Cleary Gottlieb is a pioneer in globalizing the legal profession. We have 14 offices in major financial centers around the world, but we operate as a single, integrated global partnership and not as a U.S. firm with a network of overseas locations. The firm employs approximately 1,100 lawyers from more than 50 countries.
Since 1946 our lawyers and staff have worked across practices, industries, jurisdictions, and continents to provide clients with simple, actionable approaches to their most complex legal and business challenges, whether domestic or international. We support every client relationship with intellectual agility, commercial acumen, and a human touch.
Cleary Gottlieb is seeking a Shareholder Advisory Specialist to support its corporate governance and activism defense practice. This is a specialized analytical role embedded within the firm's M&A and Corporate Practice Group, working directly alongside partners and associates — including the firm's Shareholder Activism Defense Partners — who advise boards and senior management on activist defense, proxy strategy, and corporate governance.
As activism has become a standard feature of the corporate governance landscape rather than a rare event, leading companies increasingly rely on outside counsel not only to respond to campaigns but to anticipate and neutralize them before they escalate. This role is central to that capability.
The Shareholder Advisory Specialist will function as one of the firm's in-house proxy intelligence resources — building vulnerability assessments, monitoring the activism landscape, and producing the analytical work product that underpins client strategy and business development. The Specialist will create value by anticipating, analyzing, and responding to activist investor campaigns, evaluating financial, strategic, and governance vulnerabilities, and preparing sophisticated client-facing presentations on shareholder activism and corporate governance.
The estimated base salary range for this position is $135,000 to $165,000 at the time of posting. The actual salary offered will depend on a variety of job-related factors, including skills, education, training, credentials, experience, scope and complexity of role responsibilities, geographic location, and performance. This role is exempt meaning it is not overtime pay eligible.
Cleary provides a comprehensive benefits package, including health care benefits. More information can be found here: Benefits
We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination based on any category protected by law. Cleary provides reasonable accommodations to enable otherwise qualified employees to perform the essential functions of their position, provided the accommodation does not pose an undue hardship to the Firm.
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Cleary Gottlieb is a leading international law firm, with 14 offices located in major financial centers around the world, that has helped shape the globalization of the legal profession for more than 75 years. Our worldwide practice has a proven track record for innovation and providing work of the highest quality to meet the needs of our domestic and international clients.
Cleary offers a collegial working environment that fosters the professional and personal growth of our lawyers and staff. We seek candidates who are confident in their abilities and creative in their thinking to best serve the changing needs of our clients. We place a premium on openness, diversity, individuality and collegiality, and look for candidates who do so as well.
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