Mayer Brown LLP is a leading global law firm with offices in key business centers across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. We are a collegial, collaborative and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support and development they need to grow, thrive and realize their greatest potential.

If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are achievement, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Attorney Development and Recruitment department in New York as the Director of Lateral Partner Recruitment - Americas.

Position Summary: 

The Director of Lateral Partner Recruitment – Americas, will work closely with the Firm leadership team to strategically formulate and deliver lateral recruitment efforts to address needs with the most appropriate resources. The Director will work closely with the Director of Lateral Partner Recruitment – EMEA/Asia to lead the Firm’s lateral partner recruiting efforts on a global basis.

Essential Functions:  

• Develops a strong and comprehensive understanding of the Firm’s practices, brand, markets, global strategy, and lateral-hiring objectives
• Identifies individual and group candidates who will advance the Firm’s lateral-hiring strategy
• Participates in initial meetings with candidates; be able to assess the candidate while describing the opportunity and the Firm’s strategy effectively and persuasively
• Develops, maintains, and manages relationships with recruitment firms; negotiates fee proposals and service agreements
• Works closely with the sponsoring partner to select appropriate interviewers for each candidate and draft talking points for interviewers
• Supervises the arrangement of interviews, circulation of materials, briefing of interviewers, and collection of interview feedback
• Works closely with the HR/ADR team in each office to ensure the smooth running of all interviews.
• Assists sponsoring partner with preparation of materials and offer packages for review by the Management Committee
• Works closely with the Firm's conflicts lawyers and sponsoring partners to assess potential client conflict issues
• Works closely with the Firm’s due diligence providers and identify potential problems for further analysis and consideration by Firm management
• Works with sponsors and Firm management to ensure effective execution of integration plan for each hire
• Works closely with business-development team to prepare a press release and website bio for the candidate; participate in press outreach; coordinate candidate’s arrival with BD team
• Provides regular reports to Firm management on (1) the lateral recruiting budget; (2) the performance of lateral hires; (3) market trends and activity; and (4) the candidate pipeline
• May perform other duties as assigned