Legal Internship - Employment team

Linklaters employment and incentives practice is looking for an outstanding Italian law student in their final years of university (laureando/a) to join its Milan based team for a four months internship in the Employment team of the Milan office from November 2026.

Linklaters is a Global Law Firm that offers the opportunity to work in a situation of meritocracy and transparency and follow a career path with equal opportunities, team working environment, innovation and lifelong training.

We are a relationship driven firm and advise clients across the globe on their most complex and important transactions. Our experience extends beyond transactional work as we regularly look after our clients through every stage of the company life-cycle.

Our employment and incentives practice advises international and Italian clients on all aspects of employment, pension and labour law, with a focus on top managers' employment contracts and terminations, retention arrangements, remuneration structures, works councils and unions' relations, collective redundancy procedures, as well as any transaction-related employment law. The team also deals with contentious work, especially high value executives and managing directors' termination cases.

Key responsibilities will include:

• research

• supporting due diligence processes and data room entry

• assisting in the preparation of memos and document review

Key requirements:

• Law degree (currently enrolled in the fourth/fifth year);
• Excellent academic credentials from an Italian University (please include the list of exams);
• Strong interest in Labour law;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
• Proficiency level in English;
• Knowledge of MS Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel).

The ideal candidate will take part in all of our professional activities and gain a good sense of our culture. Linklaters considers internship as the best way to identify future trainees and associates. For this reason, we are committed to offering a diverse and highly motivating first professional experience.

Technical Skills:

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive.  It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.