A career in Office of General Counsel, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to be a part of the Firm’s legal department by providing dedicated legal support in the areas of litigation, counselling, and corporate, commercial, and employment law. You’ll play an important part in all aspects of regulatory proceedings involving the Firm and its personnel by supporting on regulatory issues, advising the Firm on matters relating to its operations, supporting the Firm’s client contracting function, and advising on matters related to employees. As part of our team, you’ll help with researching background information related to legal issues and prepare legal documents. You’ll focus on drafting contracts or legal agreements, retaining files of prepared legal documents, and coordinating requests between internal and external counsel.
As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
- Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
- Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
- Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
- Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
- Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realizes they are required.
- Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
- Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
- Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
- Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
The employment lawyers provide specialized legal advice on matters (including investigations, pay practices, recruiting, performance management, transactions, policies, procedures, contracts, benefits and immigration matters). The group oversees and provides strategic management of disputes by employees or partners. Employment lawyers provide direct support to business leaders across the segments working closely with People Teams, Partner Affairs, Ethics & Compliance and National Benefits.
Job Requirements and Preferences:
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum Degree Required:
Juris Doctorate
Minimum Year(s) of Experience:
4 year(s) in progressively responsible post-qualification legal experience in the field of employment law, either at a recognized law firm (or a combination of law firm and in-house).
Certification(s) Required:
Admitted to practice law in New York state and is in good standing.
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
Demonstrates intimate-level abilities and/or a proven record of success as an employment law litigator and counselor:
- Demonstrating proven technical acumen, ability to learn quickly and high level of agility to enable client strategy;
- Identifying and analyzing complex legal/regulatory/business issues and providing best-in-class legal advice that is practical, often on a time-sensitive basis;
- Developing recommendations independently that demonstrate prudent judgment;
- Teaming and collaborating well with colleagues, clients and counterparties;
- Managing multiple cases/matters/projects with care and attention to maintain project management and meeting deadlines;
- Managing pre-dispute and dispute matters to strategic advantage of client;
- Demonstrating thoughtful selection, instruction and supervision of external counsel to drive value from legal spend; and,
- In-house employment law experience (including secondment experience) preferred.