Careers

As one of the leading sports and media law practices, we welcome approaches from top level, highly skilled people who understand our values and feel that they’d bring something to our growing team. If you’d like to work with us, please contact us with your CV and we will be in touch.

Working with us
Graduate Opportunities

Working with us

General Centrefield Requirements Applicable to All Roles

For all roles at Centrefield, we are looking for candidates who satisfy the following criteria:

Excellent academic record;
Excellent written and oral communication skills;
Foreign language skills desirable (but not required);
Entrepreneurial mindset in relation to business development;
Experience in working collaboratively with colleagues;
Ability to think and plan strategically and commercially;
Ability to work to tight deadlines and to work flexibly, as some evening and weekend work may be required;
Excellent administrative and organisational skills;
Work with honesty, integrity and be culturally sensitive; and
Eligible to work in the UK.

Benefits:

Competitive salary and benefits package;
Working with some of the highest-profile clients in world sport;
Rare opportunity to work within a highly desired sector, with a top-rated firm in Chambers and Legal 500;
Excellent opportunities for career development and growth;
Joining a friendly, sociable and supportive team; and
Flexible working opportunities.

Application process

Please send a copy of your CV and a cover letter, setting out why you would be suitable for the role and with the relevant application reference, by email to careers@centrefield.law or by post to Recruitment Partner, Centrefield LLP, 7 Constance Street, Knott Mill, Manchester M15 4JQ.

Centrefield is an Equal Opportunities organisation. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made in relation to the application process, please let us know in your cover letter and we will do our best to accommodate these.

Graduate Opportunities

Our recruitment programme

The application window for our graduate recruitment programme is now open.

To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter to careers@centrefield.law (using subject line: Graduate Recruitment). Your cover letter should include a short section (maximum 500 words) on your views on a topical sports or media subject with legal and/or commercial relevance that particularly interests you.

The successful applicant(s) will have the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the most experienced and well-respected sport and media lawyers in a collaborative environment and gain exposure to a range of practice areas, including player/athlete contracts and transfers, dispute resolution, commercial, regulatory and governance, disciplinary and integrity, employment and immigration.

We are able to offer flexibility in terms of the route to qualification and potential start date, working with the successful candidate(s) to determine the most appropriate arrangements – our focus is on finding the right candidate(s), who are highly motivated to progress their career in a market-leading sports and media firm. For the role(s), we are looking for applicants who would be available to take up the role from Autumn 2027 and who fulfil the General Centrefield Requirements, which can be found below.

Only applications received in the application window (17 August 2026 – 11 September 2026) will be considered.