Sidley Austin LLP · 5 hours ago
Practice Group Manager - M&A/PE
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$185K/yr - $260K/yr
4+ years expSidley Austin LLP is a prominent law firm seeking a Practice Group Manager for their M&A and Private Equity Global Practice Group. The role involves developing attorney talent, managing workflow, and overseeing skill development within the practice group to meet its goals and needs.
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Responsibilities
Build key relationships with the leaders, partners and associates in the GPG to become familiar with their business development goals, recruitment strategy, performance management expectations and the creation of formal training programs
Act as a liaison and advocate to facilitate workflow and evaluate associate capacity and skill development needs for staffing purposes. Responsible for assessing the GPG associates across offices to ensure associates are sharing equal workloads to maximize performance and eliminate disparate hours amongst lawyers and to ensure associates are building appropriate skills in accordance with rubrics and their career development goals
Supervise weekly workflow check-ins with associates and flag/address bandwidth or staffing issues that have developed from the week prior due to conflicting demands, deadlines, or absences and escalate matters to appropriate billing and handling partners or leaders
Lead the development of rubrics for skill development and different career steps, and assist with the oversight of progress toward such development by GPG associates
Function as a liaison for other administrative departments and existing resources, i.e. Learning & Development; Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Knowledge Management; Marketing and Business Development; Accounting; Finance, etc., by providing information, data, and key metrics that will assist in identifying and then guiding firmwide and practice specific initiatives
Identify for the GPG leaders and Staffing Partners the over and under-utilized associates, staff attorneys, and summer associates and the areas where skill development is needed
Collaborate with the Global Practice Leaders (GPL), Staffing Partners, and other members of the leadership team in overseeing attorney performance appraisals and annual compensation adjustment processes, including review of appraisal forms, guiding partner discussions of evaluation messages, submission of counsel promotions, soliciting partner input on recommended compensation adjustments and ensuring consistency across the group. Utilize knowledge derived as a result of the associate and counsel evaluation process to focus on and address performance concerns
Support GPL in review and development of presentation memorandum for internal partnership candidates
Manage proposals and client engagement projects in coordination with the business development team to develop and ensure alignment with the practice area strategic initiatives
Collaborate with Learning & Development to ensure effective onboarding of first-year and lateral associates
Provide needs assessments for lateral and first-year associate new hires for the GPG Leadership in coordination with Legal Recruiting annual hiring targets and be a key resource in the onboarding and integration process for the group
Help support the mentoring program for the GPG
Design objectives related to morale and retention in coordination with Learning & Development
Develop, support and encourage a culture of service excellence which includes responsiveness, process improvements and collegiality
Qualification
Required
J.D. and at least four years practice experience, preferably practicing at a peer law firm. Prior experience in staffing, professional development or practice support a plus
Proficient in terminology and concepts, as well as transaction types in M&A and Private Equity
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Resource Management/Scheduling Tools, Excel and other related applications
Strong presence in the face of complexity and time-constrained challenges
Proficient at negotiating and managing conflict
Proven client service focus, with an ability to resolve issues quickly and a sense of urgency
Flexible in adapting to constantly changing priorities
Strong organizational skills
Strong attention to detail
Good judgment
Strong interpersonal communication skills
Superior relationship building skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Able to work harmoniously and effectively with others
Able to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion
Able to work under pressure
Able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities
Benefits
Bonus eligibility
Comprehensive benefits program
Company
Sidley Austin LLP
Sidley is an elite global law firm.
1001-5000 employees
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