The global law firm of K&L Gates seeks to hire to start immediately a junior associate for its dynamic, active, growing Policy/Regulatory practice, which is part of a leading international law firm with nationally recognized practices in public policy. This position is responsible for assisting attorneys and other professionals on legislative and regulatory matters. A background in financial services, tax policy, health care, environmental and/or energy is preferred. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Researching and drafting a variety of briefing materials, talking points, position papers, letters of support, testimony, statements for the record, regulatory comments, policy-related correspondence, and other items.
• Monitoring, analyzing, and providing updates and memoranda on relevant legislative and regulatory developments.
• Coordinating meetings with policymakers, including managing lobby days.
• Assisting in developing advocacy strategy and key messages on client issues.
• Communicating (written and oral) with internal team, clients, policymakers, and third parties.
• Coordinating with internal team on client issues and responding to client requests.

Qualifications

• Attorney, with 1-2 years of legal experience preferably in private practice
• Economics, finance or business background/education helpful
• Previous governmental (Congress; Administration) or trade association experience helpful.
• Strong research, analytical, evaluative, and constructive thinking skills, particularly the ability to distill complex issues, essential
• Excellent communications skills (both oral and written).
• Strong project management skills, with ability to organize, prioritize, and handle multiple projects on tight timeframes while being thorough and detail-oriented.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with others, particularly internal team.

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K&L Gates represents leading global corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals. Our practice is a robust full market practice — cutting edge, complex and dynamic, at once regional, national and international in scope.


At K&L Gates, we embrace our core values. We believe in hiring collaborative, committed, and diverse teams; using state-of-the-art technology; offering continuous professional development training; and promoting pro bono and diversity initiatives. Most importantly, we strive to cultivate an environment that celebrates talented legal professionals.