Attorney

Discover a firm with a vested interest in your professional future by considering the Attorney position in Baird’s Legal Department. As one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For since 2004, Baird attracts many of the financial service industry’s leading and most experienced professionals as well as top talent from the nation’s finest universities. Baird’s Legal Department is no exception. As an Attorney at Baird, you will often work as part of a team of professionals but also independently and you will have the opportunity to learn a lot of new things. In addition to the engaging legal work, as an Attorney, you will benefit from collaborative, mentoring relationships and will often interact with leaders in the businesses you support. The result is a truly enriching experience that provides opportunities to build your existing skills and develop your career.

Baird’s Legal Department currently maintains a flexible work model as client demands allow. The ideal candidate will be expected to work up to 3 days a week from Baird’s Milwaukee or Louisville offices.

As An Attorney At Baird, You Will

• Work directly with business leaders to negotiate various vendor contracts, real estate leases, product selling agreements and control agreements
• Review and advise senior attorneys in proposed and recently adopted securities and other applicable laws and regulations
• Assist in preparing SEC and other regulatory filings
• Review, as needed, certain foreign country securities laws to determine whether Baird can conduct business with clients located there
• Provide legal support to Baird’s Operations Department on various issues, such as trading, settlement, tax and other matters
• Draft client-facing disclosure documents
• Assist in various projects to implement new regulations and business initiatives
• Conduct research, analysis and other assistance on various securities and other legal topics and projects
• Develop a deeper understanding of securities laws
• Perform other duties as assigned
  
  

What Makes This Opportunity Great

• You will be part of a strong and cohesive team of professionals within a dynamic and growing financial services firm with a global reach
• You will have a lot of variety in the work you would be doing and will have the opportunity to build strong relationships and learn many new things
• You will have interactions with multiple business units and other departments within Baird
• You will have the opportunity to work with and learn from senior attorneys in Baird’s Legal Department
• You will develop skills to provide practical solutions to meet business goals
• You will have the opportunity to grow your career at Baird in both the near term and in the long term by taking on more responsibilities
• You will experience Baird’s unique culture that values diverse backgrounds and perspectives while emphasizing teamwork and a strong sense of partnership
• You will be part of a stable, successful, employee-owned company, with the potential opportunity to become a shareholder of Baird
  
  

What We Look For

• One to three years of experience working for law firm or in-house legal department on corporate, transactional, securities and/or contractual matters, or working for a securities regulator
• Experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, preparing client disclosures, reviewing regulatory filings and analyzing and preparing summaries of laws and regulations
• Rigorous law school coursework and demonstration of strong academic achievement; graduation in the top 15-20% of the graduating class or the receipt of honors (or similar awards or recognitions) and law review membership preferred
• Experience or familiarity with securities laws and broker-dealer operations
• Intellectual curiosity, adaptability and self-initiative to learn and improve professional skills
• Strong research and analytical talents
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Adept at use of computers and various applications (e.g., Word, Adobe Acrobat, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong organization skills and the ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks with competing deadlines at any given time
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with other team members and managers
• Maturity and dependability to work productively, efficiently, independently and autonomously, without much supervision and management of work deadlines
• Strong judgment and creativity and eagerness to develop creative solutions to challenging business goals
  
  

Who We Are

Baird is an employee owned, international wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm with more than 100 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Established in 1919, Baird has more than $400 billion in client assets and over 5,000 associates serving the needs of individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients.

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