We offer exciting opportunities to take your career to the next level

You’re likely to encounter some of your biggest career opportunities and challenges here at Dechert.

Our approach is to judiciously present our people with assignments that draw out their strengths and stretch their boundaries. As a top firm for financial services and high-stakes litigation, our clients are leaders in their industries.

We advise a broad range of financial institutions and private investors on complex transactional and regulatory matters, as well as many of the world’s leading global corporations and other entities on a broad array of issues and disputes. We pursue our clients’ goals with multidisciplinary global practice teams, led by some of the most acclaimed lawyers in their fields.

Accordingly, we recruit lawyers who want to challenge themselves through complex, cutting-edge legal work in a highly collaborative environment. Here, our people are trusted and empowered to do their very best work. 

We offer a clear path to partnership

We understand that good communication about goals, performance and progress are essential to your growth and to the firm’s success.

Dechert’s career path model helps us achieve the strategic goal of elevating more new partners each year. All Dechert lawyers are designated a career level based on several critical skills as well as the substantive legal skills required in their practice areas. Practice group leaders meet individually every year with lawyers to discuss the group’s expectations and the lawyer’s career options and promotion prospects.

We offer a strategic business planning and development program designed to help our associates prepare for the Partnership Promotion Committee process. To ensure a smooth transition into partnership, the firm holds a New Partner Orientation for our newly elected partners and provides ongoing partner development sessions for them throughout their first year, including specific new partner programming.

While we hope everyone will enjoy a long career here, we understand that associates, from those who wish to become partners to those aiming to go in-house, need resources and to feel comfortable leveraging the incredible network we offer. Whatever path you choose, we have resources designed to help.

Our job board is a resource to make you aware of external opportunities. We host partner panel discussions aimed at demystifying the path to promotion, and alumni panel discussions with former Dechert associates who have gone on to work in a range of careers. Our alumni spotlight feature in our weekly newsletter highlights the satisfying career paths Dechert alumni have found.

Learn more about our Global Critical Skills Institute and partner development programs. 

We offer competitive benefits and support our people with a generous and equitable parental leave policy, so all parents can devote that time to being caregivers for their families. Our policy is aligned with our inclusive, supportive and collaborative culture.

Dechert’s associates have a hand in shaping our culture. Our Global Associates Committee represents all our lawyers by giving them a voice in workplace priorities and a way to suggest new initiatives to firm leadership. Every quarter, our leadership joins all global associates for a highly interactive session to share firm information and discuss associates’ perspectives on key developments and issues at the firm.

Our people are encouraged to share their best ideas, collaborate, infuse every relationship with caring, respect and trust, and pursue and support a meaningful work-life balance.