Jobs at DLA Piper

Supports corporate attorneys, paralegals, and clients with financings, mergers and acquisitions, company formations, and governance matters. Organizes and edits transaction documents, maintains capitalization databases and corporate records, prepares closing volumes and checklists, tracks signatures, researches public records, gathers information, and updates spreadsheets. Requires strong organization, communication, attention to detail, prioritization, and deadline-management skills in a fast-paced law firm environment.

Provides administrative support to attorneys and legal teams: drafting and proofreading documents, managing electronic/paper filing and workflow tools, overseeing billing and prebills, mentoring LSAs, coordinating time/expense entry, and ensuring confidential, timely, high-quality deliverables in a fast-paced law firm environment.

Advise multinational clients on global equity compensation and employee stock plans. Draft and negotiate equity, executive compensation, employment, and deferred compensation documents; address international tax, securities, employment, labor, regulatory, and data privacy issues; support M&A, IPOs, spin-offs, and other transactions; conduct multi-jurisdictional legal research; coordinate with local counsel; and collaborate across corporate, tax, employment, privacy, and benefits practices.

Provide executive-level administrative support to a regulatory attorney: manage calendar, travel, billing, meetings, documents, filing systems, draft and proofread materials, supervise and mentor support staff, coordinate projects and client communications, and use firm software and research tools to ensure timely, accurate delivery of work.

The Office Manager oversees daily administrative duties for the office, manages budgets, collaborates with leaders, and fosters engagement and culture within the firm.

Participate in DLA Piper’s San Juan summer program by conducting legal research, drafting written communications, analyzing and critiquing arguments, advising strategically, communicating with clients and legal teams, and producing accurate work under deadlines. The role requires sustained concentration, responsiveness, teamwork, and performance in a hybrid law firm environment.

Supports business development and marketing initiatives for a litigation and regulatory practice group. Responsibilities include preparing pitches, proposals, presentations, and marketing collateral; maintaining CRM records and activity reports; coordinating directories, awards, events, webinars, and sponsorships; tracking budgets and matters; supporting lawyer onboarding; and collaborating with design, communications, digital, lawyers, and BD teams.

Law students in DLA Piper’s San Juan summer program will conduct legal research, analyze and critique arguments, draft written communications, provide strategic advice, and produce accurate client work under deadlines. Candidates will communicate with clients, lawyers, staff, and third parties while developing legal skills and gaining exposure to client needs. The program requires completion of two law-school semesters before its 2027 start date and operates in a hybrid environment.

The Chief Information Security Officer leads DLA Piper’s enterprise cybersecurity strategy, governance, risk management, incident response, data protection, third-party security, security awareness, and operational resilience programs. The role advises executives and governance bodies, oversees security controls and emerging technology risk, translates technical risks into business and legal impacts, and builds a high-performing global information security organization. The CISO also manages security policies, audits, regulatory and client obligations, vendor oversight, budgets, talent development, and executive communications.

Serve as a liaison among partners, clients, and internal billing/finance teams to manage billing, collections, accruals, budgets, and matter-level financials. Produce recurring reporting and financial commentary, resolve invoice and allocation issues, support e‑billing, drive collections, recommend process improvements, and support firm strategic initiatives.

Lead firm-level profitability, revenue and margin forecasting, budgeting, capacity planning, and financial modeling. Produce executive-ready reporting, mentor analysts, drive process automation and finance transformation, and support strategic analyses and ad hoc financial projects.

The Tax Associate will handle complex tax disputes, conduct legal research, draft legal documents, and interact with clients while ensuring compliance with legal standards. Requires teamwork and independent work abilities.

The FP&A Analyst supports financial planning, reporting, and analysis for practice groups, focusing on insights that drive profitability and strategic decisions.

Lead marketing and business development strategy for the firm's Transactions practices. Develop go-to-market plans, manage integrated campaigns, events, pitches/RFPs, lateral integration, budgets, and ROI measurement. Collaborate with practice leaders to grow client relationships and raise market profile.

The Graphic Designer II role involves creating visual materials for branding, working on various design projects, and collaborating with different teams to ensure design quality and consistency. Candidates must have strong design portfolios and proficiency in design software.

Review and manage Outside Counsel Guidelines and engagement terms, identify problematic provisions, propose and negotiate modifications, coordinate stakeholder feedback (OGC, Finance, InfoSec, Privacy, HR), maintain OCG playbook and tracking systems, serve as Intapp subject matter expert, and ensure engagement letter policy compliance.

Provide administrative and clerical support to attorneys in the Disputes practice, manage electronic and paper filing, oversee billing and workflow tasks, draft and proofread legal documents, coordinate with LSAs/LEAs, use legal software and collaboration tools, and handle confidential matters with discretion in a fast-paced hybrid Los Angeles environment.

The Private Equity Associate will advise on M&A matters, conduct legal research, draft legal documents, manage transactions, and build client relationships. Ideal candidates have 3-6 years of experience in private equity, preferably at an AmLaw 100 firm.

The role supports marketing and business development efforts for the Data Privacy, Protection and Security, and Labor & Employment areas, collaborating on various initiatives and managing marketing content.

The HR Compliance Manager leads employment compliance at DLA Piper, ensuring adherence to laws and policies through audits, training, and risk assessments while collaborating with leadership and stakeholders.