Italian Residence Abroad (Term or Year) Vacancy with Law firm

Would you like to work in Milan?
Do you want to gain work experience in a law firm during your year abroad?
Studio Legale Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati are currently accepting applications for placements during the 2020-21 academic year (September – July).

They would preferably like to employ a student to work with them during the whole period, but will also accept applications from students only available for one semester.

This opportunity is a paid placement and mainly consists of translation work and interpretative tasks, in addition to a few hours conversing in English with lawyers and trainees each week.

The role includes:

• Various translating responsibilities – almost always from Italian to English – ranging from email and letter correspondences to due diligence reports, legal opinions and contract extracts;
• Proof-reading and editing a wide range of translated legal documents and correspondences for our lawyers;
• Providing language assistance during conference calls and meetings;
• Supporting our lawyers and trainees in order to improve their familiarity with the spoken language.

If interested, make send your CV and covering letter outlining your interest in Italian and in the placement via email to Andreina Degli Esposti a.degliesposti@vilde.it and c.desimone@vilde.it.

More about the firm:

 Studio Legale Villata, Degli Esposti e Associati has been based in the legal heart of Milan for over 30 years and has offices in Rome and Bologna. The firm specialises in Administrative and Public Law and we collaborate on a regular basis with firms and companies spread across Italy and Europe. For more information regarding the specific work that we do, please visit our website at www.vilde.it.

Our firm is ranked in the top tier for Italian Administrative Law and Chambers Europe and Legal 500 have deemed the firm’s founding partner, Prof. Avv. Riccardo Villata, as one of Italy’s leading lawyers in the field of administrative law, while they consider Avv. Andreina Degli Esposti to be one of the most prominent Italian lawyers for public law.

The physical proximity of our offices to Milan’s Courts, the numerous English-speaking clients that we assist and the notoriety of our legal team allows our interns to immerse themselves in advanced translation work and to gain an insight into the legal world. We are therefore looking for students with a high competency in Italian, who may have an interest working in these fields in the future, or who would like to gain some experience in a dynamic professional environment during their Year Abroad.