Jobs at Clifford Chance

Prepare and review federal, state, and international tax compliance filings, with a strong focus on multistate taxation, nexus, PTET obligations, estimated payments, reconciliations, and tax workpapers. Analyze tax implications of employee relocations and WFH arrangements, support UK U.S. tax reporting, review Forms W-8 and 1065/1042 filings, monitor sales and use tax obligations, coordinate external tax advisors, and research evolving tax regulations.

Leads the Americas tax function, overseeing US tax compliance, partnership and partner tax matters, tax advisory, risk management, governance, filings, audits, controls, and regional tax projects. Advises senior stakeholders on federal, state, local, international, expatriate, payroll, and benefits tax matters. Manages external advisers, coordinates tax reporting across the Americas, develops policies and processes, and leads a tax team.

The Commercial Pricing Manager develops pricing models, alternative fee arrangements, profitability analyses, and negotiation strategies for legal matters. The role advises partners, supports client panel pricing, benchmarks matter pricing, oversees pricing governance, coordinates pricing committees, and delivers commercial awareness training. It collaborates with Finance, Business Development, and global pricing teams while influencing senior stakeholders and maintaining commercially viable margins.

Leads accounting, financial reporting, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, investment appraisal, internal controls, audits, cash management, and month-end close for the Americas. Partners with senior stakeholders across US and Brazil, oversees escrow and client monies, drives global finance process adoption, and develops the finance team within a matrixed organization.

Leads global business development and marketing strategy for the firm’s Disputes practice. Responsibilities include developing growth plans, overseeing market and competitor research, supporting revenue generation and cross-selling, managing client targeting and proposals, coordinating events and communications, driving thought leadership and reputation initiatives, and overseeing a global BD team. The role partners closely with lawyers and firm leadership to execute strategic initiatives and improve client and market development.

Advise sponsors, lenders, governments, contractors, and investors on project development and finance for energy and infrastructure projects. Negotiate project financing, holdco financing, tax equity, credit agreements, collateral documents, construction-to-back-leverage structures, public-private partnerships, risk allocation, and regulatory matters across multiple jurisdictions. The role requires at least six years of US project finance experience and New York bar admission.

Support Americas Disputes product BD by implementing BD and marketing plans, identifying revenue opportunities, coordinating pitches, events and thought leadership, tracking ROI, and collaborating with partners, regional teams and global BD stakeholders to drive client development and reputation management.

As a Legal Technology Advisor, you will bridge law and technology, enhancing legal service delivery through innovative tech, particularly GenAI tools. You'll analyze needs, recommend solutions, support tools, and advise on technology integration while collaborating with internal teams and clients.

Provide high-level legal and business research across jurisdictions using primary and secondary sources and advanced platforms. Compile SEC disclosures, legislative/regulatory histories, company intelligence, alerts, and transaction research. Support attorneys, paralegals, and staff with timely, accurate, and cost‑effective research using embedded generative AI and research databases.

Provide counsel on remuneration, incentives and employment tax globally. Advise on incentive design, equity- and cash-based compensation, executive hires/exits, regulatory and governance issues, and remuneration aspects of M&A, IPOs and major transactions.

Advise borrowers, lenders and arrangers on corporate and investment-grade lending, including syndicated, club and bilateral loans, revolvers, private placements, acquisition and bridge financings, equity take-outs, margin lending, export credit and other trade finance facilities for public and private banking clients.

Associate attorney role advising on leveraged finance, private credit, infrastructure, fund and corporate lending transactions for lenders, borrowers and sponsors. Work includes structuring and executing domestic and cross‑border financings, refinancings, and liability management. Requires New York bar admission and prior law firm experience; submissions must include resume and law school transcripts.