Do the work of your career. Early.
We hire fewer lawyers than our peers and invest more in each of them — client rooms from year one, partners as mentors, the world as your office.
Small by design.
Senior by default.
Associates work directly with partners from their first week, sit across from clients from their first year, and rotate through at least two international offices before senior promotion.
The result is a different learning curve: by their fifth year, Blackstone lawyers have led workstreams their peers elsewhere have only observed.
Three pillars of development.
The Academy
A two-week annual residential programme in advocacy, negotiation and client counsel, taught by partners and external masters.
Partner Mentorship
Every lawyer is mentored by a partner with genuine accountability for their progression — reviewed as seriously as client work.
Global Rotation
Structured secondments across our seven offices and with selected clients — because judgment travels better than precedent.
Demanding work, honestly supported.
Where will you begin?
Don't see your role? We meet exceptional lawyers year-round — send a confidential note via the contact page.
Intensity, with intention.
Closings run late; that is the profession. What we control is what surrounds them: protected recovery time after major matters, honest scoping before them, and a culture where asking for help is a professional skill, not a weakness.
We are proud that our lawyers stay — attrition at Blackstone runs at half the market rate.