Mayer Brown is a distinctively global law firm, uniquely positioned to advise the world's leading companies and financial institutions on their most complex deals and disputes. With extensive reach across four continents, we are the only integrated law firm in the world with approximately 200 lawyers in each of the world's three largest financial centers--New York, London and Hong Kong--the backbone of the global economy. We have deep experience in high-stakes litigation and complex transactions across industry sectors, including our signature strength, the global financial services industry. Our diverse teams of lawyers are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do. Our "one-firm" culture--seamless and integrated across all practices and regions--ensures that our clients receive the best of our knowledge and experience.
Mayer Brown's Chicago office is the original, and still the largest, office of the firm. It is also one of the largest law offices in Chicago, with deep roots in the community and a prominent place in the city's history. Founded in 1881, the Chicago office advised on the original incorporations of Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Continental Bank, guided Chicago leaders in the city's phenomenal growth, including the negotiation of the opening of O'Hare Airport to commercial flights, major expansions of O'Hare and Midway airports, and the leasing of the Chicago Skyway (the first long-term concession of an American toll road), and represented clients in some of Chicago's most storied trials. Finance, corporate, and litigation work are among the office's widely recognized strengths. We have a long and distinguished record of public service at the federal, state and local levels. Current and past positions held by Mayer Brown lawyers and alumni include mayor of Chicago and mayoral chief of staff; US secretary of commerce; assistant US secretary of state; White House chief of staff; special envoy to the United Nations; deputy US attorney general; chief of staff to the first lady of the United States; Illinois attorney general; counsel and deputy chief of staff to the governor of Illinois; Illinois Senate president pro tempore; Illinois solicitor general; Chicago transportation commissioner; and Chicago Police Accountability Task Force chair. Lawyers in our Chicago office have served as instructors at Chicago's leading law schools and have published widely in their fields. Notable publications include Supreme Court Practice, the standard treatise on Supreme Court litigation; the innovative treatise Securitization of Financial Assets; Bidders and Targets: Mergers and Acquisitions in the US, a leading corporate takeover strategies discussion; and the classic Trusts & Trustees. Civic involvement is a core value of the Chicago office, and Mayer Brown lawyers are encouraged to contribute. They serve on many of the city's most important cultural boards, including those of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Commercial Club of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Field Museum, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Pro bono legal work is the office's most formalized civic contribution. Lawyers in the Chicago office have handled cases ranging from death row review, civil liberties and rights abuses, marriage equality and transgender rights, political asylum and police reform, to discrimination in housing and the provision of public services; indigent criminal defense work; and litigation addressing the needs of the homeless. We provide a wide variety of legal services to Chicago's poor and otherwise disadvantaged. Many Chicago office associates have gained immeasurably important experience through our Seventh Circuit Project and other pro bono assignments. And many of the office's corporate and tax lawyers serve as counsel to Chicago community and charitable organizations.
Total Offices: 25
Total Attorneys: 1788
Practice Areas | No. of Attorneys |
---|---|
Bankruptcy | 14 |
Corporate | 115 |
Energy and Oil & Gas | 5 |
Environmental and Land Use | 2 |
ERISA/Executive Compensation | 18 |
Government and Government Relations | 10 |
Insurance Coverage | 1 |
IP | 29 |
Labor & Employment | 5 |
Litigation | 110 |
Real Estate | 50 |
Tax | 34 |
Trusts and Estates | 7 |
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Mid-level Corporate and Securities Associate Attorney
California - Palo Alto
Palo Alto office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks mid-level corporate and securities associate attorney with 3-5 years of experience. The candidate will assist with issuer-side and underwriter-side private and public offerings, as well as with ongoing securities disclosure matters, including 34 Act reporting and corporate governan.... Legal
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Mid-level Corporate and Securities Associate Attorney
California - San Francisco
San Francisco office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks mid-level corporate and securities associate attorney with 3-5 years of experience. The candidate will assist with issuer-side and underwriter-side private and public offerings, as well as with ongoing securities disclosure matters, including 34 Act reporting and corporate gove.... Legal
Handled by: Los Angeles
Mid-level Capital Markets Associate Attorney
Illinois - Chicago
Chicago office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks Mid-level Capital Markets Associate Attorney with 3-5 years of experience. The candidate will assist with issuer-side and underwriter-side private and public offerings, as well as with ongoing securities disclosure matters, including 34 Act reporting and corporate governance matters..... Legal
Handled by: Los Angeles
Mid-level Corporate and Securities Associate Attorney
North Carolina - Charlotte
Charlotte office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks mid-level corporate and securities associate attorney with 3-5 years of experience. The candidate will assist with issuer-side and underwriter-side private and public offerings, as well as with ongoing securities disclosure matters, including 34 Act reporting and corporate governan.... Legal
Handled by: Los Angeles
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Associate Attorney
Illinois - Chicago
Chicago office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks employee benefits and executive compensation associate attorney with 2 years of experience in the area of Title I of ERISA, particularly private fund formation and securitizations. Legal
Handled by: Los Angeles
Skills ERISA/Executive Compensation
Junior Government and Global Trade Associate Attorney
District of Columbia - Washington
Washington, D.C. office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks junior government and global trade associate attorney with 1+ years of experience in trade remedies (antidumping), customs, economic sanctions, and export controls. Experience with other areas of international trade law (WTO dispute settlement and CFIUS) a plus. Legal
Handled by: Los Angeles
Litigation Associate Attorney
California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks litigation associate attorney with 3-5 years of labor and employment experience. The candidate must have major law firm experience. Legal
Handled by: Los Angeles
Mid- to Senior-level General Litigation Associate Attorney
California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks mid- to senior-level general litigation associate attorney with 4-8 years of general litigation experience. The candidate must have major law firm experience. Legal
Handled by: Los Angeles
Mid-level Banking and Finance Associate Attorney
North Carolina - Charlotte
Charlotte office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks Mid-level Banking and Finance Associate Attorney with 3-6 years of experience to support the fund finance and/or leveraged finance practices. The candidate must have solid experience with secured and unsecured lending transactions, such as fund financings, acquisition financings, l.... Legal
Handled by: Los Angeles
Skills Finance - Banking
Mid-level Banking and Finance Associate Attorney
New York - New York City
New York City office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks mid-level banking and finance associate attorney with 3-6 years of experience to support the fund finance and/or leveraged finance practices. The candidate must have solid experience with secured and unsecured lending transactions, such as fund financings, acquisition financing.... Legal
Handled by: Los Angeles
Skills Finance - Banking
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