Jobs at Mayer Brown

Develops and manages legal knowledge resources for the US M&A and private equity practice. Responsibilities include maintaining forms and precedent libraries, monitoring legal developments, advising attorneys, supporting client-facing content, delivering training, and driving adoption of AI, document automation, and knowledge management technologies. The role collaborates with attorneys, technology teams, business development, and legal project management to improve workflows, data governance, information architecture, and client service.

Develops and executes knowledge management strategy for the firm’s US Funds practice. Creates and maintains legal resources, precedents, training, and market updates; advises attorneys on fund formation matters; supports client alerts and business development; and drives adoption of legal technology, generative AI, document automation, and workflow solutions. Requires collaboration with attorneys and business teams to improve legal processes, data governance, training, and client service.

The Knowledge Lawyer develops and maintains ERISA, employee benefits, executive compensation, and M&A legal resources, precedents, templates, training, and current-awareness materials. The role advises attorneys and clients, monitors regulatory developments, supports business development, and drives adoption of legal technology, generative AI, document automation, and workflow solutions. Additional responsibilities include knowledge strategy, data governance, practice innovation, attorney training, and collaboration across legal, technology, and business services teams.

Defines and manages business and functional requirements for strategic technology initiatives. Analyzes business processes, facilitates stakeholder workshops, documents requirements and workflows, supports change management, aligns user acceptance testing, conducts system testing, and helps deliver technology solutions. The role collaborates with business sponsors, technology teams, project managers, vendors, and subject matter experts while managing deliverables, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communications.

Supports monthly financial close, journal entries, account reconciliations, balance sheet governance, internal controls, audits, financial analysis, and process improvement. Collaborates with Accounting, FP&A, and cross-functional teams to maintain accurate financial data and reporting. Requires strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and the ability to handle confidential information.

Creates and maintains legal knowledge resources for the Projects and Infrastructure practice, including project finance precedents, templates, trackers, training, and market updates. Advises attorneys on legal technology, generative AI, information governance, workflows, and process improvement. Partners with lawyers and business teams to implement knowledge strategies, improve data classification and accessibility, support client-facing content, deliver training, and preserve transaction know-how. Requires substantial U.S. project finance practice experience and strong legal judgment.

Supports business development and marketing initiatives for the Projects and Infrastructure Industry Group. Responsibilities include preparing RFP, pitch, and presentation materials; coordinating events, podcasts, videos, sponsorships, and social media campaigns; developing marketing content; managing rankings and matter data; conducting competitive intelligence; tracking pipeline activity; and maintaining lawyer profiles and practice descriptions.

Manages IT service delivery for the Chicago office, including service desk, end-user support, audiovisual services, incident escalation, ITSM processes, asset management, security coordination, vendor oversight, and technology project support. Leads the local technology team, partners with global technology groups, supports events and conference rooms, drives continual service improvement, reports on service KPIs, and promotes responsible GenAI adoption.

Coordinates business development and marketing initiatives for litigation and advisory groups, including events, pitches, proposals, research, directory submissions, marketing materials, CRM updates, client communications, and content development. Supports attorneys and the global marketing team through proofreading, data collection, competitive intelligence, administrative tracking, and local office event logistics while managing shifting deadlines and collaborating with internal teams and vendors.

Supports business development and marketing activities for the Tokyo office, including proposal and pitch content, client and market research, events, campaigns, communications, directory submissions, CRM list development, reporting, and partner logistics. The role collaborates with lawyers, partners, regional commercial teams, and global colleagues while managing deadlines, vendors, and marketing materials across key legal practice areas.

Manages business development and marketing initiatives for the firm’s litigation practices. Responsibilities include developing business plans and budgets, supporting client targeting and campaigns, coordinating thought leadership and profile-raising activities, managing pitches and proposals, maintaining marketing materials and CRM data, supporting events and lawyer onboarding, and supervising junior team members. The role requires strategic thinking, strong communication, project management, competitive intelligence research, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a professional services environment.

Leads European pricing and commercial strategy for a global law firm. Develops pricing proposals, evaluates fee arrangements, assesses matter economics, supports client negotiations, and identifies profitability improvements. Manages the Europe pricing team, develops staff, partners with firm leadership, advances pricing processes and technologies, promotes pricing resources, and supports lawyer training. Requires strong financial modeling, stakeholder influence, commercial analysis, project management, and professional-services pricing experience.

Provides recruitment and development administration for trainee solicitors and solicitor apprentices. Responsibilities include screening applications, managing candidate communications, coordinating assessment centres and university events, supporting vacation schemes and diversity initiatives, maintaining trainee records, arranging payments and secondments, updating PeopleSoft, producing reports, and assisting with qualification and seat-move processes.

Leads technology learning and development programs across global offices, driving adoption of Microsoft 365, business applications, and GenAI tools. Designs blended, digital, persona-based, and role-based learning experiences; develops multimedia content and enablement resources; delivers training; analyzes LMS and adoption data; advises technology projects on readiness and change management; supports responsible AI adoption; and builds stakeholder partnerships across IT, business, risk, and knowledge management teams.

Leads global technology learning and enablement programs to drive adoption of Microsoft 365, legal technology, and GenAI tools. Designs blended, digital, persona-based, and role-based learning experiences; develops multimedia content and AI guidance; delivers virtual and in-person training; analyzes LMS and adoption data; advises technology projects on readiness and change management; supports technology testing and escalated learning requests; and builds stakeholder partnerships across IT, business, risk, and knowledge management teams.

Manages legal project management engagements for Finance and Corporate matters, supporting partners and matter teams with project plans, timelines, budgets, resources, communications, technology, and client interfaces. Facilitates meetings, manages multiple matters, supports LPM training, develops partner relationships, and identifies process improvements. Requires legal and project management expertise, strong communication, organization, discretion, strategic thinking, and the ability to work independently under shifting priorities.

Develops client pricing strategies, fee arrangements, budgets, and RFP responses for a law firm. Performs financial, profitability, market, competitor, and post-matter analysis; collaborates with partners, attorneys, business development, and pricing teams; maintains pricing tools and templates; builds Power BI dashboards; and applies AI and machine learning to automate pricing insights and improve decision-making.

Coordinates lateral partner recruitment by scheduling interviews, managing candidate logistics, maintaining applicant tracking records, collecting feedback, preparing recruitment documentation, supporting onboarding, processing invoices, and providing administrative support. The role collaborates with recruiters, candidates, partners, HR, Finance, Risk Management, Business Development, and other global teams while ensuring accurate, confidential, and timely communication.

Coordinates lateral partner recruitment by scheduling interviews, managing candidate logistics, maintaining applicant tracking records, collecting feedback, preparing recruitment documentation, and supporting offer and onboarding activities. Provides administrative support to recruitment and integration teams, liaises with internal stakeholders and external recruiters, processes invoices, prepares reports, and maintains a professional candidate experience.

Manages billing and work-in-progress inventory for assigned law firm partners, prepares accurate and timely client invoices, resolves billing issues, maintains status documentation, analyzes billing processes, and recommends process or system improvements. The role requires strong client service, communication, organization, attention to detail, Excel proficiency, problem-solving, and collaboration.