Professional Support Lawyer

White & Case•New York, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

An experienced lawyer who will help to deliver the knowledge and innovation strategy for the Group and to shape and influence policy and implement projects to meet the Group’s knowledge needs, with particular focus on Strategic M&A (both public and private companies) and Private Equity transactions. The PSL will monitor developments in the legal and business environment to keep both the Group and its clients up to date and identify areas to develop the Firm’s reputation and practice; provide legal and practical expertise to support the Group’s practice (both through responding to fee earner queries and through the mentoring of junior lawyers); help create, develop and manage the Group’s collection of forms, precedents and research materials in a manner that integrates with our AI platforms; organise, design and deliver Group training; work with Group members and the other Business Services departments to identify opportunities to develop business from new and existing clients; and provide other support as needed. The individual will ideally have been exposed to matters involving private equity/private credit, energy, infrastructure, health care, life sciences or other key industry groups, and while this is not a necessity, this role will require the individual to pick up a working knowledge of these areas. Specific responsibilities described below may vary depending on the Group’s needs.

Requirements

Sound legal experience in Mergers and Acquisitions in a large law firm or financial institution legal department
At least six years’ relevant post qualification experience
Admitted to the New York State Bar Association
Commercial awareness and client orientated approach
High professional standards with commitment to quality product
Excellent drafting and research skills
Well-developed organisational and communication skills
Understanding of learning process and different ways of training
Personality to make impact in group and to shape and influence policy
Effective people skills and ability to interact with people at all levels, including other support areas
Pragmatic, initiative-taking, flexible and good team-worker
Lateral thinker with initiative to establish, implement and complete projects
Comfortable with IT and familiar with market trends in AI/innovation technologies.

Responsibilities

Be a source of legal, market and practical expertise for all members of the Group and more widely around the Firm, including the provision of direct support for client matters where appropriate
Work with the Group and other Professional Support team members to identify practice-related training needs of the Group; organise, design and deliver (personally or with others) Group training, including seminars, workshops and offsite training
Work with the wider Professional Support team to develop any global training programs, as required by the partners
Be involved in Firmwide training programs, as required, including core training programs, innovation and technology-related programs and induction courses
Mentor trainees and associates.
Monitor and keep the Group and the Professional Support team informed about important developments in the law or business environment
Use own knowledge and expertise to identify trends in the law or business environment with particular emphasis on [developments relating to public and private companies and legal developments in the M&A markets] and help the Group to develop new legal products, identify possible new services, and suggest innovative ways to deliver the Firm’s services more efficiently to its clients
Prepare regular current awareness newsletters for the Group and the Firm’s clients
Work with the Research & Market Intelligence team to determine requirements and policies and to implement processes for practice-related current awareness and alerts from internal and external sources
Author and publish research on legal developments or new areas of law relevant to the Group
Participate in industry events relevant to the Group to raise the Firm’s profile as a thought leader where appropriate; and]
Work with the Group, and others in Business Services, to identify opportunities to develop business from new and existing clients through writing articles and briefing notes and preparing and delivering client training.
Draft standard forms and develop accompanying notes
Ensure standard forms are updated to reflect changes in law, regulation, market standards and best practice
Conduct matter debriefs for precedent collection and deal or market analysis
Create practice notes and other useful know-how
Operate and implement procedures for capturing, filtering, storing, accessing and disseminating know-how within the Group including capturing matter descriptions and categorisations in the Matter Profiling system and as needed to maintain a strong precedent database to use with new AI tools
Publish material on the Firm’s intranet and KM systems and encourage fee-earners to use KM systems and other resources.
Be a champion for rolling out new innovation or knowledge systems to the Group with other Professional Support Lawyers, where appropriate
Contribute to global innovation and knowledge programs and projects to support Firm collaboration, efficiency and to enhance U.S. law expertise across the Firm.
Assist lawyers with queries
Attend regular global, regional and practice meetings of the Professional Support team
Attend external training and conferences to keep up-to-date with relevant developments in the law, business environment and professional support.

Benefits

White & Case LLP offers a comprehensive suite of benefit programs to all eligible employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, 401(k) retirement savings, vacation time, and leave programs (including parental leave). Exempt roles are also performance bonus eligible.

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