Jobs at Mayer Brown

Provides administrative support to legal practice groups, including document scanning and filing, data entry, billing and expense reporting, meeting coordination, telephone coverage, courier and post management, and general office tasks. The apprentice will complete a Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship while developing workplace, communication, prioritization, and office administration skills under guidance and mentoring.

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.

Manages client pricing agreements, billing rates, matter setup, engagement letter reviews, billing guidelines, and client-specific reporting. Analyzes financial aspects of pricing arrangements, maintains pricing data in the firm’s global pricing system, resolves team requests, and collaborates with Finance, Accounting, Business Development, practice leaders, lawyers, and vendors.

Provides docket support to lawyers and staff by calculating deadlines, calendaring events, filing legal documents, researching court rules and cases, retrieving court records, preparing reports, monitoring case activity, coordinating clerical vendors, and updating docket systems. Requires strong organization, communication, confidentiality, attention to detail, legal research ability, and proficiency with calendaring, public-record, and office software.

Supports Partners and Associates in the Debt Capital Markets practice by managing matters, reviewing drafts, summarizing changes, coordinating closing documentation, and maintaining checklists. The role requires independently handling routine tasks, managing multiple high-volume matters, meeting demanding deadlines, and providing support outside regular hours and on weekends. Strong English and Chinese communication skills are essential, including the ability to review Mandarin and Cantonese drafts.

Supports the firm’s global alumni program through relationship management, targeted communications, newsletters, events, benefits, database administration, and engagement reporting. Coordinates virtual and in-person events, maintains CRM data, manages alumni onboarding and job board activities, and develops insights to improve participation. Collaborates with internal stakeholders on business development, referrals, thought leadership, and client-facing initiatives while serving as a key contact for alumni.

The Business Development Manager develops marketing and business development plans for employment, benefits, and mobility practices. Responsibilities include client targeting, campaigns, thought leadership, competitive intelligence, CRM data management, RFPs and proposals, marketing materials, events, directory submissions, lawyer support, budgeting, and team supervision. The role partners with lawyers and firm leadership to strengthen market positioning, support client development, coordinate initiatives, and improve workflows across a global law firm.

Supports business development and marketing initiatives for public policy, regulatory, and government affairs practices. Responsibilities include business planning, thought leadership, events, competitive intelligence, directory submissions, CRM management, proposals, presentations, marketing content, matter data, and profile development. The role partners with lawyers and firm leadership, manages projects independently, mentors junior staff, and supports strategic growth across offices and practices.

Supports the firm's billing and invoicing cycle by editing draft client invoices, generating and distributing billing information and reports, maintaining spreadsheets, tracking activities, and assisting with departmental projects. The role requires accurate, timely work, strong communication, customer service orientation, technological proficiency, Microsoft Suite skills, and the ability to learn software applications quickly.

Architect and maintain global identity and access management capabilities, including identity governance, privileged access, authentication, Conditional Access, Active Directory, Entra ID, and zero-trust controls. Design secure authentication patterns, firewall architecture, Azure guardrails, and IAM integrations while supporting vulnerability mitigation, audit readiness, vendor governance, documentation, and senior stakeholder communication.

Supports the firm’s information governance program by managing electronic legal records and data throughout their lifecycle. Coordinates matter mobility, file transfers, retention, disposition, remediation, migration, audits, and compliance activities. Advises lawyers and staff on data storage, privacy, security, and records-management practices. Analyzes complex datasets, improves document-management-system adoption, leads projects, coordinates stakeholders, and recommends enhancements to global information governance processes.

Manages and operationalizes the firm’s enterprise AI governance framework. Oversees AI risk and impact assessments, use-case reviews, AI inventory and regulatory monitoring, third-party AI due diligence, client audit requirements, and governance committee reporting. Coordinates across information security, IT, legal risk, privacy, procurement, and innovation teams to ensure AI systems address security, privacy, fairness, explainability, and compliance requirements.