Lateral Partner Recruitment and Integration Apprentice (18 Month FTC)

Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm with offices in 26 key business centres across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. With approximately 200 lawyers in each of the world’s three largest financial centres — New York, London and Hong Kong — we are uniquely positioned to advise leading companies and financial institutions on their most complex legal needs. We have deep experience in high-stakes litigation and complex transactions across industry sectors, including our signature strength, the global financial services industry.

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 realise their greatest potential. We also encourage all our people to use their skills to support the wider community through our pro bono and community volunteering programmes.  At Mayer Brown the principles of mutual respect, dignity and understanding are central to the way we work and help to provide an environment where diversity and inclusion are embraced.

The LPH&I Apprentice will provide a high level of support to Lateral Partner Recruitment and Integration teams’ activities, working closely with members of the wider Commercial Strategy and Growth team in London. The following list is illustrative:

• Lateral Partner Recruitment — Assist with the coordination of lateral partner recruitment processes across multiple practice groups and offices, maintain candidate tracking systems and recruitment databases, assist with the coordination of interviews and meetings, conduct research on target firms, practice areas, industry trends, and client relationships.
• Lateral Partner Integration - Assist with the coordination and preparation of integration meetings, including preparing agendas, progress reports, and action trackers, maintain records of integration activities and provide regular updates to LPI team, contribute to the development of partner integration plans, help track integration KPIs and business plan objectives for newly joined partners.
• Business Development & Growth Support - Assist in identifying cross-selling opportunities between new hires and existing partners, support the creation of client targeting plans and relationship-mapping exercises.
• Ad hoc duties and projects as required by the LPH&I and CS&S teams.

Educated to A-Level or equivalent (grades A-C).

This role would be suitable for someone wanting to study for the level 3 apprenticeship in Business Administration / or equivalent.

Experience/Candidate Specification:

• Able to use own initiative and be pro-active
• An understanding of marketing principles and how to apply these to the professional services environment
• IT literate with strength in research
• High level of emotional intelligence
• Delivery/solution focussed with a strong desire to meet the needs and requirements of internal clients under the pressure of tight deadlines
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) is essential
• Ability to build relationships across all levels of the business
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise and multitask.
• Attention to detail, tenacious with a sense of responsibility and ownership
• A positive team player who inspires confidence and is able to deal with difficult situations.

At Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed. We are therefore happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.

In addition, one of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote diversity and inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our diversity networks - LGBT+, Fusion (ethnicity), Women, and Work and Me (Family).