Complex legal, data, and business challenges call for novel solutions. Advance is our NewLaw division, a global team of lawyers, legal analysts, project management professionals and technologists delivering innovative, technology and AI-enabled legal services to clients across the world.
We draw on deep experience in advanced legal solutions, managed services, legal operations and flexible resourcing, and work seamlessly with our legal advisory and risk consulting teams to deliver holistic, tailored outcomes for our clients' most-complex legal needs.
We invest in digital tools, best-in-class AI platforms, and the latest process design methodologies. We offer a unique experience in law for enthusiastic and innovative people to gain access to market-leading work, experienced practitioners, and technology to build your own career and realize your full potential.
The future of legal services is at the center of Ashurst Perkins Coie’s strategy and we want to attract the best talent to help us achieve our objectives and grow our exceptional client offerings. By joining us, you will be at the forefront of change in the legal industry and part of a team devoted to innovation, global collaboration, high-quality work, diversity, and growth.
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Our areas of knowledge
Advance brings together a wide range of specialist professionals to solve our clients’ problems and provide exciting career opportunities for people looking for an innovative career in the legal industry.
Our Advanced Legal Solutions team combines flexible and scalable resourcing with cutting-edge technology, process design and project management to drive efficiencies and improve delivery, providing efficient and cost-effective solutions for our clients' legal and business challenges.
Working in Advanced Legal Solutions will give you exposure to high-quality commercial and legal challenges and provide you the opportunity to apply and develop your skills across a broad range of practice areas, clients and industries. You will have an innovative and multidisciplinary role combining technical, legal process, and people management skills to support the continued growth of our team globally.
You will not only develop a broad range of technical skills across a wide range of contentious and transactional matters, but develop your knowledge and experience in process and technology-enabled legal service delivery. You will have the opportunity to work with and learn from our eDiscovery, Digital & AI, and Legal Operations teams and experience a broad range of exciting career paths across the NewLaw spectrum.
We have a team of experienced lawyers and attorneys who bring deep legal insights to our matters and work hand in hand with our Advanced Legal Solutions, eDiscovery, Legal Operations, and Digital & AI teams to provide high-quality commercial outcomes to our clients.
You will use your legal experience to provide leadership and guidance for the broader team of lawyers, attorneys, and business and technical specialists in Advance, and help to develop and build the solutions and services we provide to the firm and our clients globally.
You will have the opportunity to work with multiple practice groups, Partners, and a range of clients across numerous industries.
Our eDiscovery team combines deep technical knowledge and experience with cutting-edge technology to provide our clients with the latest in technology-enabled legal service delivery.
Fully integrated with our legal and Advanced Legal Solutions teams, our eDiscovery team provides defensible and cost-efficient reviews and production to clients throughout the global network using the latest eDiscovery tools, big data and AI-driven technologies.
Ashurst Perkins Coie's Legal Operations team combines deep technical knowledge and experience in legal project management, process improvement, and transformation to help clients reimagine how legal services are delivered.
You will work hand in hand with clients to understand their strategic objectives and operational challenges, and then deploy advanced frameworks and methodologies to transform the way they work.
You will be detail oriented, committed to best practice, and use internationally recognized project management and process improvement techniques to ensure that work is delivered seamlessly, on time and on budget, capitalizing on opportunities to enhance productivity and optimize performance.
Our Digital & AI team is the firm’s technology and experience powerhouse. We work to develop differentiated services for our clients, while embedding digital as a competency for the whole firm through developing and enabling future-fit tools, capabilities and mindsets. Our team designs, builds, and rolls out smart solutions that bring together legal knowhow, cutting-edge technology, and great user design. From automation and generative AI to data analytics and cloud-based collaboration tools, we're focused on making legal work faster, more accurate, and more efficient. Our work spans the full lifecycle of digital innovation, from early-stage experimentation and product development through to firm-wide adoption, user experience, and change management.
We work both internally and externally. Internally, we build tools and capabilities that help our people work smarter, utilize leading legal technology & AI, drive digital fluency across the firm, and embed new ways of working. Externally, we partner with our colleagues across the firm to develop differentiated, client-facing digital products and services that set Ashurst Perkins Coie apart.
We're a globally connected team of tech, legal, design, project, and change specialists, so you can expect to collaborate across time zones and with colleagues around the world.
Reach is Ashurst Perkins Coie's dedicated, on-demand legal consulting team. We connect experienced lawyers with short-to-medium term engagements within the firm or in-house on secondment to some of the world's most-recognized organizations.
We work across a broad range of commercial areas: corporate; construction; disputes; employment; financial services; IP; projects, planning and environment; real estate; and technology. Whatever your focus, there is a place for you here.
You can read more about our flexible resources offering here.
What we can offer you
Cutting-edge technology
For over a decade, we have been at the forefront of AI in legal services, combining cutting-edge technology with legal excellence to deliver faster, smarter outcomes for our clients. This gives you the opportunity to leverage market-leading technology to build your knowledge and experience as you solve challenging and interesting problems for clients every day.
Recognized for our innovation
We are recognized as one of the most-innovative firms globally, leading the way in reimagining the delivery of law, including Band 1 rankings in Chambers & Partners and multiple global and regional awards.
Globally integrated opportunities
We bring together our legal, consulting and NewLaw colleagues as a single team to provide tailored, holistic solutions for our clients. This provides you the opportunity to work with, and learn from, a wide range of professionals with a wide diversity of skills.
Testimonials
"Advance has allowed me to grow my career as a young legal professional in the exciting NewLaw space. That career journey began as a Legal Analyst where I learned from lawyers across the firm's different practice areas. I have since moved into the Legal Technology space where I use innovative digital solutions to help our clients meet their objectives. The focus on professional growth, and the supportive and innovative culture is why I chose to build my career with Advance."
Josh Williams, Senior Manager, Brisbane
"Working in Advance has not only given me the chance to explore different roles but has allowed me to travel to the other side of the world with my career. After 6 and a half years and 4 different roles within the division, I have found a position that is not only the right one for me, but one where I am empowered to share my ideas and knowledge to deliver the best solutions for our clients. The encouragement and support I have received from colleagues and leaders within Advance, as well as the time I have been able to dedicate to learning and development, have been invaluable in helping me navigate the right career path for me."
Jennifer Priestley - Manager, eDiscovery - Brisbane
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