Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO).
SEO London is a not-for-profit organisation that every year provides hundreds of outstanding undergraduate students from under-represented ethnic minority backgrounds the unique opportunity to gain summer internships at the most prestigious investment banks and corporate law firms in the UK. SEO London also provides students with extensive training, mentoring and networking with experienced professionals throughout the industry. Since its establishment in 2000, more than 80% of SEO interns have gone on to secure full-time graduate positions at our partner firms.
Investment Banking
SEO London offers training, mentoring and 10 week paid summer internships at leading investment banks in the City of London. Through its unique Seminar Series and SEO Networking, SEO London provides every intern with access to bank representatives across all levels of the organisation at all sponsors of the programme.
SEO offers placements in the following business areas:
- Investment Banking Division
- Sales
- Trading
- Research
- Structuring
- Asset Management
- Private Wealth Management
- Risk Management
- Finance
- Operations
Sponsor Banks:
- Bank of America
- Barclays Capital
- Citi
- Credit Suisse
- Deutsche Bank
- Goldman Sachs
- HSBC
- JP Morgan
- Merrill Lynch
- Morgan Stanley
- UBS
Application deadline: 15 December 2008
Technology & Programming
SEO London offers training, mentoring and the choice of either a 10 week summer internship or a year-long industrial placement within technology businesses at some of the top investment banks in the City of London. Students are allocated a senior industry mentor to ensure they outperform relative to their peers.
SEO offers placements across all technology business areas:
- Business Analyst
- Application Developer / Programmer
- Infrastructure / System Engineer
Sponsor Banks:
- Goldman Sachs
- JP Morgan
- Morgan Stanley
- UBS
Application deadline: 15 December 2008
Corporate Law
SEO London offers training, mentoring and summer vacation scheme placements with a range of leading British and American corporate law firms in the City of London. Every student will receive individually tailored pre-summer training to maximise their chances of success. Students participating in the programme will also have the option to complete multiple vacation placements with different sponsor firms throughout the summer.
Sponsor Firms:
- Ashurst
- Berwin Leighton Paisner
- Dewey & LeBoeuf
- Eversheds
- Freshfields
- Herbert Smith
- Morgan Stanley Compliance
- Simmons & Simmons
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- Winston & Strawn LLP
Application deadline: 15 December 2008
First Year Fast Track
In December 2008 SEO London will be hosting a two day mini internship for first year ethnic minority undergraduates keen to learn more about the investment banking industry and meet representatives from all our sponsor firms. Those selected to attend will take part in interactive training sessions covering all investment banking business areas. They will also be fast tracked for assessment for the Summer 2010 SEO London Investment Banking Programme.
Application deadline: 14 November 2008
For all programmes please see www.seo-london.com.
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