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Join Our Team
We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining the best people across our practice and business services groups. Our continued success relies on our ability to provide a supportive, inclusive and motivating environment where everyone has a role to play in supporting the delivery of outstanding service to our clients.
Whether you're already qualified or hoping to train with us, we are always looking to recruit talented people across the globe.
- Employment Opportunities
- Innovative Thinkers
- Passion for Working Critically
We offer exceptional career opportunities to our lawyers, aspiring graduates and business support professionals, in an environment that is challenging, rewarding and, we believe, truly different from our competitors.
We are looking for highly talented people who can demonstrate an affinity with our values to help us achieve our vision of becoming the leading global business law firm. In return, we offer a dynamic and diverse environment in which people can build a long and fruitful career and have their success rewarded.
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Corporate Securities • New York, USA
The focus of this role will be on preparing securities filings, merger agreements, underwriting agreements, securities fillings, negative assurance letters and opinion letters, drafting proxy statement for shareholders, and, reviewing filings to evaluate compliance with SEC Regulations and federal securities laws. A significant focus of this role will be on advising clients on global corporate legal issues, including legal risk management, contract negotiation, corporate governance, and compliance.
Skills and experience required:
- Strong academic credentials, JD required
- Admitted to, and in good standing with the State Bar of New York, California, and/or Connecticut
- Experience preparing securities filling, merger agreements, underwriting agreements, and opinion letters.
- Experience with Securities Act of 1933, Securities Act of 1934, SEC Regulations S-K and M-A
- Experience with public company work, public securities, registered equity offerings (IPOs and follow-on offerings), and private placements
- Ensure compliance with SEC Regulation S-X and screen new securities filings uploaded to SEC’s EDGAR platform.
- Strong project management ability; ability to balance a large number of competing priorities
- Team player and motivated to succeed as a group
ASSISTANT FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
Fiduciary Accountant • New Jersey, USA
The fiduciary accountant will work within our Private Client and Tax Department and be responsible for the preparation of estate, gift, and income tax returns and estate and trust accountings. The position includes handling both recurring and new work situations of varying degree of complexity. A high level of contact with persons within the firm and outside the firm (including partners, associates, supervisor, members of other departments or other offices, clients, court personnel and other professionals) will be required. Contacts are usually made as directed and/or on individual initiative and concern matters requiring explanation, discussion, interpretation or approval.
PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:
- Preparation of federal and state fiduciary income tax returns for trusts and estates.
- Preparation of federal and state individual income tax returns.
- Preparation of partnership, corporation and foundation tax returns.
- Preparation of federal and state estate and gift tax returns.
- Preparation of probate/fiduciary accountings.
- Preparation of income projections and income tax planning.
- Maintain checkbook and other bank and security or investment accounts.
- Assist with federal and state audits.
- Correspond with tax authorities to resolve tax issues.
- Calculate estimated taxes and cash needs.
- Prepare financial statements.
- Perform other job related duties as assigned and assist attorneys when needed.
JUNIOR ASSOCIATE
Real Estate and Banking • Florida, USA
We are looking to hire a junior to mid-level Florida-qualified Associate to join our Real Estate and Banking team in our Singapore office.
The ideal candidate will have worked in a well-established transactional corporate real estate (CRE) team and have experience with corporate real estate work across the commercial, industrial and residential property sectors in Florida. This assumes a sound foundation in relevant property laws, regulations and conveyancing practice and procedures.
The candidate can also expect frequent exposure to real estate financing as well as general banking and finance transactions across a variety of industry sectors, and relevant experience in this regard will also be helpful.
The role will at times be demanding and fast paced so you will need to be efficient and task-focussed, committed to excellence and client service, and can prioritise, multi-task and remain calm under pressure.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Litigation • California, USA
The focus of this role will be on working with team members on all phases of litigation and arbitration, including drafting pleadings, motions and discovery, conducting legal research, taking and defending depositions, analysis of information produced in discovery, assisting with court appearances and ultimately handling court appearances, and brainstorming with team members on developing strategies for each case.
Skills and experience required:
- Strong academic credentials (JD required)
- Admitted to and in good standing with the State Bar of California
- 3-4 years' experience as a litigation attorney
- California State and Federal Court experience preferred
- Excellent legal writing and analytical skills
- Experience drafting documents, including but not limited to pleadings (complaint and answer), discovery requests, responses to discovery requests, and memoranda of law
IMMIGRATION
Private Client & Tax • Texas, USA
An exceptional opportunity now exists to join this firm's leading Immigration team. Our Immigration team has decades of experience advising multinational private and public companies and start-ups in all business sectors as well as for individual clients. This role will assist our clients with:
- Tier 1 applications for HNW individuals, businessmen and exceptionally talented individuals
- Full support for corporate clients including training and preparation for sponsor license application, compliance, certificates of sponsorship, visa applications, switching of employee's status and business visitors
- Personal applications e.g. spousal unmarried partners, same sex, surrogacy
- Strategic support to family offices
- Eligibility under EUSS
- Citizenship and passport applications
As with representing clients on personal immigration matters, our team is able to coordinate the delivery of the highest level of multi-disciplined professional services in conjunction with Hilltop Attorney’s partners in any of our international offices.
TAX ADVISER
Corporate Tax Associate • Florida, USA
We are looking for a newly qualified associate with experience in a USA corporate tax seat during their training contract with commercial acumen, preferably gained within a leading international law firm, who is looking to start their career as an associate at, or transition to a firm that offers the opportunity to have a more client-facing and project leading role, working for founders and entrepreneurs as well as companies.
The ideal candidate must have experience in:
- Providing UK tax advice for both domestic and international businesses
- Cross-border investment and business structuring
- Providing tax advice integrated with the commercial, legal and regulatory aspects of transactions
- Drafting tax deeds and warranties, finance documents and advising on business taxation
- Delivering high quality professional services with a focus on UK tax law