Matt Honeyben

Matt studied a Law degree at Oxford and joined Linklaters in September 2007. He has qualified in September 2009 into our Litigation practice and, together with the team, is helping to make history.

An environment like no other.

I joined Linklaters as I wanted to be working on the most innovative transactions alongside the most talented and interesting people. The opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best lawyers in the world was not one that I wanted to turn down. The high-profile work I’m involved in now is second to none, but it’s the people at Linklaters, as much as the work that we do, that attracted me to the firm.

High-profile work.

I have recently qualified into the Litigation department in our London office. I spent my last six months in this department as a trainee and have been working on several different deals, including the Lehman Brothers administration.

Quite a journey.

The Lehman Brothers transaction is just one exceptional experience of many. Another came in my trainee seat in Project Finance, where I spent the whole time working on the financing of the M25 road widening. The knock-on effects of the credit crunch meant that we had 20 banks financing the deal. This made negotiating the terms of the deal and finalising the documents a hugely challenging task and it took a great amount of teamwork and drive to close the deal in the timeframe in which we did.

Not wasting a secondment.

There is enormous variety in the work at Linklaters. There is great scope to work abroad in one of our foreign offices and you can spend time with our clients at their offices, too. Both avenues provide different insights into how the business world works and trainees are encouraged to consider a secondment during their training contract. The international travel does not stop with work either. I’ve been lucky enough to represent Linklaters playing sport in Milan, Stockholm and Prague.