This week, Lateral Link has an exciting opportunity for a city known for its art, culture, cuisine and historical landmarks, which is the perfect backdrop for introducing an appealing opportunity for associates considering a new move. Philadelphia is the home base of our newest addition, Director Danielle Schwarz, who will split her time working in the Philly law firm market and in-house nationally.
Position: Corporate Associate
Description: An Am Law Top 100 firm has multiple openings for junior and midlevel associates with M&A and/or securities experience to join its busy Philadelphia corporate practice. Candidates must have excellent writing skills and stellar academic credentials. Qualified candidates should have 2-5 years of M&A and/or securities experience.
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link Director Danielle Schwarz, a recruiter covering Philadelphia, Delaware and South New Jersey. To apply for this opportunity, please register at Lateral Link. You can also reach out to Danielle directly via email at dschwarz@laterallink.com. If you are a Lateral Link member already, see position #12522.
This week’s Job of the Week from Lateral Link seeks out qualified bankruptcy associates for a hot need in the Windy City.
Position: Junior Bankruptcy Associate
Description: A top firm seeks a junior bankruptcy associate to join its young bankruptcy practice. Qualified candidates should have 1-3 years of experience, excellent academics, and have large law firm experience.
Location: Chicago, Illinois
This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link Director John Thurmond, a recruiter covering Chicago and the Midwest. To apply for this opportunity, please register at Lateral Link. You can also reach out to John directly via email at jthurmond@laterallink.com. If you are a Lateral Link member already, see position #12396.
This week’s Job of the Week from Lateral Link combines project work and the opportunity to join a growing office in a foreign land on the Persian Gulf. While the firm this exciting opportunity comes from may be known for its Southern roots, their reach now includes the Middle East and Europe.
Position: Mid/Senior Projects Associate
Description: A leading international firm seeks a Mid-/Senior-level Projects Associate to join its rapidly expanding Abu Dhabi office. Qualified candidates must have 2-6 years of project experience from a top tier firm. Practice background should consist of Projects/Social Infrastructure, Utilities projects (power, water, gas), and Construction/Infrastructure (energy & real estate focus) necessary. Strong drafting/negotiating skills and Project Finance knowledge preferred.
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link Director Nick Goseland, a recruiter covering Asia and the Middle East. To apply for this opportunity, please register at Lateral Link. You can also reach out to Nick directly via email at ngoseland@laterallink.com. If you are a Lateral Link member already, see position #12252.
Atlanta has recently re-emerged as one of the top markets for corporate associates. Today’s Job of the Week is for Biglaw-trained corporate associates who are looking to relocate to the Capital of the South. Lateral Link has many great opportunities for corporate associates who have experience in M&A, private equity/venture capital, and general corporate transaction law and securities.
Position: Corporate Associate
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Description: Many of Atlanta’s top firms are looking to hire corporate associates with anywhere from 2-5 years of experience in corporate law, including M&A, private equity/venture capital, and securities. Ideal candidates will have experience at top firms and have an excellent academic record. The Georgia Bar is not required.
This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link’s Southeast Managing Director, Scott Hodes. Scott oversees attorney placements and client services in Atlanta, Florida, Charlotte, and other legal markets in the Southeast. To work with Scott and to apply to this opportunity or other opportunities in Atlanta or the Southeast, please register at Lateral Link and select him as your preferred recruiter. You can also reach out to him directly via email at shodes@laterallink.com. If you already are a Lateral Link member, see position #12141, or contact your recruiter for more details about this and other corporate opportunities.
Lateral Link is working with an international law firm with offices across the United States, in Europe as well as the Middle East, on an excellent opportunity in one of their Lone Star State locations. Associates with capital markets experience, read on…
Position: Capital Markets Associate
Description: A top international firm seeks multiple capital markets Mid-Level to Senior Associates to join its Houston office. A solid background representing public companies, investors and underwriters in capital markets transactions and other registered and unregistered offerings of debt and equity securities, merger and acquisitions, and corporate and financing transactions is expected. Top academic credentials are required.
Location: Houston, Texas
This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link Director Gary Cohen, a recruiter covering Texas. To apply for this opportunity, please register at Lateral Link. You can also reach out to Gary directly via email at gcohen@laterallink.com. If you are a Lateral Link member already, see position #11959.
Lateral Link opened its Denver office this week, which will be headed by Director Don Delaney. Don will oversee attorney placements in Colorado and the other Mountain States. The gold rush may be over, but this week’s golden opportunity is based in the Wall Street of the West.
Position: IP Litigation Associate
Description: An Am Law 100 firm has an opening for an IP associate to join its Denver office. Qualified candidates should have three years of IP litigation law firm experience. Those with an Electrical Engineering or Computer Science degree are strongly preferred.
Location: Denver, Colorado
This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link Director Don Delaney, a recruiter covering Colorado. To apply for this opportunity, please register at Lateral Link. You can also reach out to Don directly via email at ddelaney@laterallink.com. If you are a Lateral Link member already, see position #12009.
Few cities in the world are able to produce an eclectic mix of entertainment, cuisine, entertainment, and character, but Chicago manages to do just that. The metro area’s population ranks third in the United States. Whether you live in the city or in the suburbs, you’ll find there is plenty to do, regardless of your personal interests. Second City, like many other legal markets, has a strong and growing demand for IP patent attorneys, both prosecution and litigation, and this opportunity from Lateral Link may be one that you never have thought you’d set your eyes upon.
Position: Patent/IP Litigation Associate
Description: A global firm with a top-notch IP practice seeks a junior- to mid-level patent/IP litigation associate for its Chicago office. A minimum of 2-4 years of experience in either patent/IP litigation or general complex litigation is needed. This position is open to all attorneys interested in relocating from other legal markets, but a degree in electrical engineering is required.
Location: Chicago, Illinois
This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link Director Lisa Forbes, a recruiter overseeing the Chicago area. To apply for this opportunity, please register at Lateral Link. You can also reach out to Lisa directly via email at lforbes@laterallink.com. If you are a Lateral Link member already, see position #11626.
Winter is over, but it is never too late to head South. And while winter will be back next year, this great opportunity from Lateral Link may not. Today’s Job of the Week is based in Raleigh. The city and the Research Triangle are home to progressive, prosperous communities with tremendous quality of life. The area boasts a thriving business community and active arts population, and has consistently been ranked among The Best Places to Love and Work in the Nation, the Best Business Climate, and the Best Place in the U.S. for Educational Opportunities.
Position: Corporate Associate (Securities)
Description: One of Raleigh’s top firms is seeking a fifth or sixth year corporate attorney with significant public securities experience. This role would involve significant client contact and responsibility. The Raleigh area is home to some of the world’s largest corporations, as well as promising start-ups. And the best part is… this firm actually promotes associates to partnership, even when the economy is slow.
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link Principal Jordan Abshire, a recruiter overseeing the Southeast region. To apply for this opportunity, please register at Lateral Link. You can also reach out to Jordan directly via email at jabshire@laterallink.com. If you are a Lateral Link member already, see position #11474.
Lateral Link has an appealing opportunity for a global project management company. The engaging company provides sustainable, value-oriented solutions to government and commercial clients in the construction management, environmental services, munitions response, and telecommunications and technology integration market areas. The company’s commitment to quality, safety, and best value ensures the highest returns for their clients, shareholders, and employees.
Position: General Counsel
Description: The General Counsel will be a key member of the Senior Management Team, responsible for overseeing all legal functions for this global public company, establishing the overall philosophy and strategy of the organization on legal matters, and ensuring that all practices, policies, and business activities of the organization comply with the law.
Location: Northern Virginia
This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link Director of In-House practice Diana Rubin, a recruiter based in Washington, D.C. focusing on placing General Counsels, senior in-house counsel, and compliance officers with corporations, nonprofits, and universities. To apply for this opportunity, please register at Lateral Link. You can also reach out to Diana directly via email at drubin@laterallink.com. If you are a Lateral Link member already, see position #11673.
There’s no business like show business, and this prestigious law firm is looking to add two stellar litigators to their entertainment practice.
Position: Entertainment Litigation Associate
Location: New York
Description: This firm is looking for two litigation associates, one junior and one mid/senior. Candidates should have exposure to copyright and trademark. Absolutely stellar academics are mandatory.
This opportunity is brought to you by Lateral Link Managing Director Ryan Belville, a recruiter covering New York and Los Angeles. To apply for this opportunity, please register at Lateral Link. You can also reach out to Ryan directly via email at rbelville@laterallink.com. If you are a Lateral Link member already, see position #11732. Members may contact their personal search consultant for this or other opportunities in the New York.
We currently have a number of active openings for associate roles at US and UK firms in HK / China, Singapore and two new in-house openings. As always, please feel free to reach out to us at asia@kinneyrecruiting.com in order to get details of current openings in Asia, as well as to discuss the Asia markets in general and what we expect for openings later this year. Our Evan Jowers and Robert Kinney will be in Beijing the week of March 25 and Evan Jowers will be in Hong Kong the week of April 1, if you would like to meet them in person.
The US associate openings we have in law firms are in the usual areas of M&A, cap markets, FCPA / white collar litigation, finance, and project finance. The most urgent of our top tier (top 15 US or magic circle) law firm openings in Asia (among many other firm openings that we have in Asia) are as follows:
• 2nd to 5th year mandarin fluent M&A associates needed in Beijing and Hong Kong at several firms;
• Korean fluent 2nd to 4th year cap markets associate needed in Hong Kong;
• 2nd to 5th year Japanese fluent M&A associates needed in Tokyo;
• 4th to 6th year mandarin fluent cap markets associate needed in Hong Kong;
• 2nd to 4th year M&A / cap markets mix associate needed in Singapore.
In a land that is right here and in a time that is right now, a technology has arisen so powerful that it can replace basic human document review. Is it time to bow down before our new robot overlords?
First, here’s a little story about me: my life in the legal world began as a paralegal. My first case was a GIANT patent infringement case that was already six years old and had involved as many as five companies, multiple US courts, the ITC and an international standards committee. I knew nothing about any of this.
On my first day, my supervisor (a paralegal with at least eight other cases driving her crazy) sat me down in front of a Concordance database with a 100,000+ patents and patent file histories. “Code these,” she said. I learned that “coding”, for the purposes of this exercise, meant manually typing the inventor’s name, the title of the patent, the assignee, the file date, and other objective data for each document. I worked on that project – and only that project – for at least the first six months of my job. After a week or so, time began to blur.
What I know, in retrospect and with absolutely certainty, is that as time began to blur, so did my judgment. So did my attention to detail. If you could tell me that I did not make at least one mistake a day – one inconsistent spelling, one reversed day and month, one incorrectly spaced title – I frankly would need to see your evidence. I would not believe it. The human mind is trainable but it is not a machine.
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