Corporate Governance New Matters Associate

🇺🇸 New York, New York
$2K - $3K Annual
Posted 6 months ago
Expires June 27, 2026
Full TimeHybridLaw FirmLegal

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...