Trainee Solicitor

We’re offering you the opportunity to join our small legal team to train towards being a fully qualified lawyer. You will be a law graduate in the UK (or have completed your LPC) and be looking to do your Qualifying Work Experience/Period of Recognised Training.

About TGB – In a nutshell: You may already follow Toyota & Lexus on social media or in the news and have seen the incredible things we’re achieving globally. What we do here at Toyota plays a key role in making that success happen. Based at our Eco HQ in Surrey, we are the Sales and Marketing function for Toyota and Lexus in the UK, working to deliver exceptional experiences for our customers. Our diverse team is united by a shared goal: to do business in a way that customers love. We’re also proud to be recognised each year in The Times Top 100 Best Companies to Work For—a reflection of our culture, values, and commitment to our people.

Whistle Stop Overview: You’ll work closely with the Legal team to provide the business with high-quality legal advice and legal services across a range of subject matters, while supporting your journey to becoming a qualified solicitor. You’ll gain exposure to various areas of law including commercial, regulatory, and dispute resolution. You’ll assist in managing contracts, providing legal advice, and ensuring compliance with legal procedures - all within a supportive environment that encourages professional growth. This role also offers the opportunity to gain experience across other areas of the wider Toyota business, providing valuable commercial insights beyond the core legal function. You'll work in a supervised and supportive environment to develop your legal knowledge and skills while completing your Qualifying Work Experience/Period of Recognised Training as required by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA).

What you’ll get at TGB - Great people deserve great things: Enabling you to be the best you can be is top on the list at TGB, so it’s more than just an annually reviewed, externally benchmarked salary and bonus scheme that puts smiles on the faces of people that work here:

• Our hybrid working policy, means you’ll split your time working from home and at our state-of-the-art Eco Campus.
• On site subsidised Café & Restaurant, gym & in-house Wellbeing Ambassador, all set within RHS Kew & the Surrey Wildlife curated landscaped gardens.
• Access to attractive car schemes for you (& your family) for Toyota & Lexus cars.
• 25 days annual leave (+ bank holidays), which increases with length of service.
• Defined contribution pension scheme + the option to add Additional Voluntary Contributions.
• Private Medical Insurance for you & your immediate family fully funded by TGB.
• Death in Service at 10 x base salary & Income Protection.
• Optional company funded health related benefits, including Dental Insurance, HealthCare Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) & Flu Jabs – all at no cost to you.
• Extended flexible benefits package including; cycle-to-work scheme, eye tests, holiday trading and Sports & Social Club (accessing annual ski trips, football tournaments, arts & crafts, discounted tickets to events & shows plus a whole lot more!).
• Annual £150 Personal development allowance to learn new skills alongside an extensive Learning and Development offering.
• Long service recognition awards.
• 2 volunteering days per year and various Corporate & Social Responsibility initiatives.
• Regular 121s with your manager, a personal development plan reviewed quarterly with a range of training & support (as per the TGB Management Deal).
• £1k to support your relocation, to within a commutable distance of our EcoHQ if you’re joining one of our Emerging Talent programmes.

To be considered for this role, the skills you’ll need to have include:

• Graduate (2:1 honours degree or above) having completed law degree in the UK or LPC.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Motivated by change and innovation.
• Residing in the UK and either living within or willing to relocate to within a commutable distance of our ECO HQ.

We know we won’t have been able to cover everything in this advert. Have a look at the job profile for some extra detail and if you get through to the face to face interview stage of our process, then we’ll put aside some time to explain the role fully, holding time so you can ask any questions that you have. You’ll be able to apply for this role through our dedicated careers site. We use Willo one-way video interviewing as part of our recruitment process. We’ll provide you with some more information around this as you progress through the stages.

Our TGB Community: TGB is committed to fostering a diverse & inclusive workplace where innovation thrives through diversity of thought. We believe in building a community culture that supports high performance by nurturing psychological safety, being mindful of barriers to inclusion, & encouraging allyship. We judge applications on merit, make no assumptions, & don’t discriminate against any protected characteristics. As a proud participant in the Disability Confident Scheme, we’re dedicated to creating an environment where everyone feels valued, supported and included. If there’s anything outside of our standard recruitment process that we can do to enable you to be your best our door is open to have the conversation.