Business teams
Prepare to progress in a role where your impact on the business is always valued.
At Allen & Overy, our people are our strongest and most important asset. We pride ourselves on recruiting only the very best – lawyers and support professionals – and it is that basic principle which forms the foundation of our success.
Our departments
Business Development and Marketing
Marketing within Allen & Overy is seen as a vital strategic business activity and a key tool in growing our top-line and profitability.
The role of the Business Development department is to guide and support the lawyers with their business development activities, including client targeting, pitch management, research, competitor analysis and more.
The department is also involved in various branding initiatives, which includes media relations, publications (both printed and online), and the organisation of client events.
Business Services
There are many roles in the Business Services department ranging from reception, catering, print room, procurement and stationery, post delivery, archive management and building management.
Finance
As with all support functions the Finance department is a key component in driving the business forward. Not surprisingly, there are many different areas of focus within the department including financial analysis and budget control, accounting, client administration and credit control.
Human Resources
Providing a full HR service to our lawyers and staff is a vital part of our business. The HR function in Allen & Overy plays an important strategic and facilitating role in attracting, motivating, developing and retaining the best possible quality of lawyers and staff at all levels.
Information Technology
The IT department is responsible for maintaining Allen & Overy's IT infrastructure and implementing the global IT strategy. It provides a range of IT services including help desk and computer training to all staff.
Know-How and Library
Our know-how experts work for a specific practice group. They monitor legal developments, prepare and contribute to newsletters, maintain the know-how data bases and respond to enquiries form lawyers. Their support gives our lawyers a head start and helps them to respond more quickly to client requests.
Our librarians not only deal with the administration of books and periodicals, they do much more than that. Thanks to their expertise and experience they help our lawyers to quickly gather all supporting material they need for a specific research.
Paralegals
Our paralegals play an instrumental role in the mechanics of the legal process. They ensure that all corporate records are properly kept and that corporate requirements are met by clients on time.
Personal Assistants
Our PAs provide vital support to our lawyers, allowing them to focus on their legal work. Work consists of a wide variety of administrative and organisational tasks such as the skillful handling of telephone calls, agenda management and the processing of documents, using excellent language skills (English and French).
Employee stories
Working environment
Join us and you’ll be impressed by the state-of-the-art building, the comfortable facilities offering a fitness centre and concierge services, the technical infrastructure, the variety of social events, the modern working conditions and the lively atmosphere. We provide free fruit, coffee, tea and mineral water to all our staff. Achieving a work life balance is a reality for us.
Allen & Overy Luxembourg has a Comité des fêtes elected on a two-year basis that organises various events during the year, such as the Christmas party, the family day, the ski weekend and many other events.
Learning and development
We're passionate about providing top-quality training and development for all our people. Our aim is to constantly grow as a leading global law firm and our people are key to achieving this goal. That's why we invest in you – providing a career which is tailored to your skills and helping you achieve your goals. We aim to bring you opportunities you wouldn't find anywhere else – and to do this, we've created the A&O Support Academy.
Its aim is to provide our business teams globally with the leadership, management and business skills needed to succeed and reach their full potential. The programmes are delivered by a mix of internal and external facilitators, these programmes are specifically tailored to the every-day work reality and challenges of business teams at A&O.
The Academy can be joined at any point in your career, from foundation, through advanced and up to mastery level. Many of the programmes are offered on a regional basis to enable everyone globally to attend and network with their peers from other offices.
Benefits
We’ll equip you for the future, both yours and ours, whatever it may bring. We believe that enjoyment and satisfaction at work go hand in hand.
That’s why we’re proud to offer a competitive and innovative employment package that’s committed to the health, success and well-being of all of our people.
- Staff members receive lunch vouchers.
- Allen & Overy Luxembourg has agreements with two banks which offer staff specific financial benefits.
- For the peace of mind and security of permanent members of the practice and their families, Allen & Overy Luxembourg provides life assurance cover.
Our locations
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Europe
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Africa
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Asia Pacific
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Middle East
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North America
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Latin America
In addition to countries where we have offices, we also have a number of International Desks advising clients on large scale international transactions in Europe.
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