Who we are

We are one of the largest international law firms in the world. With over 30 offices across the globe, we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, providing them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, which combines the firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise.

Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages. We offer our clients a truly international perspective. We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating - full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That’s why we’re so proud of our inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work.

Our one firm global strategy is focused on targeted growth led by the needs of our core clients, those who we can best support with the breadth and depth of Clifford Chance expertise, across the sectors and geographies, which matter most to them.

You’ll find our clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations. But no matter who they are or why they’ve reached out to us, we provide a world-class service every step of the way. And that’s possible thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach to work that you’ll find across all of our teams.

Whichever area of the business you join, you’ll become an integral part an innovative, diverse and ambitious team of people. Clifford Chance is a place where the brightest minds and the best of colleagues meet.

The Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced lawyer to join our Banking & Finance team in New York. This is a newly created role intended to support our Banking & Finance team by providing practice support, knowledge management, horizon scanning, thought leadership and training.

Key Responsibilities:

Practice Support:

• Provide precedent and resource recommendations, legal research, and guidance on a wide variety of banking and finance matters
• Coordinate with the firm’s opinion committee to update and maintain the legal opinion template
• Facilitate access to the firm’s resources and services, including recommending lawyers with relevant expertise in other groups or offices

Knowledge Management:

• Collect, curate, and make easily accessible a collection of precedents, templates, checklists, and other know-how materials relevant to banking and finance matters
• Collaborate with lawyers across the firm’s network on firm-wide knowledge management initiatives

Horizon Scanning:

• Regularly follow key information sources to identify relevant litigation, regulatory, and market developments, trends, risks, and best practices
• Provide relevant updates to the group periodically and on an ad hoc basis via newsletters, emails, and team meetings

Thought Leadership:

• Produce client briefings, blog posts, conference presentations, and other types of thought leadership pieces to provide valuable resources to our clients and enhance the firm’s reputation
• Support business development and marketing initiatives by contributing substantive content to external newsletters or as part of pitches

Training:

• Organize and deliver training on a range of relevant topics and developments, both internally and to clients
• Coordinate applications for NY CLE credit and ensure related requirements are met
• Provide tailored training to new joiners and curate accessible training opportunities and resources relevant to banking and finance matters

Qualifications:

The ideal applicant will possess the following qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited US law school
• Admitted to the New York Bar
• At least six years of experience practicing law, with a focus on bank finance or restructuring of debt products
• Strong legal research and analytical skills
• Ability to create, manage, and update legal precedents, templates, and other knowledge resources
• Experienced in organizing and producing training sessions, briefing and presentation for lawyers and clients on a broad range of legal topics

Other preferred skills and competencies include:

• Must be proactive and self-motivated
• Ability to identify team needs and develop plans or strategies to address such needs
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking and presentation skills
• Able to work independently as well as collaboratively with other professionals

Submissions must include a resume and law school transcript(s).

Clifford Chance US LLP offers a comprehensive benefits and compensation package. The salary range for this role is $225K-$250k. Actual salary will be commensurate with the candidate's qualifications and relevant experience.

Equal opportunities statement

At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society.

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age.  This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.

We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm. 

Find out more about our inclusive culture here.