Latham & Watkins

Billing Specialist

• Preparing and analyzing client billing requests
• Creating, editing, and submitting bills in accordance with firm and client requirements, reviewing proformas, handling corrections, and coordinating e-billing
• Ensuring successful delivery of invoices and coordinating with revenue and e-billing teams to resolve rejections and reductions
• Generating and reviewing proformas from 3E for informational and billing purposes
• Utilizing computerized billing and payable software modules to complete billing processes, research issues, and provide information to customers
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Manager

• Hiring, training, and mentoring team members to foster a collaborative and skilled team environment
• Conducting performance evaluations and providing ongoing feedback and support
• Working closely with attorneys and the Conflicts department to ensure the provision of timely and effective services
• Serving as the primary point of contact for the Conflicts department for attorneys and staff, assisting with solving problems, providing updates, and triaging requests
• Assisting with streamlining and managing complex and urgent conflict check requests
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

OGC Manager – Conflicts

• Creating, editing, and finalizing bills in accordance with firm and client requirements and billing attorney directives, reviewing proformas, handling subsequent corrections, and coordinating e-billing
• Preparing and finalizing invoices in line with internal and external regulation and legislation, including Value-Added Tax (VAT), Criminal Finances Act Solicitors’ Accounts Rules, and money laundering regulations, as applicable
• Ensuring successful delivery of invoices and coordinating with revenue and e-billing teams for submission, and helping resolve rejections and reductions
• Generating and reviewing proformas from 3E for informational and billing purposes
• Utilizing computerized billing and payable software modules to complete the billing process and client refunds, and researching and providing information to customers
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Senior Billing Specialist

Recruitment

• Supporting lateral associate recruitment by overseeing application processing, interview logistics, and candidate communications
• Maintaining records, overseeing vendor relationships, and developing marketing strategies and onboarding plans
• Coordinating with the Associate Recruiting Manager to develop and implement recruitment strategies
• Organizing and representing the firm at recruiting events

Associate Recruiting Coordinator – Lateral Associates

Risk

• Overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Digital Forensics team
• Managing the team’s daily workflow, develop and execute operational plans, and ensuring the timely completion of department projects
• Working closely with members of Technology and Information Governance and Privacy teams on the design, implementation, and troubleshooting of digital forensics collection, processing, and execution of policies and procedures
• Managing, training, and coaching IGTS Digital Forensics team members, and mentoring them in their professional development endeavours
• Understanding the firm’s systems and software tools and serving as a resource on information governance questions for staff, attorneys, and other colleagues
• Working closely with Technology teams and Practice Support Services (PSS) to advise on digital forensics capabilities and ensure forensics tools communicate correctly with various electronic repositories
• Advising IG Compliance, Operations, Privacy teams, and the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) on digital forensics tools and their capabilities
• Assisting with the development and maintenance of digital forensics policies, standards, and procedures
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Information Governance Supervisor – Digital Forensics

• Lead proactive lateral partner and counsel search efforts globally
• Oversee and project manage the firm’s proactive search activity
• Foster internal collaboration and drive the development and delivery of market maps and related research materials
• Provide insights to leadership on market trends, competitor activity, and strategic talent opportunities
• Monitor prospective candidates emanating from talent pipelining and/or proactive search activity and shape the process of data collation as it relates to their clients and practices
• Ensure relevant members of Partner Recruiting are informed of the context behind search activity
• Work in close collaboration with the Partner Recruiting team to advise stakeholders on the appropriate outreach strategy for target candidates
• Protect and maintain any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Senior Partner Recruiting Manager – Talent Identification

Business Development Rep

• Supporting and maintaining the firm's deal and case database
• Thinking proactively and leading reorganizational changes to database information to ensure information is easily attainable
• Acting as a liaison between attorneys, local and global BD management and staff, and the BD Experience team by providing subject matter expert level support
• Fostering communication within Marketing Technology, the various teams within BD, and those external to BD to create a seamless experience collection process
• Prioritizing and coordinating with team members exports of data for business development efforts and preparing custom reports on an as-needed basis
• Participating in regular team and department meetings
• Sharing knowledge of policies, procedures, and technologies with the team to increase department efficiency
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Business Development Analyst – Experience, Litigation

Attorney

• Developing and supervising the Southern California Litigation Services teams and playing an active role in hiring, assignment, training, and evaluation of the staff
• Using Westlaw, Lexis products (including Lexis+ AI, CourtLink and Lex Machina), and other research platforms to provide high-level legal research and analysis with respect to procedural issues across many jurisdictions
• Demonstrating an advanced knowledge of applicable court rules and procedures and applying court rules in multiple jurisdictions quickly, efficiently, and in a manner that instills confidence and ensures risk management
• Developing a repository of judicial insight, including reviewing transcripts to identify themes relevant to pending matters, compiling case precedent, recent decisions of interest, reversal rates, motion timing analytics, and judicial biography
• Preparing procedural road maps in advance of major court filings to flag applicable rules and requirements

Managing Attorney, Litigation Services

• Providing high level legal analysis with respect to complex procedural and strategic issues in state and federal court
• Reviewing filings as to form and procedural content
• Preparing procedural road maps for upcoming court filings
• Advising members of the Litigation & Trial Department on all matters of court rules, civil procedure, filing protocol, and the calculation of deadlines
• Using research platforms to provide high level legal research with respect to procedural and strategic issues across many jurisdictions

Litigation Services Attorney

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Providing financial and analytical support for the firm
• Preparing recurring and ad-hoc financial analysis and reports related to client statistics and firm financial metrics
• Creating analyses and responding to various requests by applying financial and analytical skills
• Utilizing data mining and database mechanisms to obtain data and organizing the information to facilitate effective analysis and creating analytical reports
• Utilizing database mechanisms and Microsoft Access to develop and improve reporting processes
• Maintaining detailed records documenting procedures and assumptions, methodologies, and sources of information employed during the performance of all analytical tasks
• Making recommendations and working with management to develop procedures, processes, and workflow to ensure maximum efficiency in the FIC department
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Strategic Advisor, Financial Analyst

• Developing and maintaining in-depth knowledge of practice, industry, and market expertise, client mix, matter experience, trade groups, and media; employing knowledge to develop and execute strategic business development and marketing plans, acting as a “dot connector” internally
• Providing research, analysis, and reporting to support the identification and development of new clients and the enhancement of existing client relationships
• Building and driving the marketing strategy for the industry group with a focus on measurable impact
• Achieving fluency in our client base and supporting efforts to identify, pursue, and attain new business from new and existing clients
• Working collaboratively across teams on strategic projects
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Senior Business Development Specialist – Litigation

• Employing knowledge to develop and execute strategic business development and marketing plans, acting as a “dot connector” internally
• Staying abreast of developments and trends in the areas of Technology and Artificial Intelligence broadly, including providing research, analysis, and reporting to support the identification and development of new clients and the enhancement of existing client relationships
• Supporting AI Practice stakeholders and strategic projects
• Building and driving the marketing strategy for the Tech industry groups with a focus on measurable impact
• Achieving fluency in our client base and supporting efforts to identify, pursue, and attain new business from new and existing clients
• Aiding in the execution of cross-selling strategies, including collaborating with relevant BD teams and key partner stakeholders
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Senior Business Development Specialist – Tech Industry

• Designing and developing recommended solutions to financial application and reporting issues
• Coding, testing, and debugging financial application systems and reporting solutions according to specifications
• Producing prototypes during various stages of development as required
• Assisting with the testing, documentation, and maintenance of financial applications and financial reporting
• Maintaining financial applications and reporting solutions after implementation including user support and software upgrades
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Financial Programmer

Revenue Operations

• Supervising the daily operations of the Revenue Operations team within the assigned office
• Ensuring compliance with firm policies and procedures
• Training, coaching, and leading Revenue Operations staff in their professional development
• Collaborating with the Accounting Manager or Manager - Revenue Operations in performance evaluations and improvement recommendations
• Ensuring departmental goals and objectives are met by providing accurate and timely completion of assignments and responses to inquiries
• Coordinating and overseeing the completion of annual and monthly activities, including quarterly inventory campaigns, year-end collections and inventory management, e-billing coordination, and other high-priority, time-sensitive initiatives
• Promoting the “Gold Standard” inventory process by managing billing completion percentages to ensure timely billing, monitoring related reports, facilitating monthly inventory meetings with billing attorneys, and overseeing collections support and accounts receivable follow-up
• Participating in routine calls and conferences with partners and management regarding financial inventory
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Supervisor – Revenue Operations

• Leveraging LinkedIn product suite, iCIMS product suite, pre-existing market maps, and other talent pipelining tools and strategies to create talent pipelines for active searches
• Analyzing and sharing talent market data with Business Services Recruiters and/or Hiring Managers to influence and augment go-to-market strategy
• Predictively pipelining talent for searches that appear at a regular frequency based on an analysis of firm hiring data
• Generating, or leveraging pre-existing market maps and talent pipelines to create a pool of passive candidate targets for individual searches based on discussions with Business Services Recruiters and/or Hiring Managers
• Pitching Latham opportunities to passive candidate targets and in-network (“warm”) targets, and conducting initial discussions with pre-application potential candidates to validate interests and qualifications
• Generating competitive intelligence reports within and outside of the legal industry to understand Latham’s position relative to active searches, role and team buildouts, titling, levelling, organizational structure, compensation, and other talent trends impacting organizations with whom we compete for talent
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains