Capital Markets Resource Attorney

Cooley LLP; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 315,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Dental & Vision insurance

Vacation time 4 weeks per year

Sick time 2 weeks per year

10 paid holidays

Job summary

Cooley LLP in San Diego, CA seeks a licensed attorney to join our Capital Markets practice as a resource attorney. The role centers on knowledge sharing, client materials, and internal know‑how to support issuers and investment banks.

The candidate will monitor regulatory developments, prepare client alerts and white papers, coordinate seminars, and collaborate with Marketing and IT to drive efficiency and client service. 5+ years of capital markets experience required.

Qualifications

• Licensed attorney with minimum 5 years in capital markets transactions.
• Strong understanding of corporate governance and SEC reporting requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and drafting skills.
• Confident and engaging presenter who can interact with clients and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Keep current on legal and regulatory developments relevant to Capital Markets.
• Develop topics and assist in client alerts, white papers, and external tools.
• Maintain internal know-how and archives for the Capital Markets group.
• Coordinate speaking engagements, webinars, and materials.
• Assist with forms, templates, and reflecting current developments.
• Work with Marketing to formulate Capital Markets branding and presence.
• Provide information to Marketing for RFP responses and business development.
• Coordinate with Professional Development and Information Services for skills and tech adoption.

Skills

Capital markets

Governance & SEC reporting

Legal writing & drafting

Communication skills

Public speaking

Team player

Time management

Attention to detail

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent

Job description

Cooley is a leading global law firm with offices across the US, Europe and Asia. Our clients, ranging from entrepreneurs to emerging companies to Fortune 50 corporations, partner with us on transformative deals, complex IP and regulatory matters and high-stakes litigation where innovation meets the law. As a firm we constantly strive to deliver the highest quality work and superior service on every matter entrusted to us.

Our lawyers are organized into two departments—Business and Litigation—which are further organized into practice groups. Cooley’s Capital Markets practice group has become one of the premier practices in the US and across the globe, consistently in the top 3 law firms representing issuers and investment banks in IPOs, follow-on offerings and other capital markets transactions. Cooley has also developed one of the most active SPAC and deSPAC practices in the US, complementing our market-leading work with technology and life sciences companies across the full range of public and private capital-raising transactions. Given our uncompromising commitment to the quality of work that we produce, remaining on, if not defining, the leading edge of the law in a business and legal environment that is evolving daily, and working efficiently and cost-effectively, we are intently focused on enabling our practitioners and practice groups to the greatest extent possible. One of the ways that we provide such support is by augmenting selected practice groups with a resource attorney whose overarching responsibility is to enhance our marketing and business development efforts, strengthen the creation and sharing of substantive know-how, and enable our practicing attorneys to be more informed, efficient and successful. This attorney will not work directly for firm clients and therefore will not bill time.

Position Responsibilities:

Among the tasks for which the Capital Markets resource attorney will be responsible are:

• Keeping current on all legal and regulatory developments relevant to the Capital Markets practice group
• Developing topics for and assisting in the preparation and maintenance of client alerts, white papers and external-facing tools and resources
• Developing and maintaining internal practice resources that will enhance the exchange of know-how within the Capital Markets practice group and facilitate interaction with clients and prospective clients
• Creating, maintaining and updating archives of work product and know-how within the Capital Markets practice group
• Assisting with coordination of speaking arrangements, webinars and materials
• Maintaining and updating forms and templates as appropriate for the Capital Markets practice group, and ensuringforms reflect current legal developments, industry-accepted terms and input from attorneys within the practice group
• Working with our Marketing department to formulate and execute on our Capital Markets branding and presence
• Collecting and providing information to the Marketing department to assist that team with responses to RFPs and other opportunities for business development
• Coordinating with Professional Development to ensure and enhance the skills development of members of the Capital Markets practice group and firmwide training
• Coordinating with Information Services and Practice Innovation to assess available technologies and to develop, test and support adoption of new solutions that can be used to leverage efficiencies within the practice group, as well as the delivery of services by the Capital Markets practice group

Skills & Experience:

The Capital Markets resource attorney must be a licensed attorney witha minimum of 5 years of experience in the practice of representing issuers and investment banks in capital markets transactions, as well as a strong understanding of corporate governance and SEC reporting requirements and related matters.

Success Factors:

A successful resource attorney will possess and demonstrate many, if not all, of the following attributes:

• Mastery of the substantive area of practice undertaken by the capital markets practice group, with enthusiasm to learn as the practice, regulatory environment and technology evolve
• Team player
• Knowledge of the industries that the practice group regularly advises, particularly technology and life sciences
• Excellent written and verbal communication and drafting skills
• Confident and engaging presenter
• Strong intellectual ability, judgment, interpersonal and technical skills
• Self-starter
• Organizational and time management skills; attention to detail

The expected annual pay range for this position is $220,000 - $315,000. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.

We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as accruing vacation time at the rate of four weeks per year and sick time at the rate of two weeks per year and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.