Partner Recruiting & Integration Manager – Research & Analysis

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.  

The Partner Recruiting & Integration Manager – Research & Analysis is an integral part of Latham’s Partner Recruiting & Integration team. This role will be responsible for supporting the firm’s partner hiring and integration strategies and priorities, while managing the diligence process for each prospective lateral partner’s candidacy by quickly and accurately summarizing application materials, applying critical thinking to identify items for consideration by firm and department leadership, and ensuring that relevant information is distributed appropriately, often on an accelerated timeframe. This role will be located in our New York office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Preparing targeted research materials in support of proactive hiring efforts (e.g., market research, talent maps, competitor analyses)
• Undertaking additional due diligence of lateral partner candidates as requested by firm and department leadership
• At the direction of department leadership, providing support for other aspects of the partner recruiting process, including drafting memoranda in support of the interview and vote processes, preparing other written materials in connection with lateral partner votes, and ensuring that the presentation and summation of each candidacy is globally consistent in format, tone, and style
• Developing written materials to support the integration progress of internally promoted and lateral partner populations in close coordination with members of the Partner Integration function
• Supporting the preparation of materials for firm and administrative leadership which detail recruiting and integration activity
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Exhibit superior oral and written communication skills, with a strong attention to detail and the ability to write effectively and commercially for the highest levels of firm leadership
• Demonstrate excellent research and analysis skills, including the ability to synthesize large quantities of information into meaningful, high quality, and commercially-focused written work product
• Possess the ability to identify issues for escalation and do so in the appropriate manner

And have:

• A Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent
• A minimum of six (6) years of experience in a law firm setting or other professional services firm, either as an attorney or in a competitive intelligence or research role, preferably

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a 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
• And more!

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

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Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are. 

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