Jobs at White & Case LLP

Leads technology projects from initiation through closure, with a focus on information security initiatives involving identity, access governance, cloud security, cyber defense, and compliance. Develops integrated plans, manages scope, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, vendors, governance, and stakeholder communications. Coordinates technical teams and implementation readiness, including testing, training, operational transition, documentation, and project closure. Ensures security, privacy, architecture, and risk reviews are completed throughout delivery.

Leads business development execution for the Disputes practice, advising partners, managing pitches and proposals, shaping client and market strategies, coordinating cross-functional teams, and driving thought leadership and positioning initiatives. The role oversees BD projects and team members, monitors performance through KPIs, improves processes, supports commercial decision-making, and ensures alignment with firm priorities and compliance requirements.

Commercial litigation associate representing global social media and technology companies in complex disputes and class actions outside the United States. Responsibilities include developing litigation strategy, investigating facts, drafting pleadings and briefs, preparing witnesses and experts, coordinating with clients and local counsel, and supporting hearings, trials, appeals, and settlement decisions. The role requires managing sophisticated matters involving privacy, data protection, consumer protection, platform liability, advertising, and emerging technologies.

Coordinate centralized litigation calendaring, including inbox management, task assignment, new matter setup, deadline tracking, date calculations, and quality control. Resolve complex calendaring questions, troubleshoot docketing software and vendor issues, develop workflow protocols, monitor rule changes, and recommend process improvements. Train team members, prepare presentations, and liaise with attorneys, support staff, IT, vendors, and IP docketing teams to ensure accurate and timely deadline management.

Supports early-career legal recruiting across the Americas, including summer associate programs, interview coordination, candidate tracking, offers, mentoring, school relationships, recruiting events, and presentations. Monitors recruiting metrics, prepares reports, manages budgets, supports outreach, and partners with HR and business teams. The role requires strong communication, project management, organization, presentation, relationship-building, and administrative skills in a fast-paced environment.

Oversee WIP, accounts receivable, billing, fee structures, rate exceptions, profitability reporting, and collections for strategic legal clients. The role monitors aged receivables, resolves billing disputes, coordinates with partners and internal teams, supports audits, maintains process documentation, and prepares financial reports and presentations using Excel and PowerPoint.

Associate supporting shareholder activism and public M&A matters for corporations, hedge funds, private equity firms, and investment banks. Responsibilities include drafting nomination notices, proxy statements, shareholder cooperation agreements, merger and share purchase agreements, conducting legal research and diligence, and protecting client interests. The role requires strong securities law knowledge, M&A experience, drafting and negotiation skills, sound commercial judgment, and the ability to manage multiple fast-paced transactions.

Represents private equity sponsors and portfolio companies in M&A transactions, investments, restructurings, joint ventures, and corporate matters. Drafts and negotiates purchase agreements, merger agreements, equity documents, and ancillary transaction documents; manages deals through closing; provides strategic legal advice; and supervises junior associates. Requires strong private equity experience, legal drafting and analytical skills, New York bar admission or eligibility, commercial awareness, and excellent communication and organizational abilities.

Associate will advise private fund sponsors, institutional investors, and investment managers on fund formations, capital raising, primary and secondary transactions, GP stakes, seeding arrangements, investment management structures, and related M&A. Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating fund documents, coordinating transaction execution, addressing regulatory and governance matters, and supporting domestic and cross-border mandates. The role requires collaboration across legal practices and development of trusted client relationships.

Supports commercial litigation matters through legal research, drafting pleadings and briefs, discovery coordination, case strategy, evidence management, hearings, depositions, and trial preparation. The associate works under partner supervision, manages case files and deadlines, contributes to client representation, and helps coach junior lawyers.

Advise multinational companies, trade associations, and governments on export controls and international trade regulations. Responsibilities include EAR and ITAR counseling, export classifications and licensing, government filings, ITAR registrations, CFIUS technology analyses, due diligence, contract negotiation, compliance program development, investigations, disclosures, client training, and regulatory guidance. The role also mentors junior attorneys and contributes to business development and thought leadership.

Leads legal project management and operations for strategic client portfolios. Responsibilities include managing budgets, KPIs, profitability, fee arrangements, local counsel, client relationships, and operational delivery across complex matters. The role advises partners and senior stakeholders, drives adoption of legal operations and AI-enabled workflows, supports bids and training, develops team capability, and may manage junior staff.

Advises issuers, underwriters, investors, and financial institutions on equity and debt capital markets transactions. Drafts and negotiates registration statements, prospectuses, underwriting agreements, securities purchase agreements, and offering memoranda. Supports SEC reporting, disclosure, and comment responses, while handling capital markets-adjacent M&A and strategic transactions. Coordinates matters with clients, partners, opposing counsel, and internal teams, and contributes to client alerts and SEC comment letters.

Advise on sophisticated domestic and cross-border securitization and structured finance transactions. Responsibilities include structuring, drafting, and negotiating deal documents; owning transaction components from inception through closing; collaborating with finance, tax, intellectual property, and regulatory specialists; and advising clients and partners on complex legal and commercial matters.

Provides corporate legal support focused on Uniform Commercial Code matters, including lien searches, UCC filings, financing statements, amendments, continuations, terminations, database maintenance, and filing acknowledgments. Reviews security agreements, aircraft mortgages, leases, and related filings for jurisdictional compliance. Coordinates workflows and deadlines, trains team members, supports seminars, reviews junior staff work, and escalates complex issues while maintaining accurate time entries and current UCC knowledge.

Leads and develops a team of Legal Assistants, overseeing staffing, utilization, performance management, training, compensation recommendations, and workload assignments. Partners with attorneys, legal teams, HR, practice technology, and service providers to improve support operations and technology. Manages timesheets, overtime, ethical screens, special requests, and client-support services while ensuring accurate, timely, and effective legal assistant operations.

Supports an international technology disputes team by reviewing and summarizing new matters, tracking case activity, maintaining litigation databases and files, preparing reports and matter materials, analyzing data, and helping improve global litigation processes. The role requires collaboration, independent work within established procedures, daily timekeeping, and occasional support for training new team members.

Supports commercial litigation teams through legal and factual research, document production, case-file management, deposition and trial preparation, transcript summaries, cite checking, pleadings, filing materials, and litigation logistics. The role uses e-discovery, spreadsheet, and database software, maintains time entries, attends legal proceedings, and assists other legal teams as needed. It requires strong organization, communication, judgment, confidentiality, technology proficiency, and the ability to work long hours and travel as needed.

Owns configuration, deployment, administration, support, upgrades, and technical roadmaps for document and risk management systems, including iManage and Intapp. Manages Windows and Linux servers, databases, cloud environments, APIs, integrations, performance, security, backup, and recovery. Provides technical leadership, third-level support, vendor coordination, project oversight, and stakeholder communication while maintaining enterprise technology standards and supporting legal business applications.

Leads business development strategy for the Corporate practice, advising partners and leadership on client acquisition, account growth, retention, market positioning, pitches, proposals, and thought leadership. Uses market intelligence, competitive analysis, and performance data to identify opportunities and drive measurable growth. Coordinates cross-practice initiatives, manages senior stakeholders, leads complex projects and teams, improves BD processes, and ensures client-focused execution aligned with firm priorities and governance.