Mishcon de Reya has announced that 19 of its 22 trainees have secured roles with the firm, giving a trainee retention rate of 86% for 2026.
Seventeen will qualify as solicitors and begin their roles as Associates in September 2026. The group also includes Amani Alom and Karolina Tomaite, who are progressing through Mishcon de Reya’s six-year Solicitor Apprenticeship programme. They are due to qualify and begin their roles as Associates in February 2027, following successful completion of the programme.
The 19 trainees will join teams across the firm’s Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Innovation, Private and Real Estate departments.
Daniel Lipman, Partner and Training Principal at Mishcon de Reya, said:
“Our junior lawyers are the future of the firm, and I am delighted that 19 members of this year’s cohort have chosen to continue their careers with us, resulting in a retention rate of 86%. They have embraced every opportunity to learn and develop while making a valuable contribution to their teams and our clients.
"It is particularly rewarding that this group includes two colleagues who are progressing through our Solicitor Apprenticeship programme, which provides an alternative route into the profession while combining academic study with extensive practical experience.
"We are very proud of all 19 and look forward to seeing their careers flourish at Mishcon.”
The 19 trainees and the teams they will join are:
Corporate
Matthew Gold – Corporate Tax
Imane Karoum – Corporate Private Wealth and Corporate Real Estate
Dispute Resolution
Amani Alom* – Fraud
Georgia Dalton-Stone – Fraud
Meg Howell – Criminal and Regulatory Defence
Sam Leeves – Fraud
Kitty Pendrigh – Fraud
Callum Smith – Commercial Litigation
Employment
Lily Deans – Employment Core
Innovation
Laura Simmons – Corporate Innovation & Venture Capital, and Emerging Companies
Sophie Hill – Intellectual Property
Ria Sreekumar – Data
Private
Ruby Eslava-Pentelow – Private Commercial Litigation
Nick Farrington – Private Wealth and Tax
Marina Hackett – Private Wealth and Tax
Hettie Halden – Family
Katie Mackenzie – Private Commercial Litigation
Karolina Tomaite* – Immigration
Real Estate
Charlotte Lowe – Real Estate Finance
*Amani Alom and Karolina Tomaite are due to qualify as solicitors and begin their roles as Associates in February 2027, following successful completion of Mishcon de Reya’s six-year Solicitor Apprenticeship programme. The remaining members of the group take up their roles as Associates in September 2026.
About Mishcon de Reya LLP
Mishcon de Reya is an independent law firm, which now employs over 1400 people with more than 650 lawyers offering a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. The firm has grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.
With presence in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Singapore, Hong Kong and UAE, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply.
The work the firm undertakes is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, centred around three increasingly entwined and connected sectors: the Innovation Economy, Private Wealth and Capital, and Real Estate. The firm is known as a disputes powerhouse with a formidable capacity firmwide for dispute resolution.
