Legal Placement

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Legal Placement

We are looking for an enthusiastic intern to join our Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Legal team on a 12-month placement. This placement is ideally suited to a student currently undertaking a bachelor's or master’s degree, with a passion for all things legal. This role is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience of how an in-house legal function supports the business. Hilton’s first-class Legal Team supports our corporate functions and hotels with a wide variety of matters across EMEA. 

From day one, our placement students are fully integrated into Team Hilton and are involved in different aspects of the business. Our placements offer vast exposure and opportunities, such as networking with senior executives, involvement in regional conferences and for some, international travel.  

Based in our EMEA headquarters, Watford, you will be part of a cohort of 40+ Interns and take part in regular connect meetings, short assignments and feedback sessions designed to support your development. You will benefit from a subsidised restaurant, a games area and a free in-house gym. 

The Opportunity

As the EMEA Legal intern, you will play an active role in our continued success. You will carry out a range of support activities for the Legal team and our strategic business partners, as well as having ownership of certain projects.

You will gain an understanding of different types of contracts: from the beginning of a hotel deal, the process of contract drafting and negotiation, and through to the exciting stage of signing the final agreement. You will also be involved in a wide variety of contracts across EMEA, covering areas such as real estate leases, food and beverage, supplier contracts, employment, and others. In addition, you will work with our dispute resolution team.  

As part of this internship, we are also pleased to offer the opportunity to work with our Compliance function, allowing you to gain an insight into how Hilton maintains its integrity in all that we do, from due diligence through to the application and training of our company policies and codes of conduct. 

Your work will include both projects and day-to-day activities. Some of your day-to-day tasks may include legal research, working with our external panel of lawyers, contract drafting, assisting with contract reviews, assisting in the delivery and preparation of training sessions for our business partners, assisting with preparing contracts for execution and filing of key legal documentation, supporting team administration and providing various types of company secretarial support.

Why choose us?

Embarking on our year in industry programme is a transformative journey, encompassing a structured framework of learning and development activities. Here's what you can look forward to:  

• Learning and Development: Interns have access to Hilton University to enhance their skills and contribute meaningfully to ongoing projects. 
• Networking: Our interns can connect with professionals across the business, paving the way for valuable relationships.  
• Feedback and Growth: Regular evaluations and feedback sessions will ensure our interns receive guidance and an opportunity to continually improve.  
• Cross-Exposure: Opportunity to gain insight into another function.  
• Hilton Perks: Including our Go Hilton TM Travel Program, which provides you with access to heavily reduced hotel room rates for you, your family & friends.  
• Salary & Benefits: £24,000 Gross PA & private healthcare. 

What are we looking for?

As with any job, we do have certain criteria that you will need to meet to be considered for one of these highly sought-after opportunities. These are detailed as follows;

• First and foremost, Hilton is a hospitality company, and we are looking for individuals with a strong sense of alignment to our culture and values.
• Must be a current Bachelor’s or Master’s student with a required 12-month year in industry placement as part of your degree.  
• Must be studying an LLB Law Degree.
• Must be available to start on the 7th of July 2025, for the full 12-month duration.
• Must be eligible to work in the UK. If you are a non-UK national, without EU Settled or Pre-Settled Status then you will need to be studying at a UK university to be eligible to undertake a placement here.
• Must be fluent in English (speaking, reading and writing).
• You should be able to demonstrate a genuine interest in Legal.
• Highly personable and able to demonstrate a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• You should be able to maintain confidentiality regarding sensitive information.
• You should be able to effectively handle multiple, concurrent demands and appropriately prioritise responsibilities. 

What is it like working for Hilton?

Hilton is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing hospitality companies, with 24 distinct brands and over 8,000 locations. 

We have recently been ranked by our employees as #1 World's Best Workplace awarded by Great Place to Work & Fortune.  

We value and celebrate our team members diversities and individualism and foster a culture of belonging across our organisation. Joining Hilton will give you the opportunity to contribute to our rich culture and give back to the community. Our Team Member Resource Groups in UK focus on Abilities, Generations, Pride, Women’s and Ethnic representation. You can find details on our Culture page.  

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We will ensure that qualified individuals with protected disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions of the role. Please contact us to request accommodation.  

Selection Process

Please apply now, applications close on Sunday 3rd November 2024. We receive a volume of applications, therefore please bear with us whilst we process your application as we want to ensure that each applicant is given the consideration that they deserve.  

If successful in your application, you may be invited to complete a digital one-way video interview, and an online assessment. This process allows us to learn more about you and whether this placement might be a great fit! So please do look out for our email updates and we encourage you to complete each next step as soon as possible. The EMEA Graduate Recruitment Team will then contact you and inform you of your outcome.  

Good luck, we are looking forward to meeting you!

About Hilton

BREAKING NEWS!! Hilton is proud to have just been voted #1 World’s Best Workplace!!!

The future of hospitality is bright at Hilton: a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands. Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests for over a century. At Hilton we are proud to have an award-winning workplace culture, and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces. 

We support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members, so they can thrive, thanks to innovative programmes and benefits such as workplace flexibility, career growth and development, and our Go Hilton Team Member Travel discount program. We at Hilton prioritise understanding and integrating our Team Members’ unique perspectives and voices, along with those of our Guests, Owners, Suppliers and Partners, to cultivate a diverse and inclusive environment for all. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton! 

Our various 12-month placements aim to give talented students who have an interest in and a passion for hospitality a kick start to their career whilst also completing their undergraduate studies. From day one, our placement students are fully integrated into Team Hilton. Our placements offer vast exposure and opportunities, such as networking with senior executives, involvement in regional conferences and for some, international travel. 

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We are consistently endorsed by our employees as a Great Place to Work in all of the countries in which we operate, and for the last five years we have been voted by UK students as the most popular Graduate Recruiter in the Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism sector (TargetJobs Awards 2021). 

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