the training contract is a two-stage process: an initial online interview followed by an in-person Assessment Week (one week) held in the firm's Lincoln’s Inn offices. The firm integrates the vacation scheme into its recruitment pipeline (the vacation scheme feeds candidates into training contract recruitment). Trainee supervision includes regular one-to-one meetings with a Training Partner and Training Supervisor and a second‑year trainee buddy for each first‑year. Seat allocations and exact seat lengths are managed internally and trainees rotate through firm practice areas; trainees are strongly encouraged to attend training sessions across other departments. Assessment Weeks are held in-office and attendance is required every day during the allocated week.

• Application Deadline: 2026-04-24

Seat Options

• Charities & Not-for-Profit
• Real Estate
• Corporate & M&A
• Family Law
• Dispute Resolution & Litigation
• Private Client & Wealth
• Agriculture & Rural
• Employment
• Tax
• Intellectual Property

Mentorship

Formal mentorship and supervision arrangements: each trainee has a Training Partner (weekly meeting), a Training Supervisor (monthly meeting) and a second-year trainee buddy. The firm encourages trainee participation in departmental training, firm initiatives and pro bono clinics and provides regular feedback and structured reviews.

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Programmes & Schemes

Notable Matters

What Hunters Law LLP Looks For

Key Competencies

• Commercial awareness
• Client service and communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Resilience and ability to take responsibility
• Practical drafting and research ability
• Interest in private client, charity or property work

Evidence Signals

• Participation in the firm vacation scheme or similar law-firm work experience
• Client-facing experience or paralegal experience (commercial or private client)
• Pro bono or community-facing legal experience (e.g., family pro-bono clinics)
• Practical drafting examples (wills, deeds, contracts, attendance notes)
• Engagement with EDI or sustainability initiatives (committee membership, event organisation)
• Commercial or sector-specific work experience in charities, landed estates, property or private wealth

Benefits & Wellbeing

• Paid vacation scheme (paid placement; amount not published)
• Structured training: regular internal training sessions and cross-department learning opportunities
• Mentorship and supervision: Training Partner and Training Supervisor meetings plus second-year buddy system
• Access to EDI resources and a physical EDI library
• Opportunities for pro bono work (including family law pro-bono clinic)
• Firm social activities (Hunters Choir, 5-a-side football and other social events)
• Participation in firm committees (EDI Committee, Net Zero Committee) and firm-wide seminars

Wellbeing

Hunters runs wellbeing and EDI-related seminars (including mental health-focused events), has an active EDI Committee organising mental-health and inclusion programming, and provides unconscious bias training and an internal EDI library to staff.

Awards & Recognition

• Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) Guide — continued recognition (2025)
• eprivateclient Excellence Awards — Private Client Law Firm (Boutique) (2024)
• Chambers UK Awards 2025 — Family Team of the Year (Winner, Winter Edition)
• Shortlisted at LexisNexis Family Law Awards (multiple nominations referenced for 2025)

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Hunters is a member of Onvero. At Hunters, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within the firm, the legal profession and the wider community. Hunters is committed to being an anti-racist organisation and to taking active steps to eradicate systemic racism in the legal world and further afield. The firm has committed to establishing a detailed EDI strategy and framework during the financial year 2024/25.

• Hunters EDI Committee (staff-led and open to all members of the firm)
• Anonymised recruitment for trainees and the paid vacation scheme
• Annual diversity and inclusivity survey
• Physical EDI library and EDI resources made available to staff
• Unconscious bias training for all members of the firm
• Firm-wide events to mark Pride Month, Holocaust Memorial Day, Black History Month and Mental Health Awareness Month
• Screening and discussion of external training (e.g., Law Society training on microaggressions)
• Hunters’ Diversity and Inclusivity questionnaire 2025 (published responses; link available on site)

Pro Bono

Hunters promotes a pro bono culture (trainees participate in firm pro bono clinics such as a family law pro-bono clinic).

Innovation

Hunters is investing in sustainability and digital-adaptation initiatives. The Net Zero Committee is implementing carbon measurement, annual footprint reporting, supplier energy changes (100% renewable supplier planned) and recycling/office initiatives to meet emissions targets. The firm’s thought leadership on digital transformation signals interest in legal tech and digitising private client services (use of online probate applications and efficiencies driven by analytics and AI are discussed in firm commentary), with an emphasis on cybersecurity and data protection as priorities.

• Net Zero Committee (formed January 2024) and an environmental / sustainability programme aiming to measure and reduce the firm's carbon footprint
• Engagement with digital transformation in private client services (articles and commentary on AI, online probate, digital wills and digital identity after death)

Quick Application Angles

• Reference Hunters’ private client and family credentials (Chambers HNW 2025 recognition and Chambers UK Family Team of the Year 2025) and explain concretely why your experience prepares you for high-net-worth/family work (e.g., estate/trust drafting, client-facing advisory experience).
• If applying via the vacation scheme route, highlight practical drafting examples and client-facing responsibilities from prior roles (paralegal, property management or similar) — the firm emphasises early responsibility and real drafting experience.
• Demonstrate commitment to the firm’s culture: mention cross-department learning, willingness to attend in-house training, and engagement with EDI or sustainability initiatives (Hunters runs an active EDI Committee and a Net Zero Committee).
• Show commercial awareness for sectors the firm targets (charities, landed estates and property). If you have sector-specific experience (charity governance, rural business, property transactions or private client tax/Trusts), signpost it clearly in your application.