Intern, Banking, Finance and Restructuring
Role Purpose
DLA Piper thrives on complex challenges and delivers exceptional results to clients. We're a team of trusted advisors, innovators and game-changers, going above and beyond to challenge the status-quo.
DLA Piper Luxembourg is a multi-lingual, culturally sensitive, young, dynamic and growing team. We benefit from the advantages of a global law firm, with the advantages of a human-sized firm.
Our Finance Practice is currently seeking a motivated and reliable 6-month Intern.
Our Finance practice is market leading and offers you the widest platform to develop expertise across all of our core services. We have the international reach and innovative mind-set to represent a broad range of clients and advise them on high profile and pathfinding transactions.
The role will be focused on transactional finance matters (lending, acquisition finance, asset and project finance, real estate finance, funds finance and structured finance) and restructuring work (insolvency, enforcements and special situations).
You will gain hands-on experience in a leading global law firm, working in a professional and collaborative environment. This role provides valuable networking opportunities, allowing you to improve and test your technical legal skills internationally. We strive to give the opportunity to our interns to feel and understand the Lawyers' world to be prepared for their professional challenges of tomorrow.
The role is a truly exciting time to join a team and a firm where every voice is heard and your success is recognised and supported. So find out more about being valued for who you are as well as what you do, in a global law firm that commits to you and your career.
This internship role is for a fixed term of 6 month starting from April 2026. It is not a Bar traineeship role.
DLA Piper Luxembourg – a global law firm with local hearbeat
DLA Piper Luxembourg is a multi-lingual, culturally sensitive, young, dynamic and growing team. We benefit from the advantages of a global law firm, with the advantages of a human-sized firm.
Our Team has a wealth of expertise on investment funds, corporate, M&A, banking, finance, capital markets, regulatory, restructuring, tax, insurance, transfer pricing and intellectual property and technology, applying sound commercial judgment to client's legal and final decisions. In everything we do, client intimacy, growth mindset and opportunities are at the heart of our strategy.
We advise a diverse group of national and international clients and institutions, leaders in their sector, on national and cross border deals with the benefits of the Luxembourg broad range, business oriented legal and tax toolkit.
Interns at DLA Piper are fully involved in all the teams activities including pro bono and knowledge.
Main duties and responsibilities
• Conducting legal research to support our legal team;
• Support to our team on transactional finance matters (lending, acquisition finance, asset and project finance, real estate finance, funds finance and structured finance);
• Assistance on restructuring work (insolvency, enforcements and special situations); and
• Drafting the relevant documentation, liaising with, and taking instruction from, clients; attending client and team meetings.
About you
We pride ourselves on having a collegiate environment and we are looking for an intern with a strong leadership potential, who is passionate about our culture, values and ethos of the firm.
We are keen to hear from interns with the following experience:
• A strong academic record;
• Fluency in both English and French;
• A good command of German or any other language would be advantageous;
• Stays current on key legal and business developments;
• Commercially astute and stay current on key legal and business news.