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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.\nSince 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.\nThe Tax Practice Development Lawyer (“PDL”) is a key knowledge, training, and practice support resource for the US Tax group. The PDL maintains core forms, precedents, research resources, and information channels; supports adoption of legal technology and AI-enabled workflows; and helps ensure the group’s knowledge infrastructure reflects current law, market practice, and client needs. The PDL also contributes substantive tax expertise to training, thought leadership, business development, and attorney development initiatives.\nResponsibilities\nKnowledge Resources, Forms & Legal Technology\nMaintain the Tax group’s library of forms, annotated models, precedents, checklists, research resources, practice guides, and other work tools, ensuring materials remain current, practical, and easy to use.\nWork with attorneys to identify priorities for new and updated knowledge resources, establish review cycles, and execute refresh projects.\nAdminister and improve the group’s internal knowledge channels, including practice sites, intranet pages, email distributions, and successor platforms.\nPartner with Practice Innovation and Knowledge Solutions to evaluate, test, and implement legal technology and AI tools for the Tax group.\nServe as the group’s legal quality-check resource for AI-assisted workflows, reviewing outputs for accuracy, identifying gaps, and refining prompts and processes.\nSupport attorney adoption of legal KM and AI tools through hands-on guidance, training, and ongoing workflow support.\n Regulatory Monitoring & Thought Leadership\nMonitor federal, state, and international tax developments, including IRS and Treasury guidance, proposed rulemaking, cases, legislation, and market developments relevant to clients.\nParticipate in drafting client alerts, articles, legal updates, and other thought leadership materials and coordinate publication with Business Development.\nTraining & Attorney Development\nCo-lead the planning and delivery of Tax group training, including first-year training, response-to-demand sessions, group-wide meetings, and other substantive or skills-focused programs.\nServe as a day-to-day resource for associates on locating, interpreting, and applying research resources, Tax group forms, precedents, , and knowledge materials.\nSupport associate development in coordination with the Associate Development Manager, including onboarding, skills development, staffing context, and associate support initiatives.\nProvide backup support to the Associate Development Manager during vacations or other absences, as needed.\nBusiness Development & Client Support\nCollaborate with the Business Development team to support pitches, RFP responses, client meeting materials, external presentations, partner speaking materials, and substantive talking points.\nDevelop and review tax-focused client materials, conference content, and practice credentials in coordination with Business Development and attorneys.\nSupport client roundtables, professional association events, Cleary-sponsored programs, and other business and professional development initiatives.\nMaintain experience, matter, and precedent information used for pitches, presentations, client relationship management, and practice development.\nLiaison Functions\nAct as a key liaison between the Tax group and the firm’s Professional Staff teams.\nCollaborate with other PDLs and Practice Development colleagues to share best practices and promote consistent approaches to knowledge, training, technology, and practice support.\nGather feedback, identify practice needs, and translate group priorities into practical KM, training, technology, and Business Development initiatives.\nQualifications\nThe ideal candidate will have three to five years of experience as a tax lawyer and will be a self-starter with sound judgment, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work effectively with attorneys and professional staff at all levels. The candidate should be comfortable leading projects, taking direction, giving direction, and balancing independent ownership with collaborative execution. Additional qualifications include:\nAdmission in good standing to the New York State Bar.\nStrong knowledge of US tax law and the work of a sophisticated US Tax practice, including familiarity with transaction documents and other materials routinely used by the group.\nInterest in knowledge management, legal technology, AI-enabled workflows, training, and attorney development\nEnthusiastic about developing junior talent\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong drafting, editing, and presentation skills.\nStrong attention to detail, organization, follow-through, and project management skills.\nCollaborative, service-oriented approach and ability to build credibility with lawyers and professional staff\nSound problem-solving skills and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced professional services environment.\n\nThe estimated base salary range for this position is $260,000 to $320,000 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.\nCleary provides a comprehensive benefits package, including health care benefits. More information can be found here: Benefits\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination based on any category protected by law. 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