Business teams

We provide effective, coordinated and decisive legal advice at a global level. In order to achieve this, we require high quality support for Allen & Overy's activities. As with all our support functions, Business Development and Marketing is a key component in driving the business forward and enhancing our reputation for excellence and innovation.

We seek exceptionally talented individuals to join us. We are committed to providing comprehensive training and development for all support staff through direct experience and formal training programmes and offer outstanding career development opportunities, both in London and worldwide.

In all cases, you should possess the appropriate academic and professional qualifications. In addition, you should have a commercial approach, be able to think laterally, be pragmatic and well organised, and be able to cope under pressure.

The Business Services department covers a very wide variety of disciplines both locally and internationally. Across all areas, we seek to achieve the highest level of service and support for our internal customers and our clients. This is achieved by recruiting and retaining the best people. Business Services consists of fax room, front of house, dispatch, catering, library and stationery. 

A career in our Business Services department is indeed varied, challenging and very satisfying. We are looking for professional, intelligent individuals who are highly customer-focused and who enjoy and understand the fast-paced legal environment. 

As with all our support functions, the Finance department is a key component in driving the business forward and enhancing our reputation. Finance is highly computer automated and growing at a rapid pace.

We seek exceptionally talented individuals to join us. We are committed to providing comprehensive training and development for all support staff through direct experience and formal training programmes and offer outstanding career development opportunities, both in London and worldwide.

In all cases, you should possess the appropriate academic and professional qualifications. In addition, you should have a commercial approach, be able to think laterally, be pragmatic and well organised, and be able to cope under pressure. 

Providing a full HR service to our lawyers is a vital part of our business and we look for the best to support the best. The HR function in Allen & Overy plays a highly important facilitating role in enabling the firm to attract, motivate and retain the best possible quality of staff at all levels.

If you set yourself the highest standards, are keen to learn and advance and are interested in working in an international working environment, we are keen to hear from you.

Pre-eminent among law firms in the use of information technology, Allen & Overy relies on the quality of its advanced IT services and systems, and on the dedication of its highly professional IT staff.

If you set yourself the highest standards, are keen to learn and advance and are interested in becoming part of a global team intent on delivering the best services and solutions, we are keen to hear from you.

About half of those working at Allen & Overy are support staff. The PA support is an increasingly sophisticated and demanding role, requiring greater use of technology and a wide range of skills.

As well as employing PAs with legal knowledge, we actively seek PAs from many other industries including banking, finance, insurance and accountancy firms.

In return for a high level of technical ability, professionalism, team spirit and flexibility, we offer our PAs an excellent salary and benefits package, together with an in-depth induction programme, technical training and development programme.

Paralegals are required in order to provide a seamless service to our clients.

As a paralegal with us, you will play an instrumental role in the mechanics of the legal process. Your main focus will be to deliver a first-class service to the team as your internal clients, and thereby gain a valuable insight into the workings of a legal practice.

The role is especially suited to law graduates. No formal paralegal qualifications are necessary but you should be able to demonstrate strong legal skills, good attention to detail, enthusiasm and self-motivation in the face of what can sometimes be fairly routine work.