Overview
Professional legal assistants and analysts work in the firm's corporate, litigation, tax, and estate planning practice groups. Our program consists of both entry-level and career track positions. Legal assistants must have undergraduate degrees and analysts must have law degrees.
In New York and Washington, legal assistants and analysts work in the firm's Legal Support Services group. In addition to formal training programs offered by the firm, legal assistants and analysts in this group are included in many training opportunities conducted for associates.
In the domestic offices, legal assistant and analyst performance is reviewed in the spring, with salary adjustments effective in July. Legal assistants and analysts also participate in a special year-end bonus program intended to reward exceptional performance.
As part of an international firm, Debevoise legal assistants and analysts often have the opportunity to work with international colleagues, and they are occasionally assigned to travel abroad on their assignments.
Corporate Legal Assistants
Opportunities for legal assistants exist in every practice area of the corporate group, including bankruptcy, finance, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, securities, and real estate. All legal assistants are assigned to a team within the corporate group. Junior legal assistants are also assigned a legal assistant advisor to help them navigate through their first assignments at the firm.
Litigation Legal Assistants
In addition to working on large-scale commercial cases, litigation legal assistants have opportunities to work on a broad range of complex matters including internal investigations, international arbitrations, and white-collar criminal defense matters. Many of the firm’s litigation legal assistants are experienced case managers who help manage the discovery process and oversee large teams of support personnel. Litigation legal assistants and case managers are extensively trained in the use of the firm’s litigation support technology.
Analysts
The firm also has a large team of in-house analysts to assist lawyers with document review and factual analysis. We have analyst positions in both the litigation and corporate practice groups. All of the analysts are law school graduates.
Requirements for Consideration
Candidates for legal assistant and analyst positions must have college degrees. Analysts must also be law school graduates. Candidates should have superior college and/or law school records along with strong personal, professional, and academic references.
Although entry-level legal assistants are normally hired in the fall, career candidates, as well as analysts, are considered throughout the year. All candidates for legal assistant or analyst positions must be willing to make a two-year commitment to the firm.
In general, we look for candidates who have strong career interests in the legal field, either as long-term legal assistants, analysts, or as future attorneys. As an international firm, we are very interested in candidates who have fluency in foreign languages.
Apply
Hiring contacts for all our offices are listed below. You are welcome to send us your resumé via e-mail.
Hiring Contacts
New York
Katherine Mellone
Manager, Legal Support Services
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
kamellone@debevoise.com
T: +1 212 909 6725
F: +1 212 909 6836
London (No Positions Available)
Michelle Kirkland
HR & Administration Manager
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Tower 42
Old Broad Street
London, EC2N 1HQ
United Kingdom
mkirkland@debevoise.com
T: +44 20 7786 9000
F: +44 20 7588 4180
Frankfurt (No Positions Available)
Kathy Reed
Office Manager
Taubenstrasse 7-9
60313 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
T: +49 69 2097 5288
F: +49 69 2097 5555
Hong Kong (No Positions Available)
Jeanne Tan
Office Manager
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
13/F Entertainment Building
30 Queen's Road Central
Hong Kong
jtan@debevoise.com
T: +852 2160 9800
F: +852 2810 9828 | Washington, D.C.
Helen Fiori
Assistant Office Manager
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
555 13th Street, Suite 1100 East
Washington, D.C. 20004
hfiori@debevoise.com
T: +1 202 383 8004
F: +1 202 383 8118
Paris
Sylvia Chevance
Office Manager
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
21 Avenue George V
75008 Paris
schevance@debevoise.com
T: +33 1 40 73 12 12
F: +33 1 47 20 50 82
Moscow
Glussia (Ludmila) F. Kulchitskaya
Office Manager
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Business Center "Mokhovaya"
Ulitsa Vozdvizhenka, 4/7
Stroyeniye 2
Moscow, 125009
gfkulchi@debevoise.com
T: +7 503 956 3858
F: +7 503 956 3868
Shanghai
Linda Yu
Office Manager
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
22/F Jin Mao Tower
88 Century Boulevard
Pudong New District
Shanghai 200121
lyu@debevoise.com
T: +86 21 5047 1800
F: +86 21 5047 1600 |
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