The business formed last year with the merger of Grimsby’s Wilkin Chapman LLP and Hull’s Rollits
One of the region’s largest law firms has been recognised among the country’s best for trainee solicitors. Wilkin Chapman Rollits has been named in the top 10 of the Chambers Student 2026 Guide.
The guide is described as a benchmark for training contract quality and is compiled using yearly interview-based research and surveying of trainees and newly qualified solicitors across the UK. Firms are scored on a range of criteria including placement quality and the calibre of training and development opportunities available, with the rankings produced as a result.
Wilkin Chapman Rollits – which was created last year in the merger of Grimsby’s Wilkin Chapman LLP and Hull’s Rollits – appears in the ‘Elite’ category, alongside a number of international rivals, for both the most satisfied trainees and supervision and contact time categories. The Guide’s ‘true picture’ view of the firm also reports that trainees get early responsibility on live matters, access to senior lawyers and the chance to work on ambitious projects with supportive teams.
Lisa Boileau, lead training partner and private client divisional head at Wilkin Chapman Rollits, said: “This recognition is a direct reflection of what our trainees experience day to day in the firm. We are incredibly proud to offer a training contract that combines high-quality, hands-on legal work with supervision that is genuinely accessible and invested in across all levels for our trainees.
“Being ranked in the ‘Elite’ tier by Chambers Student, and in the top 10 firms nationally for trainee satisfaction, is an endorsement of our culture and of the people across the firm who support our trainees to ensure they can truly flourish. We are wholly committed to developing homegrown talent in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and ensuring our trainees build confidence, capability and long-term careers with us at Wilkin Chapman Rollits.”
Training contracts at Wilkin Chapman Rollits include work on private client and business services, with trainees typically completing four, six-month placements and gaining exposure to at least one contentious and one non-contentious seat. Trainees are also encouraged to spend time across more than one office, which includes the firm’s Grimsby, Lincoln, Louth, Hull, Beverley and York locations.
Angela English, learning and development business associate at Wilkin Chapman Rollits, added: “Our approach is built around providing trainees with meaningful work, clear guidance, and the confidence to develop quickly. We are delighted that the feedback gathered independently by The Chambers Student Guide reflects the excellence that we strive to deliver. This well-deserved success belongs to our trainees, and to the supervisors and colleagues across the firm who invest their time and energy into supporting them.”