Cambridge’s Science Park is home to more than 170 companies, from start-ups, through scale-ups, to offices of multinational companies.

Examples of small to medium-sized companies and organisations with offices on the Science Park with single lawyers or small in-house legal teams include: Bayer CropScience; CN-Bio; Gearset; Pragmatic Semiconductor; Raspberry Pi Foundation; Royal Society of Chemistry; Xampla.

There are also some larger organisations with offices on the science park, employing one or a small number of lawyers, for example Huawei and Roku.

And some companies and organisations with offices on the science park have reasonably sizeable legal teams, including Amgen and Mundipharma (see below under ‘larger companies and organisations’).

To find out more about the businesses and organisations based on the science park, click the link below. Consider targeted speculative applications if you are interested in working for any of them; while vacancies may not arise frequently, the leaders of small in-house teams will often appreciate specific interest being shown in joining them!

Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is one of the world’s oldest universities. Fast-forward to today and it is a global leader in teaching and research.

The university has 31 colleges and over 150 departments, it operates eight cultural and scientific museums, and it has one of the world’s largest academic libraries.

The university has a small in-house legal team; vacancies will appear on the ‘academic-related’ page of the job opportunities site linked below.

If you are interested in studying law at the university, check out the Faculty of Law’s access and outreach information. If you are interested in undertaking postgraduate research, check out the faculty’s current research grants.

For job opportunities at the university, including academic, research, academic-related, and administrative roles, click on the button below.

Firmly established as a leading location for life science at the heart of the Cambridge Science Cluster, Granta Park is a 120-acre development with a mix of state-of-the-art laboratory and working facilities and beautiful parkland. Numerous leading life science organisations are located here, several with small to medium-sized legal teams, including:

Bicycle Therapeutics

Illumina

PPD

Thermo Fisher

TWI

Granta Park also has an onsite gym, nursery, clubhouse, and restaurant - and is known for seeking to promote collaboration between tenants.

Find out more about Granta Park via the link below.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is a world-leading academic publisher and learning and assessment organisation, and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

The in-house legal team now has around 50 people in total across a number of teams supporting different areas of the organisation. The team prides itself in being a large yet close-knit and supportive team that is approachable and that empowers the business to make effective and ethical choices.

The workload is wide and varied, both due to the changing nature of the business (the shift from print to digital, and from products to services) and the international reach as part of a global organisation with offices in over 50 countries.

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases.

AstraZeneca’s Discovery Centre is a state-of-the-art global R&D facility located in the heart of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, where more than 2,000 scientists work in drug discovery and development - playing a central role in our mission to deliver life-changing medicines to patients.

AstraZenica has a large global legal team, with a sizeable presence in Cambridge. The team fosters a collaborative and knowledge-sharing culture, where lawyers who are passionate about shaping the future of global health can excel in their careers.

Mundipharma is a multinational research-based pharmaceutical company that has its global headquarters at the Cambridge Science Park, and other office locations in the UK, Canada, Germany, and Singapore.

It has as a core priority creating a culture where everyone can thrive and it aims to achieve this by creating an inclusive environment that supports continuous learning and professional development.

Mundipharma has a medium-sized legal team in Cambridge; to find out more, and to check out the current opportunities, click on the link below.

Amgen is an American multinational biopharmaceutical company with a presence in over 100 countries and more than 23,000 employees. The company’s mission is to discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients.

Amgen helped to establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and it remains on the cutting edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push the boundaries of current knowledge. It’s portfolio of medicines treat cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, inflammatory diseases, and rare diseases.

Amgen has a large global legal team, some of whom are based on the Science Park in Cambridge, where Amgen first established a presence more than 25 years ago.

Initially founded in Cambridge, Arm is now a hugely successful global semiconductor tech company. Bordered by woods and fields, Arm’s Cambridge campus is a modern space designed around a central atrium that is built for the buzz of collaboration.

There are around 30 members of Arm’s global legal team who are based in the Cambridge office, including 17 solicitors and 6 patent attorneys. With a vibrant atmosphere and generous perks, Arm offers a fulfilling work environment for everyone, regardless of age or career stage.