Jobs at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Own the end-to-end revenue lifecycle for assigned partners and matters, including budgeting, WIP management, billing, collections, forecasting, accruals, and financial analysis. Advise senior partners on realization, profitability, pricing, fee arrangements, and cash flow. Ensure eBilling compliance, resolve complex billing issues, maintain data integrity, and implement process improvements across revenue operations.

Provides front-line HR support to employees, managing queries and transactional processes including onboarding, pre-employment checks, performance management, leavers, benefits, pay reviews, and contract renewals. Maintains accurate Workday records, prepares employment correspondence, handles sensitive data, and supports HR process improvements. Contributes to automation and AI-focused HR projects while delivering responsive customer service and collaborating with the wider HR team.

Lead Freshfields’ global performance practice and team, defining a modern AI-first performance strategy. Oversee continuous performance processes, AI tool integration, responsible governance, Workday talent systems, analytics, and links to reward, promotion, succession, and development. Partner with senior stakeholders to drive cultural change, adoption, fairness, data privacy, and high-quality performance conversations across London and Manchester.

Supports financial crime and sanctions compliance through client due diligence, reverifications, AML monitoring, sanctions screening, adverse media research, gifts and hospitality reviews, and remediation projects. The role analyzes financial crime and reputational risks, escalates issues, maintains accurate records, supports quality control and regulatory reporting, and helps manage compliance backlogs while collaborating with global legal and business stakeholders.

Advises clients on employee incentive arrangements, executive compensation, share plans, management equity, and related tax, governance, securities, and regulatory matters. Responsibilities include designing and implementing incentive plans, supporting M&A and capital markets transactions, drafting documentation, negotiating remuneration issues, managing matters, mentoring junior lawyers, developing client relationships, and contributing to business development. The role requires a qualified lawyer with 2–4 years’ post-qualification experience in a top-tier incentives practice.

Leads financial control across the MENA region, overseeing month-end and year-end close, statutory accounting, budgeting, forecasting, partner accounting, cash management, tax compliance, audits, payroll, intercompany accounting, and finance controls. Manages a team and supports regional leadership while coordinating with global finance, external advisors, banks, auditors, suppliers, and regulators. Drives automation, continuous improvement, compliance, and implementation of regional finance processes.

Develop and deliver change, adoption, engagement, communications, and training plans for global operations platforms and transformation initiatives. Partner with product, CRM, IT, and delivery teams to embed change, measure adoption, manage feedback, support change champions, and provide stakeholders with insights on readiness, risks, and business impact.

Manage and evolve a cloud-native enterprise data platform across Azure, Databricks, Unity Catalog, Collibra, and Immuta. Optimize platform performance, security, scalability, observability, access, workloads, and cost. Design and maintain lakehouse architectures, batch and streaming pipelines, integrations, governance controls, and data-quality processes. Automate infrastructure and deployments using infrastructure as code and CI/CD. Lead incident response, upgrades, resilience activities, technical documentation, design reviews, and coaching while collaborating with engineering, security, architecture, governance, and business teams.

Leads US federal, state, and local tax strategy, compliance, risk management, audits, transfer pricing, and tax advice for the firm. Advises senior leadership and partners on tax implications of business decisions, coordinates with global finance and tax teams, manages external advisors, and supervises junior tax professionals.

Lead the architecture and delivery of secure data pipelines, APIs, integrations, and governed data services supporting AI assistants, enterprise search, and agent workflows. Ensure permissions, information barriers, data quality, traceability, and resilient synchronization across enterprise systems. Lead technical delivery, troubleshoot production issues, evaluate retrieval and integration performance, review designs and code, mentor engineers, and translate legal, business, security, and governance requirements into scalable solutions.

Legal trainee supporting corporate M&A, capital markets, joint venture, restructuring, regulatory, and advisory matters in the MENA region. Responsibilities include transaction support, legal research, translation, business development, knowledge management, client relationship development, and collaboration with M&A and dispute resolution teams under experienced lawyer supervision.

Lead AI-enabled instructional and digital learning design across the firm. Establish responsible generative AI practices, design standards, governance, and quality controls; oversee interactive digital learning builds; advise senior stakeholders; evaluate learner and business impact; coach colleagues; and manage external partners. The role requires advanced authoring-tool expertise, strong stakeholder influence, AI governance knowledge, and the ability to deliver scalable, engaging learning experiences.

Advise Belgian and international employers on employment, pensions, benefits, data privacy, executive remuneration, transactions, restructuring, workplace policies, and GDPR matters. Coordinate multinational employment projects, support business development, and contribute to legal knowledge development. The role requires a Belgian law degree, 2–5 years of relevant experience, fluency in English and Dutch, good French, and willingness to use legal technology and AI tools.

Leads Freshfields’ global HR technology and AI transformation strategy, including HR systems modernization, workflow automation, AI adoption, data strategy, and process redesign. Oversees global HR technology and reporting teams, stakeholder engagement, organizational change, vendor partnerships, and transformational program delivery. The role partners with HR, IT, Innovation, Finance, Data Privacy, and senior business leaders to improve employee experience, efficiency, service delivery, and data-driven decision-making.

Provides administrative and executive support to partners and fee earners, including complex calendar and travel management, document production, telephone coverage, expenses, billing, time recording, client communications, and business development materials. The role also coordinates meetings, supports client events, maintains contacts, manages confidential information, and collaborates with colleagues while prioritizing deadlines and providing flexible team support.

Supports UK corporate and partnership tax returns, US tax filings for non-resident partners, annual partner tax reporting, tax documentation, audits, and tax-related queries. The role maintains tax strategy and governance records, organizes documentation systems, and collaborates with finance teams and external stakeholders. Strong numeracy, attention to detail, Excel proficiency, communication, organization, and the ability to manage multiple priorities are required. Pursuit of ATT or CTA qualification is desirable.

Advise public and private companies on complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, mergers, restructurings, carve-outs, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships. Responsibilities include due diligence, transaction structuring, drafting and negotiation, governance advice, and coordination of multidisciplinary, multi-jurisdictional teams. The role requires an England and Wales or common law qualification, leading-firm M&A experience, strong drafting and commercial skills, and sector interest in TMT, energy and infrastructure, or financial institutions.

Supports enterprise risk management, governance, compliance, insurance, claims, and regulatory activities for a global law firm. Responsibilities include risk assessments, monitoring mitigation actions and indicators, researching emerging risks, maintaining policies and records, assisting with claims and insurance renewals, preparing reports and dashboards, and coordinating with stakeholders across Legal, Finance, HR, Information Security, and other business functions.

Provide specialist corporate tax advice across M&A, finance and restructuring, real estate and tax disputes, often on multi-jurisdictional matters. Work includes client advisory, contentious tax representation, collaborating with international offices, potential client secondments, and contributing to business development and knowledge management.

Leads full-cycle recruitment for senior and specialist technology roles across multiple geographies. Partners with technology leaders and hiring managers to define requirements, develop sourcing strategies, assess candidates, build passive talent pipelines, and provide market intelligence on compensation and availability. Manages concurrent searches, maintains applicant tracking system data, reports on recruiting KPIs, and serves as a trusted adviser while ensuring a strong, inclusive candidate and stakeholder experience.