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<p style="box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.875em; font-size: 16px; color: #777777; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: #fefefe;">In this role, you will also communicate and collaborate daily with nearly 100 diverse problem-solvers and advisers dedicated to the broader business development, marketing and communications efforts of the Firm. Our international BD team provides seamless service to our attorneys with a focus on quality, innovation and responsiveness.</p> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.875em; font-size: 16px; color: #777777; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: #fefefe;">You will be responsible for the research, collection, and maintenance of case and deal data for inclusion in the BD Experience Database. This position has a strong focus on legal research and providing business intelligence research services to the Firm's attorneys. An emphasis on researching and analyzing case and deal documents and other information from various databases, Internet, and other research systems is essential.</p> <ul style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 30px 20px; padding: 0px; list-style-position: outside; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #fefefe;"> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">Assist in the overall research, collection, and maintenance of all case and deal data.</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">Assist with in-depth company and industry research relevant to the Experience Database.</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">Tasks include, but are not limited to, assistance with: <ul style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: inherit;"> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important;">Identifying and recording case and deal data within an internal database environment;</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important;">Maintaining the integrity of all data through regular database audits; and</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important;">Conducting case, deal, and company research in internal and external databases.</li> </ul> </li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">Assist with various other marketing initiatives that intersect with other functional areas within the marketing context.</li> </ul>

<p style="box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; padding: 0px 0px 0.875em; font-size: 16px; color: #777777; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: #fefefe;">An Ideal candidate must possess outstanding analytical skills (ability to develop and produce meaningful reports from multiple streams of data) and be able to simply (and concisely) convey complex information. You should have a general understanding of the core legal practice areas of the Firm, including knowledge of the various types of litigation cases and transactional deals.</p> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; padding: 0px 0px 0.875em; font-size: 16px; color: #777777; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: #fefefe;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Education, Work Experience, Skills</em></span></p> <ul style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 30px 20px; padding: 0px; list-style-position: outside; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #fefefe;"> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">Strong organization and communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with high-level attorneys, staff and guests of the Firm are a must.</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">You should be able to work independently while making intelligent, informed decisions. Kirkland demands quality work from every employee (often in high-pressure and deadline-driven scenarios) so you need to be able to multi-task and prioritize effectively.</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">You must have strong project management skills, exceptional business acumen, and a strong ability to identify and understand marketplace trends.</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">You will be required to handle ambiguity, influence others and find ways to move initiatives forward to meet critical deadlines and produce results.</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">The position demands meticulous writing and proofing skills, and you need to possess a general facility for learning new software.</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">A Bachelor&rsquo;s degree is required and an ideal candidate will have one to two years&rsquo; experience in the law firm environment.</li> </ul>

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<p><span style="color: #777777; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #fefefe;">Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP is a preeminent, full-service law firm with offices around the world and a staff as diverse as the practice areas we support. Our clients range from Fortune 100 companies to medium and small corporations, financial institutions, and private equity firms.&nbsp; Known for our commitment to excellence, Kirkland strives to provide superior service to our clients as well as our fellow employees. From Information Technology to Human Resources, Paralegal Services to Business Development, Kirkland offers non-attorney professionals challenging careers in a variety of functional areas. Whether starting or growing your career, Kirkland can offer a performance-driven culture filled with bright and innovative teams of co-workers.</span></p>

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