Corporate Governance New Matters Associate

Job Description

Job Description

About the Firm

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP (BLB&G) is widely recognized worldwide as a leading law firm advising institutional investors on issues related to corporate governance, shareholder rights, and securities litigation. Our clients include the largest and most prominent public pension funds, banks, asset managers and insurance companies in the world.

Since our founding in 1983, BLB&G has built an international reputation for excellence and integrity and pioneered the use of the litigation process to achieve precedent-setting governance reforms. BLB&G has prosecuted many of the most high-profile frauds in history, recovering over $40 billion on behalf of investors.

Working with our clients, we have also used securities and corporate governance litigation to achieve precedent-setting reforms that have increased market transparency and improved corporate business practices in groundbreaking ways. The firm is widely recognized by industry observers as a leader in the field, and our reputation for integrity and unmatched record of achievement has won us praise from the bench, the respect of our adversaries, and the allegiance of our clients.

About the Role and Team

In this role you will hold a unique position focused on the identification, assessment, investigation, and initiation of fiduciary duty claims on behalf of the firm’s investor clients.  This role, which is central to the firm’s case generation and business development, requires analyzing potential claims, investigating potential conflicts of interest and corporate wrongdoing, advising on and presenting potential claims to the firm’s institutional investor clients, hedge funds and individual investors, drafting investigative demands and initial court filings (such as complaints and briefs), and performing other research and case development activities.  Ideal candidates will have a strong educational background and exceptional communication, factual and legal research, writing, and oral presentation skills.  The candidate must be a team player, eager to learn, self-starter, and intellectually curious.  This position presents an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, entrepreneurial candidate who is passionate about representing investors who were wronged and thinks critically and creatively about potential conflicts of interest, legal claims and litigation strategy.

This role is on the case evaluation team for the firm’s corporate governance department.  The “Governance New Matters” team also works alongside the firm’s Financial Analysis, Institutional Investor Services, and Federal Securities New Matters teams. 

In the Governance New Matters role, you will work directly with the partners leading the Governance Department and will:

• Identify, investigate, vet, assess, and analyze potential breach of fiduciary duty and related claims
• Investigate and uncover potential conflicts of interests of directors and officers and similar corporate wrongdoing, as well as corporate law statutory violations
• Prepare memoranda and deliver presentations advising clients on potential investor rights related claims, investigation results and litigation recommendations
• Draft initial court filings, such as Section 220 demands and petitions, as well as breach of duty complaints and related briefs
• Perform other research and case development activities
• Extensive interaction with clients and other investor counsel

Position Qualifications:

• JD is required, with a preference for graduation years 2019-2025, with the possibility to deviate for an exceptional candidate
• New York or Delaware bar admission preferred
• Background with Chancery Court, merger, fiduciary duty, and/or appraisal litigation or law preferred
• Clerkship preferred, especially a Delaware Chancery clerkship
• Financial literacy is expected, including fluency in SEC filings and corporate transaction terminology
• Entrepreneurial mindset, proactive approach, and readiness to take opportunity and run with it is necessary
• Desire to represent investors rather than corporations
• Ability and desire to take a meaningful role in multiple complex matters, often opposite significantly more senior lawyers
• Excellent time management, multitasking, and communication skills are essential

Position Details:

• This is a full-time, exempt position based in New York City or Wilmington
• This is a hybrid role (3 days in-office (Tuesday/Wednesdays/Thursday required); 2 days work-from-home)
• BLB&G values diversity and inclusion and is an Equal Opportunity Employer
• All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.
• Base Salary: $195k - $320k

Work Environment

· All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.

· BLB&G values diversity and inclusion and is an Equal Opportunity Employer