Specialist, Clients and Markets (Market Recognition)

McCarthy Tétrault is a leading Canadian law firm offering a full suite of legal and business solutions to clients in Canada and around the world. With offices in Toronto, Montréal, Québec City, Calgary and Vancouver, we provide challenging and rewarding career opportunities across the country. Recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for eleven consecutive years and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for fourteen consecutive years, our culture is guided by The McCarthy Way—our shared approach to working with clients and with each other.

The McCarthy Way is built on four core elements: Excellence, through attracting and developing top talent committed to delivering on our Client Commitment; Collaboration, through seamless, integrated teamwork; Inclusion, through eliminating barriers to belonging and success; and Innovation, through delivering maximum value by embracing leading-edge technologies and approaches. Together, these principles shape how we work, lead, and grow—every day.

We are recruiting for a Specialist, Clients and Markets (Market Recognition) to join our team in our Toronto office. The successful candidate must have a minimum of 3-5 years relevant experience, preferably in a law firm or professional services firm. McCarthy Tétrault employees benefit from a hybrid work environment. This is a newly created position.

Ranking and Awards

• Maintaining and improving the Firm’s reputation through the evaluation and participation in awards, rankings, publishing opportunities and other external recognitions.
• Developing reviews and recommendations related to awards, directories, publishing and other recognition opportunities, ensuring brand consistency and evaluating reputational impact of win.
• Working closely with other practices and industry leaders to prepare (research and write) the development of persuasive Firm, lawyer and client submissions to leading industry ranking and award organizations. Coordinating ranking research interviews and developing interview preparation sheets. Making edits to submissions and coordinating approvals as required.
• Supporting surveys and processes to obtain lawyer rankings.
• Becoming the in-house expert on select directories.
• Supporting the analysis and entry of submission results and maintaining the firm’s awards rankings and testimonials database.
• Assisting with communication plans including drafting news announcements related to directories and awards.
• Drafting and sending firm-wide emails regarding directory requests.
• Preparing and submitting directory profiles (Chambers, Lexpert, Legal 500).

MT Experience Database (Deals and Cases Database)

• Implementing and executing effective processes to support consistent and accurate collection, verification, management and reporting of key business information (transaction and case data).
• Liaising with lawyers, Clients and Markets team, and third parties to prepare and deliver timely business information in a variety of formats.
• Tracking the Firm’s transaction and case information in the Experience Database.
• Researching external information using tools such as mergermarket and CapitalIQ.
• Drafting and reviewing deal and case information for the firm’s website.
• Liaising with and submitting transaction and case information quarterly and annually to third party reporting agencies and league tables, such as LSEG, Thomson Reuters, mergermarket and Bloomberg.
• Liaising with and submitting transaction and case information monthly to external publications, such as Lexpert.
• Maintaining transaction and case lists for various practices across the Firm. Running ad-hoc reports for lawyers and Clients and Markets team members across the Firm.
• Developing a sound knowledge of the database in order to accurately report matters involving clients and a variety of practices, industry areas and offices.
• Collaborating with lawyers to confirm confidentiality levels, obtain approvals for the external use of the firm’s reportable transaction and case information.
• Working with members of Accounting and Records Management to fill information gaps related to transaction and case information.
• Working with the Market Recognition team and leadership to identify efficiencies and improve the tracking and reporting processes related to transactions and cases.

Other

• Engaging with lawyers and business development teams on a regular basis to:
  • gain a deeper understanding of relevant business lines, clients and growth opportunities;
  • generate ideas; and
  • share updates.
• Performing general research and administrative duties, as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Undergraduate degree in marketing, communications or a related field.
• Minimum 3-5 years relevant experience, preferably in a professional services firm.
• Proficiency with MS Office suite; ability to quickly learn and leverage new technology solutions. Experience working with Salesforce and SharePoint is an asset.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
• Excellent organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and set priorities with challenging deadlines.
• Ability to complete designated tasks in a systematic and logical way, with great attention to detail.
• Professional maturity including strong interpersonal skills, tact and discretion.
• Ability to work in a demanding, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable.

• Outstanding benefits from day one, including insurance premiums paid by the Firm and wellness and technology reimbursements.
• Competitive compensation, paid overtime and generous time off, including a day off to volunteer and a day off for your birthday.
• A commitment to professional development and growth opportunities for our people at all levels, supported by a culture that fully embraces and encourages two-way feedback.
• Strong community involvement and a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
• A collaborative, cohesive culture that connects lawyers and business teams through collective purpose.

We encourage external candidates to apply online and internal applicants must apply directly through our internal careers portal on Espresso. We look forward to receiving your application.

McCarthy Tétrault utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) technology as part of our application screening process to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our recruitment efforts by analyzing applications to identify candidates whose qualifications and experiences align with the requirements of the position.

We thank all applicants for their interest in McCarthy Tétrault; however, only chosen applicants will be contacted. We regret that we are unable to respond to individual inquiries about application status. McCarthy Tétrault is an equal opportunity employer that fosters an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment. Please notify us if you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process.