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About the Role
This role will support the day-to-day administrative and operational activities for a Partner, managing priorities, coordinating resources, and ensuring timely follow-through. It involves supporting the Partner's firm responsibilities, including billing, new matter intake, and timekeeping.
Responsibilities
- Managing the operations of the Partner’s office, including intake, prioritization, delegation, tracking, escalation, and completion of requests.
- Serving as a strategic partner, trusted advisor, and sounding board to the Partner, establishing planning processes and identifying protocols for matters requiring the Partner’s attention.
- Supporting preparation for significant meetings and engagements by preparing and editing communications, notes, talking points, presentations, correspondence, and materials.
- Maintaining an awareness of the Partner’s practice and market trends, and distilling business, operational, and market information into clear summaries and decision points.
- Developing and maintaining productive relationships with attorneys, practice management professionals, and business services teams to facilitate communication and collaboration.
- Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information.
Requirements
- Possess strong strategic thinking and business acumen, with the ability to provide clear, practical recommendations to a senior leader.
- Exhibit strong analytical and practical problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear recommendations and action plans.
- Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize information and prepare communications for senior stakeholders.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
- A minimum of six (6) years of progressively responsible experience in administration, operations, project management, executive support, practice management, or a related professional services function, preferably.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating complex initiatives, supporting and advising senior stakeholders, managing administrative support resources, and handling sensitive professional and authorized personal matters in a high-trust environment.
- Experience in a legal, professional services, corporate, or similarly complex environment, preferably.
Skills
- Strategic thinking
- Business acumen
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Written communication skills
- Verbal communication skills
- Information synthesis
- Coordination of complex initiatives
- Executive support
- Practice management
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Hybrid
- In-office
Experience Level
- Mid-Senior
- 6+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- JD, MBA, related master’s degree, or equivalent advanced training, preferably
Salary/Compensations
- USD $200,000.00 - USD $250,000.00 /Yr.
Benefits
- Healthcare, life and disability insurance
- A generous 401k plan
- At least 11 paid holidays per year
- PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
- Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
- Professional development programs
- Employee discounts
- Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff
About the Company
- Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy.
- We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers around the world.
- Our investment in people, commitment to innovation, and focus on the future empower you to build an incredible career and thrive as an exceptional professional in a supportive culture.
- If you aspire to be the best, and work with the best, this is where you belong.
Equal Opportunity
- Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer.
- The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.