europe jobs Forum

[Anonymous User]

How does one find lawyer jobs in Europe for US attorneys? (Not corporate/finance).
Are there job boards that people look at?

[Mr. Blackacre]

This question has already been beaten to death. Outside of corporate work (mainly in London, long-term positions available), antitrust work (London, Brussels, usually shorter term assignments within biglaw), and maybe international arbitration (London, sometimes Paris, though good luck with that), those jobs don't exist. Europe uses civil law, which you're not trained for. The UK requires you to do a conversion course and to get your traineeship done (good luck getting a sponsorship) before practicing english law.

You might find the occasional company/firm looking for a US attorney to practice US-specific law, though I really can't see why - maybe immigration work? But generally speaking, there just isn't work for US-trained attorneys in Europe.

[Anonymous User]

US tax law (including transfer pricing) + relevant language skills (German) => Go to Switzerland.

[Anonymous User]

US tax law (including transfer pricing) + relevant language skills (German) => Go to Switzerland.

US tax law without relevant language skills can go to London/Dublin too

[Anonymous User]

Bumping this because I am in a tricky situation - I need to be in continental europe for the next year or so for personal/family reasons. Thus, it doesn't have to be a permanent position. Even a fellowship or temporary position would do. I honestly would settle with just taking an internship but I don't have the finances to do an unpaid internship so it needs to be paid.

I really don't know where to apply. I know people mention transactional biglaw/tax but are there any job search websites such as monster/indeed or whatever that are popular over there? I'm sure there must be some websites for legal jobs.

I am a recent grad from a lower t14 with median grades and have been working as an attorney in a federal agency for the past year. My language skill is French (but not technical stuff, just conversational)

In short, I am expanding the scope of this thread to apply not only to permanent positions, but temporary positions as well

[SmokeytheBear]

Bumping this because I am in a tricky situation - I need to be in continental europe for the next year or so for personal/family reasons. Thus, it doesn't have to be a permanent position. Even a fellowship or temporary position would do. I honestly would settle with just taking an internship but I don't have the finances to do an unpaid internship so it needs to be paid.

I really don't know where to apply. I know people mention transactional biglaw/tax but are there any job search websites such as monster/indeed or whatever that are popular over there? I'm sure there must be some websites for legal jobs.

I am a recent grad from a lower t14 with median grades and have been working as an attorney in a federal agency for the past year. My language skill is French (but not technical stuff, just conversational)

In short, I am expanding the scope of this thread to apply not only to permanent positions, but temporary positions as well

Have you thought about looking at any of the international tribunals or UN organizations in the hague?

[alphagamma]

There's also arbitration work and T&E work in Geneva.

You might also be able to get a job in-house with a bank doing work with U.S. sanctions and compliance.

I had a recruiter contact me once about a job posting in Europe (I had the city listed on my resume for a semester abroad), so recruiters sometimes have access to these job postings.

[Anonymous User]

You may want to check a UK site called rollonfriday

Otherwise, I would look at the Magic Circle firms and firms known for being really international (Baker & McK, etc.) and see if they have an office in an area you are in. Check LinkedIn/contact your school alumni office to see whether any ugrad or law alumni live where you are going. You will need to network your way into a job--this isn't the kind of thing where there are jobboards. You might also consider working for a multinational too, so that's where alumni help will be critical. GL!

[TheNavigator]

US tax law (including transfer pricing) + relevant language skills (German) => Go to Switzerland.

US tax law without relevant language skills can go to London/Dublin too

Interesting. If either of you know, what kinds of organizations hire US tax lawyers, and how is the salary relative to that in the US?

[TheNavigator]

This question has already been beaten to death. Outside of corporate work (mainly in London, long-term positions available), antitrust work (London, Brussels, usually shorter term assignments within biglaw), and maybe international arbitration (London, sometimes Paris, though good luck with that), those jobs don't exist. Europe uses civil law, which you're not trained for. The UK requires you to do a conversion course and to get your traineeship done (good luck getting a sponsorship) before practicing english law.

You might find the occasional company/firm looking for a US attorney to practice US-specific law, though I really can't see why - maybe immigration work? But generally speaking, there just isn't work for US-trained attorneys in Europe.

Any idea if there is work for US JDs in London outside of capital markets? I am mostly interested in private equity and venture capital.