Employment Opportunities
We specialize in only placing lawyers who have attended a Top 30 law school or who practice at a top-tier law firm. Please click on the city of interest below to review current openings and, if you would like to apply, please email your resume to us at recruiting@shwrecruiting.com. Also, please note that we are happy to provide a referral bonus to anyone who provides an introduction to any attorney that we place (as well as a signing bonus to the placed candidate).
Atlanta Beijing Boca Raton Boston Chicago Cleveland Dallas
Dubai Ft. Lauderdale Hong Kong Houston Los Angeles Madrid Miami
New York Palo Alto Philadelphia San Diego San Francisco
Shanghai Silicon Valley Tokyo Washington D.C. West Palm Beach
Transactional Biotech/Life Sciences Associate: 6+ years’ biotech/life sciences experience
Capital Markets/Securities Associate: 4-6 years’ capital markets or securities disclosure and compliance experience
Patent Litigation Associate: 2-4 years’ patent litigation experience
Tax Associate: 2-3 years' experience with federal income tax planning and transactional work in corporate, partnership and finance
Tax Associate: 2-7 years' experience with escheat and unclaimed property matter
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Beijing
M&A Associate: 3-5 years’ M&A experience; must be fluent in Mandarin
Corporate Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with general corporate matters; must be
fluent in Mandarin
IP Associate: 6-7 years’ experience with IP rights, prosecution and enforcement; must be fluent
in Mandarin
Corporate Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with M&A, foreign direct investment and
general corporate matters; must be able to advise and counsel legal issues associated with
PRC cross-border transactions; must be fluent in Mandarin
Boca Raton
Estate Planning and Trusts Associate: 2+ years’ estate planning and trusts experience;
must have LLM
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Boston
Bankruptcy Associate: 3-4 years’ bankruptcy experience with strong litigation, transactional and negotiation skills
Corporate Associate: 3-5 years’ experience working on general corporate matters, including private equity and M&A for Fortune 500 clients
Corporate Associate: 3-4 years’ experience with general corporate matters including private equity and M&A for Fortune 500 companies
Corporate Associate: 2-3 years’ experience in general corporate matters including public and private transactional work, emerging companies, M&A and venture capital financing
M&A Associate: 4-6 years’ experience in M&A with some general corporate representation
M&A/Securities Associate: 4-6 years’ transactional M&A experience
Public Securities Associate: 4-6 years’ experience with public company matters
Private Equity Associate: 2+ years’ experience including corporate transactions, familiarity with SEC reporting rules, private placement rules and offering requirements, conducting corporate due diligence; at least one year of experience with corporate transactional matters for public and private clients and related SEC regulations
Corporate Lending Associate: 3-5 years’ experience with secured finance and syndicated transactions
Labor & Employment Associate: 3-5 years’ experience of traditional labor work; case handling experience required
Labor & Employment Associate: 3-5 years’ labor and employment experience
Estate Planning Associate: 4+ years’ experience with complex estate planning issues and experience in federal and Massachusetts estate taxes and fiduciary income taxation
Health Care Associate: 2-3 years’ experience with health care regulatory and transactional matters
IP & Technology Associate: 2-5 years’ experience as a patent attorney or agent registered with US Patent & Trademark Office; PhD or equivalent in Chemistry, Organic Chemistry or Inorganic Chemistry required
Patent Associate: 2-4 years’ patent prosecution experience; strong background in chemistry with an advanced degree required
Mechanical IP Associate: 3+ years’ IP experience; mechanical engineering background required
Electrical Engineering IP Associate: 3+ years’ experience with high tech patent prosecution
Patent Prosecution Associate: 5+ years’ patent prosecution experience
Patent Prosecution Associate: 3-7 years’ patent prosecution experience; must have an electrical engineering, science, math physics or other general engineering degree
Tax Associate: at least 3 years’ experience in general corporate tax matters
Tax Associate: 4-5 years’ experience in general transactional tax work
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Chicago
Corporate/Investment Services Associate: 3-6 years’ experience with investment services (40 Act)
Corporate Advisory Associate: 3-4 years’ experience; including securities, private equity or M&A experience
Corporate/M&A Associate: 4-5 years’ M&A experience
Debt Finance Associate: 3-5 years’ experience in the structuring, documentation and negotiation of secured and unsecured financing transactions for both borrowers and lenders
Restructuring Associate: 3-5 years’ bankruptcy experience
Employee Benefits and Tax Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with employee benefits law and federal income tax law; strong background in a quantitative discipline
Employee Benefits Associate: 2-3 years’ experience with corporate transactions and general employee benefits work
Environmental Associate: 1-3 years’ experience in environmental, safety and health law
Commercial Litigation Associate: 5-6 years’ commercial litigation experience
Commercial Litigation Associate: 2-3 years’ experience in general commercial litigation
Real Estate Associate: 2-3 years’ experience with transactional, leasing, sales and acquisitions matters
Commercial Finance Associate: 4-5 years’ of experience with acquisition finance, secured financings, inter-creditor and subordination agreements and Article 9 of the UCC
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Cleveland
Capital Markets Associate: 4+ years’ capital markets experience
Dallas
Commercial Litigation Associate: 2 years’ commercial litigation experience or federal
judicial clerkship experience
Tax Associate: 7+ years’ experience with state and local tax matters
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Dubai
Project Finance Associate: 5-7 years’ experience with project development and finance matters
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Ft. Lauderdale
Defense Litigation Associate: 5-8 years’ defense litigation experience; must have Federal Court admission and a Federal Court writing sample
Consumer Finance Litigation Associate: 3-6 years’ consumer finance litigation experience
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Hong Kong
Capital Markets Associate: 2+ years’ capital markets experience; must be fluent in Mandarin
Corporate Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with Hong Kong IPO work gained in China related deals, transactional management matters, Hong Kong listing rules and compliance regulations; must have an understanding of the Hong Kong capital markets and must be fluent in Mandarin
Corporate Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with general corporate matters; must be fluent in Mandarin
Corporate Associate: 3-6 years’ experience with corporate and transactional matters, including M&A, private equity, fund formation, venture capital transactions, asset purchases, financings, leveraged buyouts, private and public offerings of securities, security law compliance for public companies and general corporate matters; must be fluent in Mandarin
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Houston
Labor & Employment Associate: 3+ years’ labor and employment experience
Energy Associate: 3-6 years’ experience of corporate and energy transactional work
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Los Angeles
Entertainment Associate: 3+ years’ entertainment experience in the area of music
Environmental Associate: 3-4 years’ environmental experience with a strong regulatory background
Labor & Employment Associate: 3-6 years’ labor and employment experience
Financial Restructuring Associate: 3+ years’ financial restructuring experience
Government Practice Associate: 5-10 years’ government practice experience; including an array of legislative, enforcement and contract matters before all levels of government
IP Associate: at least 2 years’ IP experience with litigation skills
Commercial Litigation Associate: 3-5 years’ commercial litigation experience
Commercial Litigation Associate: 4-5 years’ commercial litigation experience
Pharmaceutical Associate: junior to mid-level associate with pharmaceutical law or health regulation experience
Real Estate Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with senior mortgage/mezzanine debt work
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Madrid
Capital Markets/M&A Associate: 2-4 years’ capital markets/M&A experience; must have strong Spanish language skills
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Miami
Restructuring & Bankruptcy Associate: 3+ years’ experience with complex in-court and out-of-court reorganizations and workouts
Creditors’ Rights/Bankruptcy Associate: 3-5 years’ bankruptcy experience
Insurance Litigation Associate: at least 2 years’ insurance litigation experience
Insurance Coverage Associate: 3 years’ experience managing first-party coverage cases
Insurance Coverage Associate: 3-4 years’ experience with third party insurance coverage cases
Commercial Litigation Associate: 2-3 years’ experience with insurance coverage cases
Commercial Litigation Associate: 4+ years’ experience with complex commercial litigation
Commercial Foreclosure Litigation Associate: 4-6 years’ commercial foreclosure litigation experience
Commercial Litigation Associate: 3-5 years’ commercial litigation experience
Commercial Litigation Associate(s): 2-4 years’ commercial litigation experience
Real Estate Associate: 5+ years’ experience with complex real estate transactions
Real Estate Litigation Associate: 6-8 years’ experience with real estate and commercial litigation
Tax Associate: 4+ years’ of sophisticated experience in transactional tax with exposure to international and corporate tax issues
Tax Associate: 2-3 years’ experience with an international tax background; must have an LLM or be a licensed CPA
Bankruptcy Associate: 4-5 years’ bankruptcy experience
Bankruptcy Associate: 3-6 years’ experience in commercial bankruptcy with an understanding of corporate finance
Bankruptcy Associate: 6-7 years’ bankruptcy experience with litigation and transactional skills
Distressed Debt Trading Associate: 2-5 years’ experience with bank loan/debt, trade claims; experience with Loan Syndication Trading Association documents a must
Employment Law Associate: 4-6 years’ employment litigation experience, including wage and hour experience
Employment Law Associate: 2-3 years’ employment law experience
Employment Litigation Associate: 2-4 years’ employment litigation experience
Employee Benefits Associate: 3-4 years’ transactional experience with employee benefits
ERISA Associate: 2+ years’ ERISA experience
Employment Practices and Litigation Associate: at least 2 years’ employment law experience with general litigation skills
Employment Practices and Litigation Associate: 4-6 years’ employment law experience with general litigation skills
Energy Associate: 3-4 years’ energy experience with joint ventures and M&A matters
Entertainment Associate: 4-6 years’ entertainment experience with general corporate transactions
Finance/Restructuring Associate: 4-6 years’ experience with lending and debt finance/banking experience
Bank & Leveraged Finance Associate: 3-6 years’ experience with representing lenders or equity sponsors in acquisition, recapitalization and other leveraged financings
Financial Restructuring Associate: 3-5 years’ experience with financial restructuring
Finance/Restructuring Associate: 4-6 years’ experience with secured lending and debt finance
Financial Restructuring Associate: 3+ years’ financial and restructuring experience
Leveraged Finance Associate: 4-5 years’ experience with secured and unsecured financing transactions
Leveraged Finance Associate: 3-6 years’ leveraged finance experience
Corporate/Equipment Finance Associate: 2-3 years’ corporate/equipment experience, including structured finance experience
Debt Finance Associate: 2+ years’ debt finance experience
Banking/Finance Associate: 5-6 years’ experience with representing lenders/borrowers in various forms of financings; must have a working knowledge of Article 8 & Article 9 of the UCC
Corporate Securities Associate: 3+ years’ experience with securities and capital market matters
Securities/M&A Associate: 4+ years’ experience with securities and M&A matters
M&A Associate: 4-6 years’ M&A experience
M&A Associate: 3-6 years’ M&A experience
M&A/Securities Associate: 3-5 years’ M&A and securities experience with private equity and public merger acquisitions
M&A/Securities Associate: 3-4 years’ M&A/securities experience
M&A/Securities Associate: 3-4 years’ M&A/securities experience
M&A Associate: 4+ years’ M&A experience
Global Securities Associate: 4+ years’ experience with securities and capital market matters
Private Equity Associate: 4-5 years’ experience with private equity and leveraged finance
Capital Markets/Securities Associate: 4-6 years’ capital markets experience
Securities Associate: 3-5 years’ experience with extensive capital markets, including SEC registered offerings and Rule 144A offerings
Securities Associate: at least 2 years' experience with a wide variety of securities offerings
Capital Markets Associate: 3-5 years’ capital markets experience; must be fluent in Portuguese
Broker/Dealer Associate: 3-5 years’ experience with representing and advising broker-dealers, investment advisers and financial institutions in securities regulatory matters and enforcement proceedings
Global Technology, Outsourcing & Privacy Associate: 3-4 years’ experience with privacy, data security and records management issues
Global Technology, Outsourcing & Privacy Associate: 2-4 years’ experience with privacy, data security and records management issues
Health Care Associate: 2-4 years’ experience with regulatory and health care transactional skills
IP Associate: 3+ years’ experience with domestic and international trademark portfolio management and litigation enforcement
IP Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with managing international trademark portfolios for US-based clients; must be fluent in Mandarin
Patent Litigation Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with pharmaceutical, chemical and life sciences patent litigation
Patent Litigation Associate: 7+ years’ patent litigation experience
Patent Litigation Associate: at least 2 years’ patent litigation experience with technical expertise
Litigation Associate: 2 years’ litigation experience with a federal judicial clerkship
Securities/Commercial Litigation Associate: 4-5 years’ experience with complex and multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes or securities litigation for public and private companies
Commercial Litigation Associate: 3+ years’ commercial litigation experience
Commercial Litigation Associate: 5+ years’ experience with general and commercial litigation
Commercial Litigation Associate: 3-4 years’ experience with general and commercial litigation
Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with litigation
Litigation Associate: 3-4 years’ experience with general litigation
Real Estate Associate: 5 years’ experience with the origination of mortgage loans - commercial mortgage - backed securities, syndicated and portfolio
Real Estate Associate: 2-4 years’ experience with transactional, leasing, commercial and sales work
Real Estate Associate: 5-6 years’ experience with real estate financing
Real Estate Associate: 5-6 years’ experience; including financing experience
Tax Associate: at least 2 years’ tax experience
Tax Associate: 4-5 years’ experience with general transactional tax work
Tax Associate: 2-7 years’ experience with escheat and unclaimed property matters
Tax Associate: 2-7 years’ experience with state and local taxation matters
International Tax Associate: 7+ years’ international tax experience
Tax Controversy Associate: 2-3 years’ experience with tax controversy matters
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Palo Alto
Corporate Associate: 3-5 years’ experience with one or more of the areas of private equity, venture capital, initial public offerings, M&A, securities and public finance
Employment Law Associate: 2-3 years’ strong litigation experience in the area of employment law
Patent Litigation Associate: 2-3 years’ patent litigation experience or judicial clerkship(s) experience
Patent Litigation Associate: 3-4 years’ patent litigation experience
Litigation Associate: 2 years’ of significant general litigation experience
Commercial Litigation Associate: 3-4 years’ commercial litigation experience
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Philadelphia
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Associate: 2-3 years’ experience with employee benefits and executive compensation matters
Health Effects Associate: 3-5 years’ complex litigation experience in the area of health care law
Medical Devices Regulatory Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with medical device regulation matters
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San Diego
Patent Prosecution Associate: 4-5 years’ of patent counseling and prosecution experience, must have experience with due diligence and litigation support, expertise in chemistry or related discipline
Patent Litigation Associate: 2-4 years’ patent litigation experience with an advanced degree in electrical engineering or closely related field
Patent Litigation Associates: 2-3 years’ patent litigation experience or judicial clerkship(s) experience
Patent Prosecution Associate: 2-3 years’ experience with patent counseling and prosecution; must have technical expertise or substantial industry experience in the area of biotechnology or related disciplines
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San Francisco
ERISA Associate: 2-3 years’ ERISA experience with an emphasis in tax-qualified retirement plans
Commercial Litigation Associate: at least 2 years’ commercial litigation experience, including case management work
Patent Prosecution Associate: 3-5 years’ experience with patent counseling and prosecution
Patent Litigation Associate: 2-3 years’ patent litigation experience or judicial clerkship(s) experience
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Shanghai
IP Associate: 6-7 years’ experience with IP rights, prosecution and enforcement in China, Hong Kong and the U.S.; must be fluent in Mandarin
Corporate Associate: 5-7 years’ experience with M&A, foreign direct investment and general corporate experience; must be fluent in Mandarin
Corporate Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with general corporate matters; must be fluent in Mandarin
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Silicon Valley
Corporate Associate: 10+ years’ experience with representing registered investment advisers
Corporate Associate: 4-5 years’ experience with general corporate matters
Corporate Licensing Associate: 2-4 years’ experience with licensing, technology transactions, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, and IP strategy
IP Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with IP
Patent Prosecution Associate: mid-level associate experience with patent prosecution; must have an advanced degree in molecular biology, immunology, biotechnology or a related field
Patent Litigation Associate: 3-6 years' experience with patent litigation; electrical engineering background and Patent Bar membership required
Tax Associate: 2-6 years’ tax experience
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Tokyo
Capital Markets/M&A Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with M&A and capital markets; must
be fluent in Japanese
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Antitrust Associate: 3-5 years’ experience with antitrust work
Construction Associate: 2-4 years’ experience with general construction, including drafting, negotiating and administering contracts, and domestic and international litigation
Transactional Associate: 5-8 years’ experience with private equity and public M&A transactions, with some exposure to securities compliance work
Transactional Associate: 3-5 years’ experience with general corporate transactional tax work
Financial Institutions Group Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with a broad range of bank regulatory or consumer credit matters, the Federal Reserve, OCC, OTS or state banking agencies
FDA Associate: 4-7 years’ experience with FDA regulations governing foods, dietary supplements, medical devices and cosmetics
FDA Associate: 4-6 years’ experience with healthcare compliance related to the pharmaceutical and medical device industry; FDA regulatory experience required
FTC Associate: mid to senior level associate with FTC experience
Employment and Labor Associate: 3+ plus years’ experience with employment counseling, compliance, OFCCP compliance issues and audits
Labor and Employment Associate: 3-4 years’ experience with traditional labor work; case handling experience required
Energy Associate: 3-5 years’ experience with FERC regulatory proceedings and RTO/ISO markets
Energy Associate: 3-6 years’ experience with corporate and energy transactional work
Environmental Associate: 2-4 years’ experience with environmental matters
Transactional Biotech/Life Sciences Associate: 6+ years’ experience with biotech/life sciences transactions
Health Care & Life Sciences Associate: 4-7 years’ experience with health care fraud, abuse laws and compliance counseling
Health Care Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with advising managed care organizations and other industry stakeholders on federal and state regulatory matters
FDA/Life Sciences Associate: 3-6 years’ government experience with matters related to the medical device, pharmaceutical, biologic and biotechnology industries
Insurance Recovery Associate: 3-4 years’ experience with representing policyholder side Insurance Group; should have significant litigation experience; candidates that have represented insurance companies will not be considered
Patent Associate: 3-4 years’ patent experience with a background in biotechnology
IP Litigation Associate: 2+ years’ IP litigation experience; must have an undergraduate degree in computer science
IP Associate: 2-5 years’ IP experience; must have an electrical engineering degree
Chemistry/Biotech Patent Associate: 2-4 years’ experience with patent drafting and prosecution
Trademark Associate: 3+ years’ experience with U.S. and international trademark prosecution and enforcement proceedings; must have previous experience working with foreign counsel
Litigation Associate: at least 2 years’ experience with international litigation and arbitration; must be fluent in Spanish
Litigation Associate: 3-5 years’ experience with general litigation; must be fluent in Japanese
Tax Associate: 2-7 years’ experience with escheat and unclaimed property matters
Tax Associate: 3-5 years’ experience with international transactional tax matters
Transactional Tax Associate: 3-5 years’ of experience with international transactional tax work
Tax Associate: 3-5 years’ experience with state and local taxation matters, including state and local income, sales, use and franchise taxes and unclaimed property
Telecommunications, Cable & Broadcast Associate: 5+ years’ experience
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West Palm Beach
Technology M&A Associate: 6-8 years’ experience with technology M&A matters, venture capital and private equity financing, Internet services, software and hardware acquisitions, privacy and security matters, and interactive marketing issues
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