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 & Marketing
Our Business Development and Marketing team work alongside our legal staff and play an intrinsic role in enhancing our reputation and driving the business forward. The team guides and supports the legal staff with their various business development initiatives, including pitch management and client targeting.
Finance
The work of the Finance team is a key component of the success of the Singapore office. Our team has extensive experience and focuses on financial analysis, budget control, accounting and credit control. In Finance, we pride ourselves on delivering a platinum service. We only recruit people of the highest calibre performing to the highest standards, and have the best systems in place to help them.
We use Elite 3E, a new, leading-edge, financial software solution designed specifically for law firms. It enables us to manage our new business intake, billings, collections, payments and management reporting efficiently. It allows us to ensure consistent processes and controls throughout the firm. It helps us to deliver excellent service to our internal and external clients. And we provide this excellent service around the world. Work for us, and you’re working as part of a truly global finance function. You’ll have colleagues in 39 offices around the world – everywhere from Sydney to New York, from Hong Kong to Dubai and throughout Europe.
Human Resources
We provide the full suite of HR services to our lawyers and staff. The team plays a critical role in the recruitment, management and retention of talent among both the lawyers and support staff at all levels.
Information Technology
Our Information Technology team keep abreast of the continuing advancements and developments in technology and can be relied on for their professionalism, innovation, efficacy and dedication. Allen & Overy has invested heavily in the very best IT systems and gone to great lengths to ensure that they are fully integrated across our international network. Our document management system, for example, is an industry leader.
The IT team based in Singapore also supports the wider Asia Pacific region. We need talented people to help us keep this valued infrastructure running smoothly 24/7.
We deliver to Allen & Overy what we call ‘a platinum service’. We have a reputation throughout the legal industry and beyond for the sophisticated, successful way that we enable the organisation to remain among the elite of global law practices.
Legal PAs
The PA support role in Allen & Overy is an increasingly sophisticated and demanding one. Our team of Legal PAs boast extensive knowledge and expertise in a wide range of software systems and processes.
Library & Information
Our Library and Information team provides support in a variety of areas, including legal research, training and current awareness. Our team of innovative and resourceful individuals are unstinting in their commitment to providing knowledge and information to the legal staff.
Paralegal
As a paralegal at Allen & Overy, you will play an instrumental role in the mechanics of the legal process and form an important part of the team alongside our partners, associates and trainees. Your main focus will be to deliver a first-class service to them as your internal clients, and thereby gain a valuable insight into the workings of a large legal practice.
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.
Working environment
Situated on the city's shoreline and a stone's throw away from the heart of the central business district, the Singapore office commands spectacular views of Marina Bay and the new downtown area.
The Singapore office enjoys convenient dining and five-star hotel accommodation options on its doorstep while being well-connected to major transport links and public transport systems. Go shopping on Orchard Road, take a stroll around Gardens by the Bay or head to one of the many hawker centers for a number of local culinary delights.
We also recognise that there is life beyond work and we host a number of social events, from our annual A&O quiz night, Chinese New Year celebrations, office Christmas party and sporting events such as our famed Dragon Boat races.
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.
The Singapore office will make the statutory employer's contribution in addition to the individual's gross compensation to the Central Provident Fund Board for employees who are Singapore citizens and permanent residents.
The Singapore office provides the following:
- Medical and dental insurance, including permanent health insurance
- Life assurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Maternity transition coaching and keep in touch (KIT) days
We also have several initiatives to help our employees strike the necessary work/life balance:
- Working from home
- Part-time working/reduced or fixed working hours
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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