Nikhil Dhokia

Nikhil Dhokia

Hi, I’m Nikhil Dhokia, a 2nd seat trainee currently on secondment to the Banking department in Linklaters’ Tokyo office.

I studied Law at LSE, and after doing a vacation scheme at Linklaters at the end of my second year in 2005, I accepted a training contract offer with the firm.

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