Jobs at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Advise clients on improving legal-function effectiveness through operating model design, process improvement, resourcing strategy, technology, and AI adoption. Lead end-to-end project design and delivery, facilitate workshops, develop digital and legal engineering solutions, manage client relationships, support business development, and contribute to strategic initiatives. The role also involves stakeholder influence, client-facing communication, change management, design thinking, data analysis, and mentoring within a multidisciplinary team.

Coordinate national Early Careers recruitment across multiple Australian offices, manage candidate communications, screen applications, schedule interviews, maintain HRIS records, support onboarding and clerkship programs, coordinate events and marketing, and identify AI opportunities to improve processes.

Lead and deliver high-quality design projects across the firm: brief intake, manage workflows, coordinate with London and Mumbai teams, ensure brand consistency, communicate progress, and improve design processes.

Junior Associate supporting the Southeast Asia Corporate practice in Bangkok. The role involves contributing to M&A, joint ventures, foreign direct investment, compliance, governance, restructuring, privacy, employment, and competition matters, including sophisticated cross-border transactions. Candidates should have Thai law qualification, strong legal research and organizational skills, Thai and English fluency, commercial awareness, analytical ability, and an interest in corporate law.

Solicitor joining a Tier 1 disputes team in Sydney, advising local, national, and international clients on commercial litigation, regulatory and tax disputes, investigations, and complex strategic matters. Responsibilities include managing files, identifying legal issues, developing solutions, supporting client relationships and business development, and collaborating with lawyers across international offices. The role requires strong legal and communication skills, excellent academics, commercial judgment, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively under tight deadlines.

Senior Associate joining a Tier 1 Class Actions team in Sydney. Responsibilities include managing commercial litigation files, supporting class actions and regulatory investigations, identifying legal issues, developing solutions, delivering excellent client service, collaborating across local and international offices, and contributing to business development. The role requires strong legal skills, practical judgment, effective communication, autonomy, teamwork, and interest in AI and emerging technologies.

Manage full-cycle recruiting for business services, law student, and lateral attorney searches. Responsibilities include sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer preparation, candidate and hiring-manager communication, market research, salary benchmarking, recruiting process improvement, and maintaining records in Workday and Flo Recruit. The role requires compliant selection practices, strong stakeholder relationships, discretion, and occasional travel to law schools, conferences, and firm offices.

Associate to advise on complex financing transactions including securitizations, asset-based finance, and structured finance. Structure and negotiate bespoke deals with banks, investors, and issuers. Requires New York Bar admission and several years of law firm experience. Member of the Finance & Restructuring team in New York, full-time permanent role.

Prepare and reconcile US federal and state tax records for non-US partners and entities, produce partnership and partner tax returns (K-1s), calculate partner tax liabilities and prepayments, manage ITINs and administrative US tax processes, coordinate global partner tax data with local teams, assist with transfer pricing and withholding tax, and support international tax managers on ad-hoc projects.

Supports legal and business research services across US offices by conducting research, producing current-awareness newsletters, managing library collections and catalog records, coordinating procurement and vendors, delivering research training, resolving access issues, processing invoices, and assisting with administrative and operational projects.

Supports pricing leadership across the UK, US, and EMEA by developing financial models, conducting scenario analysis, preparing tender and RFP pricing, managing pricing approvals, and providing data-driven recommendations for client negotiations. The role also maintains pricing trackers and content, supports self-service tools, presents findings to stakeholders, and helps promote pricing best practices among lawyers and partners.

Manage global conflict checks for new clients and matters, applying US conflicts rules and drafting conflict waivers. Analyze legal, commercial, reputational, sanctions, financial crime, and information barrier risks; advise partners and lawyers; consult on complex ethical issues; coordinate with financial crime and global conflicts teams; and contribute to conflicts technology and process improvements.

Advise clients on complex commercial disputes, litigation, and arbitration across domestic and international jurisdictions. Manage diverse litigation matters, provide strategic legal advice, support partners on high-stakes court proceedings, develop client relationships, and collaborate with lawyers across the global network. The role also involves legal project management and exploring AI and legal technology to improve efficiency.

General permanent full-time opportunity with the People team at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in London. The description emphasizes client service, excellence, inclusion, and employee growth but does not provide specific responsibilities or qualifications.

Join a leading Melbourne disputes team handling class actions, commercial and corporate disputes, and contentious regulatory investigations. Responsibilities include managing files, providing technical legal advice, identifying issues, developing solutions, delivering excellent client service, supporting business development, and collaborating with lawyers across national and international offices.

Join a leading Sydney disputes team advising national and international clients on commercial litigation, investigations, regulatory matters, and complex strategic disputes. Responsibilities include handling files, identifying legal issues, delivering practical solutions, contributing to client outcomes, developing business opportunities, and collaborating with lawyers across domestic and international offices.

Provide global data privacy legal support across DPIAs, supplier and contract risk management, AI tool onboarding, policy development, incident response, data subject requests, audits, and privacy training, reporting to the Senior Data Privacy Manager.

Provide high-quality administrative support to legal teams in the Sydney office on an 18-month maximum term. Responsibilities include matter management, time recording, monthly invoicing, event and client support, document handling (scanning/printing), mail and expense management, booking meeting rooms, and other ad-hoc administrative duties while managing competing priorities.

Provides high-level administrative and practice support to an employment, industrial relations and safety legal team. Responsibilities include complex diary and inbox management, document and correspondence preparation, meeting and travel coordination, client liaison, billing and cost reporting, deadline monitoring, matter administration, and process improvement using technology and AI tools.

Advise on project, acquisition and corporate finance matters for renewable energy and infrastructure transactions. Work with partners on wind, solar, battery and hydro projects, engage with domestic and international teams, and develop client relationships in a collaborative team environment.