Practice Support Lawyer (Multi Office) - DLA Piper
San Francisco, CA
About the Job
DLA Piper is, at its core, bold, exceptional, collaborative and supportive. Our people are the backbone, heart and soul of our firm. Wherever you are in your professional journey, DLA Piper is a place you can engage in meaningful work and grow your career. Let’s see what we can achieve. Together.
Summary
DLA Piper is seeking a lawyer to join its Capital Markets and Public Company Advisory practice. You will have the opportunity to work with a Chambers-rated and growing practice across industries. You will get to work with partners on a broad range of matters for a variety of clients. This position is open to several of our offices.
Education
+ JD
Bar Admission
+ Admitted to practice in the jurisdiction in which you are applying
Responsibilities
+ Develop and maintain substantive content relevant to the Capital Markets and Public Company Advisory practice marketing and business development efforts, including articles, client alerts, client presentations, cases studies, market surveys and blogs, while maintaining an active social media profile of the practice.
+ Assisting lawyers in the practice with keeping them up to date with industry insights, legal updates and practical guidance where necessary. PSL will take the lead in the preparation of a range of legal documents and updating them as necessary to reflect changes in regulatory requirements or case law, as well as market practice, such as standard forms used by the practice, including public company policies, corporate governance documents, practice guides, surveys on topics impacting the practice clients.
+ Maintain an up-to-date regulatory calendar impacting practice clients, anticipate changes and communicate such information to the practice leaders in time to organize proper communications to other practice areas as well as clients.
+ Work with Knowledge Management team as necessary to create, develop, maintain, and digitize model documents, forms, drafting guidance, practice area resource materials, and similar specifications for the public companies, corporate governance and capital markets practice areas, in alignment with the practice areas’ needs, including but not limited to, IPOs, corporate governance, and public company reporting documents. Engage in developing generation AI tools, in collaboration with the firm’s AI team, in supporting different aspects of the practice.
+ Ensure practice area content, precedents, and resource materials are up-to-date and readily accessible to attorneys on content sharing platforms, organize and curate practice sites to promote and make accessible the highest value content, and facilitate knowledge reuse. This will also include surveying precedents to create a database of sample routine disclosures for periodic reports and sample disclosures responsive to new SEC rules.
+ Serve as a source of legal, market and practical expertise; regularly review internal and publicly available transaction agreements, SEC filings, governance documents and market studies to identify market trends and governance best practices; keep current on relevant securities and corporate (Delaware, SEC and PCAOB) laws, regulations, cases and guidance, securities exchange listing rules and guidance, governance and reporting best practices and other relevant guidance; respond timely to queries; inform the practice areas of substantive legal developments.
+ Serve as national practice coordinator, responsible for group cohesion activities. Help facilitate and develop substantive legal training programs for attorneys and paralegals and understand industry best practices.
+ Possess great writing, organizational and research skills, strong critical thinking and an ability to summarize in a client-friendly way complex rules and regulations.
+ This position may require interacting with clients on occasions, therefore strong communications skills are very important.
Experience
+ Minimum 3 years of transactional law experience.
+ Direct and applicable AmLaw 100 law firm or SEC experience.
Job Competencies & Desired Skills
+ Strong analytical and writing skills
+ Attention to detail
+ Good business judgment
+ Excellent organizational skills
+ Ability to work collaboratively and independently
+ Demonstrated oral and written communication skills
+ Research and problem-solving skills
+ Conceptual thinking
+ Ability to influence others
+ Persuasive communication
+ Management skills
General & Essential Job Expectations
While the specific job requirements of a DLA Piper position may vary depending upon scope of the job and area of specialty, there are certain universal requirements that are expected of all DLA Piper employees, which include but are not limited to:
+ Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties;
+ Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner;
+ Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product;
+ Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required;
+ Foster positive work relationships;
+ Comply with all firm policies and practices;
+ Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as (a) working at a computer for extended periods of time, including on-screen reading and typing; (b) participating in digital/virtual conference calls; (c) participating in meetings as needed;
+ Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned;
+ Our employees are expected to embrace and uphold our firm values as a part of our DLA Piper culture. We are committed to excellence in how we represent our clients and develop our people.
Physical Demands, Work Environment, and Other Requirements
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Work Environment
Hybrid with some in-office expectations
Application Process
Please apply online if you are a direct applicant. Applicants must apply directly online instead of sending application materials via email. If you have a request for an accommodation during the application process or if you have any questions about the process, please contact legalrecruiting-bos@us.dlapiper.com (%20legalrecruiting-bos@dlapiper.com) . Please add dlapiper@myworkday.com to your list of safe senders.
Search Firms
Per the terms of our agreement, all candidates must be submitted through the firm’s agency portal for consideration. If you have an agreement with the firm, please log in to the agency portal. If you do not have an agreement with us and would like us to consider candidates, please send a blind candidate profile to legalrecruiting-bos@us.dlapiper.com (legalrecruiting-bos@dlapiper.com) .
Pay Transparency
In accordance with DC, New York, California and Washington’s Pay Transparency Law, pay range for this position, if hired to work in New York, California, or Washington is $150,000 - $350,000 per year. The compensation offered to a candidate selected for employment will be dependent upon various factors, including the candidate’s geographic market, skills, educational and professional background, experience and overall qualifications. Benefits (https://www.dlapipercareers.us/staff/) information may be found on the DLA Piper LLP (US) career site.
_DLA Piper is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran._ Job applicant poster viewing center (https://mandatoryview.com/?LicenceId=09b17fa3-b781-4022-bfdd-ec61a570463c&ProductType=OnlineApplicant) _._
DLA Piper is, at its core, bold, exceptional, collaborative and supportive
Our people are the backbone, heart and soul of our firm. Wherever you are in your professional journey, DLA Piper is a place you can engage in meaningful work and grow your career. Let’s see what we can achieve. Together.
Get to Know Us
We invite you to learn more about us. Please visit the following pages for more information about DLA Piper.
Laterals (http://www.dlapiper.com/en-us/careers/laterals)
Lateral Partners
Law Students (http://www.dlapiper.com/en-us/careers/law-students)
Business Professionals
Recruitment Agencies:
Per the terms of our agreement, all candidates must be submitted through the firm’s agency portal for consideration. If you have an agreement with the firm, please log in to the agency portal via the following link (https://www.myworkday.com/wday/authgwy/dlapiper/login.htmld?redirect=n) to review positions accepting agency submissions.
_Lawyer Positions Only:_ If you do not have an agreement with us and would like us to consider candidates, please send a blind candidate profile to legalrecruiting-bos@dlapiper.com
Summary
DLA Piper is seeking a lawyer to join its Capital Markets and Public Company Advisory practice. You will have the opportunity to work with a Chambers-rated and growing practice across industries. You will get to work with partners on a broad range of matters for a variety of clients. This position is open to several of our offices.
Education
+ JD
Bar Admission
+ Admitted to practice in the jurisdiction in which you are applying
Responsibilities
+ Develop and maintain substantive content relevant to the Capital Markets and Public Company Advisory practice marketing and business development efforts, including articles, client alerts, client presentations, cases studies, market surveys and blogs, while maintaining an active social media profile of the practice.
+ Assisting lawyers in the practice with keeping them up to date with industry insights, legal updates and practical guidance where necessary. PSL will take the lead in the preparation of a range of legal documents and updating them as necessary to reflect changes in regulatory requirements or case law, as well as market practice, such as standard forms used by the practice, including public company policies, corporate governance documents, practice guides, surveys on topics impacting the practice clients.
+ Maintain an up-to-date regulatory calendar impacting practice clients, anticipate changes and communicate such information to the practice leaders in time to organize proper communications to other practice areas as well as clients.
+ Work with Knowledge Management team as necessary to create, develop, maintain, and digitize model documents, forms, drafting guidance, practice area resource materials, and similar specifications for the public companies, corporate governance and capital markets practice areas, in alignment with the practice areas’ needs, including but not limited to, IPOs, corporate governance, and public company reporting documents. Engage in developing generation AI tools, in collaboration with the firm’s AI team, in supporting different aspects of the practice.
+ Ensure practice area content, precedents, and resource materials are up-to-date and readily accessible to attorneys on content sharing platforms, organize and curate practice sites to promote and make accessible the highest value content, and facilitate knowledge reuse. This will also include surveying precedents to create a database of sample routine disclosures for periodic reports and sample disclosures responsive to new SEC rules.
+ Serve as a source of legal, market and practical expertise; regularly review internal and publicly available transaction agreements, SEC filings, governance documents and market studies to identify market trends and governance best practices; keep current on relevant securities and corporate (Delaware, SEC and PCAOB) laws, regulations, cases and guidance, securities exchange listing rules and guidance, governance and reporting best practices and other relevant guidance; respond timely to queries; inform the practice areas of substantive legal developments.
+ Serve as national practice coordinator, responsible for group cohesion activities. Help facilitate and develop substantive legal training programs for attorneys and paralegals and understand industry best practices.
+ Possess great writing, organizational and research skills, strong critical thinking and an ability to summarize in a client-friendly way complex rules and regulations.
+ This position may require interacting with clients on occasions, therefore strong communications skills are very important.
Experience
+ Minimum 3 years of transactional law experience.
+ Direct and applicable AmLaw 100 law firm or SEC experience.
Job Competencies & Desired Skills
+ Strong analytical and writing skills
+ Attention to detail
+ Good business judgment
+ Excellent organizational skills
+ Ability to work collaboratively and independently
+ Demonstrated oral and written communication skills
+ Research and problem-solving skills
+ Conceptual thinking
+ Ability to influence others
+ Persuasive communication
+ Management skills
General & Essential Job Expectations
While the specific job requirements of a DLA Piper position may vary depending upon scope of the job and area of specialty, there are certain universal requirements that are expected of all DLA Piper employees, which include but are not limited to:
+ Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties;
+ Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner;
+ Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product;
+ Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required;
+ Foster positive work relationships;
+ Comply with all firm policies and practices;
+ Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as (a) working at a computer for extended periods of time, including on-screen reading and typing; (b) participating in digital/virtual conference calls; (c) participating in meetings as needed;
+ Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned;
+ Our employees are expected to embrace and uphold our firm values as a part of our DLA Piper culture. We are committed to excellence in how we represent our clients and develop our people.
Physical Demands, Work Environment, and Other Requirements
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Work Environment
Hybrid with some in-office expectations
Application Process
Please apply online if you are a direct applicant. Applicants must apply directly online instead of sending application materials via email. If you have a request for an accommodation during the application process or if you have any questions about the process, please contact legalrecruiting-bos@us.dlapiper.com (%20legalrecruiting-bos@dlapiper.com) . Please add dlapiper@myworkday.com to your list of safe senders.
Search Firms
Per the terms of our agreement, all candidates must be submitted through the firm’s agency portal for consideration. If you have an agreement with the firm, please log in to the agency portal. If you do not have an agreement with us and would like us to consider candidates, please send a blind candidate profile to legalrecruiting-bos@us.dlapiper.com (legalrecruiting-bos@dlapiper.com) .
Pay Transparency
In accordance with DC, New York, California and Washington’s Pay Transparency Law, pay range for this position, if hired to work in New York, California, or Washington is $150,000 - $350,000 per year. The compensation offered to a candidate selected for employment will be dependent upon various factors, including the candidate’s geographic market, skills, educational and professional background, experience and overall qualifications. Benefits (https://www.dlapipercareers.us/staff/) information may be found on the DLA Piper LLP (US) career site.
_DLA Piper is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran._ Job applicant poster viewing center (https://mandatoryview.com/?LicenceId=09b17fa3-b781-4022-bfdd-ec61a570463c&ProductType=OnlineApplicant) _._
DLA Piper is, at its core, bold, exceptional, collaborative and supportive
Our people are the backbone, heart and soul of our firm. Wherever you are in your professional journey, DLA Piper is a place you can engage in meaningful work and grow your career. Let’s see what we can achieve. Together.
Get to Know Us
We invite you to learn more about us. Please visit the following pages for more information about DLA Piper.
Laterals (http://www.dlapiper.com/en-us/careers/laterals)
Lateral Partners
Law Students (http://www.dlapiper.com/en-us/careers/law-students)
Business Professionals
Recruitment Agencies:
Per the terms of our agreement, all candidates must be submitted through the firm’s agency portal for consideration. If you have an agreement with the firm, please log in to the agency portal via the following link (https://www.myworkday.com/wday/authgwy/dlapiper/login.htmld?redirect=n) to review positions accepting agency submissions.
_Lawyer Positions Only:_ If you do not have an agreement with us and would like us to consider candidates, please send a blind candidate profile to legalrecruiting-bos@dlapiper.com
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