Lester Aldridge welcomes four new trainee solicitors

By Giles Gwinnett

13 September 2023

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Left to right: Madeline Cornmell, Alex Phillips, Matthew Barrow, Theo Westrip and Gavin Fernandes - picture contributed

Lester Aldridge, a law firm with offices in Bournemouth, Southampton and London, said it now has 16 trainee solicitors on its books having welcomed a batch of four new recruits on September 4.

Theo Westrip, Gavin Fernandes, Madeline Cornmell and Alex Phillips have started their two-year journey to becoming qualified solicitors.

The firm's managing partner Matthew Barrow, who himself completed a training contract at the firm, said: "I am delighted to welcome our new trainees to the firm.

"I look forward to watching them develop as lawyers in their time with us and to see what the future will hold for them. We are incredibly proud of our trainee scheme; we see our trainee solicitors as future leaders of the business," he added.

The trainees takes a six-monthly 'seat' in various departments across Lester Aldridge's three offices as part of the programme and work with various clients, from large, high-profile corporates to high net-worth individuals.

In June this year, it was reported that Lester Aldridge was advising Southampton University in its role as leader of a new AI consortium called Responsible AI UK.

It comes after the consortium was granted £31 million as part of UK Research and Innovation's plans to 'bring academic and industry partners together'.

People can apply for 2026 training contracts with Lester Aldridge between January 1, 2024 to April 30 next year. See HERE for more.

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By Giles Gwinnett

Giles Gwinnett is a writer at The Business Magazine. He has been a journalist for more than 20 years and covered a vast array of topics at a range of media settings - in print and online. After his NCTJ newspaper training, he became a reporter in Hampshire before moving to a news agency in Gloucestershire. In recent years, he has been covering the financial markets along with company news for an investor-focused web portal. His many interests include politics, energy and the environment. He lives in Dorset.