Alumni

We value our people, and that doesn’t stop just because you’ve moved on to other challenges. The Watson Farley & Williams Global Alumni Group allows current and past employees around the globe to:

  • Connect with colleagues past and present through the Watson Farley & Williams Alumni LinkedIn Group.
  • Receive a newsletter including interviews with fellow alumni plus news and updates from the firm.
  • Stay up to date with WFW news as well as upcoming networking and training events.
  • Receive insights and thought leadership from us based on your areas of interest.
  • Browse our latest global vacancies.

Returning to the Firm

Have you considered returning to WFW? Or perhaps you know someone who would thrive with a career with us? We will recognise any successful hire based on your referral with a financial bonus (currently UK only). Contact our Alumni team for information and see our latest global vacancies below.

ATTEND our WEBINARS

Attending an event has never been easier. We have a range of webinars and breakfast briefings you can register for by emailing events@wfw.com. To see what’s coming up, take a look at our Events page.

Use of meeting rooms in our london office

If you need a space for a short period during the day to meet or work, you are welcome to use one of our client meeting rooms on the 4th floor of our London office, if one is available. Please contact alumni@wfw.com.

Sports Teams

Calling all netball enthusiasts. If any of our alumni are interested in joining our in-house netball team in London, please get in contact. We play on Thursday evenings at St Botolph’s netball court next to Liverpool Street Station (Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3TL) against other law firms and businesses in the City as part of the Powerplay league. All levels are welcome.

Alumni News

Firm Culture

Alex Slade17 May 2021

Alex Slade was a trainee at the firm from 1999 to 2001. He is now General Counsel of Arena Racing Company (ARC) which owns and operates 16 racecourses and four greyhound tracks in the UK as well as several hotels and golf courses.

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Firm Culture

Monrawee Ampolpittayanant17 May 2021

Monrawee Ampolpittayanant (Lynn) is Head of Public Policy, Government and Philanthropy, Southeast Asia, at Twitter, the social networking service, with more than 353 million monthly active users. Lynn was an associate in the Bangkok office dispute resolution team from 2011 to 2013.

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Firm Culture

Dr Malte von Seht17 May 2021

Dr Malte von Seht was an associate in the Hamburg office from 2012 to 2020. He is now Legal Counsel at Siemens Gamesa, a global technology leader in the renewable energy industry focusing on the development, manufacture, installation and maintenance of wind turbines.

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