Jobs at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Supports the Privacy Office by conducting privacy impact assessments, vendor and technology due diligence, managing data subject rights requests, maintaining privacy documentation, investigating data incidents, and promoting privacy by design. The role provides day-to-day data protection guidance, manages compliance improvement initiatives, produces reporting, and mentors junior team members while supporting UK and European privacy compliance.

Supports partner remuneration, profit share, capital management, funding, financial controls, reconciliations, governance, and compliance. The role partners with senior stakeholders on sensitive financial matters, delivers process improvements, contributes to finance transformation and system initiatives, and coaches colleagues. It requires strong accounting expertise, stakeholder communication, attention to detail, and a relevant professional accounting qualification.

Supports US brand and communications initiatives through internal and external communications, media relations, thought leadership, social media, award submissions, content development, campaign coordination, reporting, and communications operations. The role drafts internal and external materials, manages calendars and collateral, tracks performance metrics, and collaborates with leadership, HR, lawyers, and business teams to strengthen employee engagement, reputation, and business development.

Supports global treasury operations, including online banking administration, bank account and mandate maintenance, reporting, reconciliations, internal controls, documentation, treasury systems administration, stakeholder coordination, and process improvement. The role provides structured training and is suitable for candidates without prior treasury or finance experience who demonstrate strong organization, attention to detail, communication, accountability, curiosity, and willingness to learn.

Support global financial planning and analysis through budgeting, forecasting, month-end close, accruals, variance analysis, management reporting, and stakeholder business partnering. The role provides financial insight to support cost management and strategic decisions while driving automation, process improvements, and finance systems enhancements. It requires professional accounting qualifications, advanced Excel skills, strong analytical ability, and clear communication with stakeholders across an international organization.

Manage complex employee relations cases across UK and global offices, advising leaders and HR colleagues on conduct, complaints, conflict, absence, capability and performance matters. Conduct workplace investigations, lead global HR policy ownership and archiving projects, support employment policy development, deliver ER training, and monitor employment law developments. Build stakeholder relationships, provide pragmatic guidance, and contribute to continuous improvement across the HR function.

Leads global mobility operations across multiple regions, managing capacity planning, workload allocation, high-volume case delivery, service quality, policy compliance, vendor issues, reporting, automation, and process improvement. The role leads Global Mobility executives, embeds the HR Shared Services operating model, manages operational risks and costs, defines service standards, and partners with HR stakeholders to deliver consistent mobility services and support workforce planning.

Build and evolve secure, scalable innovation platforms across Azure and GCP. Design cloud architectures, landing zones, deployment pipelines, reusable engineering services, monitoring, and governance using IaC and DevSecOps. Develop AI-enabled prototypes and production solutions using Azure AI, Vertex AI, large language models, and agentic frameworks. Collaborate with architecture, security, infrastructure, data, product, and innovation teams to establish standards, transition solutions to production, and support operational readiness.

Provides administrative and personal assistant support to fee earners across MENA. Responsibilities include managing diaries, communications, travel, expenses, legal documents, electronic files, billing, matter openings, risk checks, client liaison, business development systems, pitches, events, and office operations. The role requires confidentiality, strong organization, prioritization, proofreading, fast typing, advanced Microsoft Office skills, and flexibility to support occasional evening or weekend work.

Manage innovation initiatives from concept and proof of concept through pilots, production delivery, adoption, and operational handover. Establish governance, project plans, risk controls, business cases, and executive reporting. Coordinate business, technology, legal, security, procurement, transformation, vendors, and senior stakeholders. Facilitate workshops and decision-making, manage pilots and user feedback, oversee suppliers, and support responsible adoption of emerging technologies aligned with strategic business objectives.

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.

Produce, format, transcribe, convert, and quality-check complex legal documents, reports, spreadsheets, and presentations. Apply firm templates and styles, troubleshoot technical, textual, graphic, and printing issues, and support internal clients with document-related queries. Manage workflow bookings and deadlines, collaborate with global Document Specialists, maintain advanced Microsoft Office skills, and contribute to quality assurance and continuous improvement.

Create, format, update, proofread, and quality-check presentations, training guides, posters, and other branded collateral. Convert documents into firm templates, troubleshoot textual and graphic issues, interpret briefs, manage workflow priorities, and meet tight deadlines. Support brand compliance, collaborate with global document specialists and the design studio, and provide high-quality service to lawyers and business teams.

Manage strategic HR projects focused on organizational design, workforce planning, AI-enabled transformation, change management, and continuous improvement. Coordinate project workstreams, analyze workforce trends, manage stakeholders and vendors, develop communications, and support practical People solutions across a global professional services firm.

Provide full-cycle HR support to U.S. practice groups and HR Business Partners, advising on performance, development, engagement, onboarding, promotions, and employee relations. Coordinate HR initiatives, track deliverables, streamline processes, and use HR metrics to inform decisions and improve the employee and manager experience.

Format, edit, compare, and convert documents into firm templates; support MS Office technical issues; assist workflow processes for an international law firm's document services team on a shift basis (32-hour average week).

The Strategic Projects Manager will manage multiple strategic initiatives, prepare executive communications, analyze data, and support financial oversight while collaborating with senior leadership and driving project effectiveness.

The Senior ePMO Analyst will lead governance, enhance PPM solutions, engage stakeholders, and manage project delivery and reporting.

The Executive Assistant will provide administrative support to partners and fee earners, managing calendars, travel arrangements, and document preparation while ensuring timely communication and collaboration within the team.

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.