Reporting to the Regional Financial Controller, the Assistant Financial Controller will assist in the day-to-day running of the Cayman/BVI Finance Department and will provide support to the Regional Financial Controller and Office Managing Partners of the Cayman and BVI offices in addition to local practice group heads and regional business support managers.

Appleby Global Services (Cayman) Limited (AGS) is seeking qualified and experienced professionals to join its corporate services team as a Corporate Administrator. If you are looking for a new challenge in your career and want to be a part of a group that exudes collegiality, integrity and excellence to display your professional abilities, consider Appleby Global Services (Cayman) Limited.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide support for the corporate services offering while upholding the Appleby Global Services’ core values by promoting a culture of professionalism, teamwork and leadership.

Appleby (Isle of Man) LLC is the largest law firm on the Isle of Man and is ranked in Tier 1 by both leading legal directories for all our practice areas.  The Appleby group’s global offices, located in 10 jurisdictions, provide unique global reach and expertise.

We are now accepting applications for a training contract commencing September 2026 to become an Isle of Man Advocate.

At a minimum, applicants will be expected to have already been awarded either (a) a degree in English Law from a leading university at a grade of 2:1 or above, or (b) a degree in another subject, also at grade of 2:1 or above from a leading university together with having completed a law conversion course at the University of Law, or equivalent. Applicants who will have completed Solicitors Qualifying Examination (Heads 1 and 2) before joining us will be of particular interest.    

You will be expected to have a strong academic background, good legal research skills with a focus on attention to detail, excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a proven track record of problem solving and teamwork. You will need to be adaptable, resilient and have a real eagerness to learn.  If you consider that you meet these requirements, we would like to hear from you.

The Appleby Legal Trainee Programme is a 2-year training contract during which you will ordinarily spend at least six months in each of our Corporate and Dispute Resolution Departments. You will have the opportunity to work alongside some of the Isle of Man’s leading lawyers on a broad mix of instructions, ranging from high profile multi-jurisdictional litigation to transactional work for local and international corporates, many of which will be household names.

In addition, candidates who have already completed the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (Heads 1 and 2) as part of a post-graduate LLM may be offered the opportunity to also qualify as an English solicitor.

Upon successful completion of the programme and qualification, trainees will be encouraged to apply for a newly-qualified position as a lawyer within our Isle of Man office. Opportunities may also arise for secondment to other offices within the group following qualification.

Complete our application form to apply or get in touch with Julia Featherstone if you have any queries: jfeatherstone@applebyglobal.com

Closing date for applications 25 April 2025.