Full-Time
Foreign Filing Paralegal
Proskauer
1,001-5,000 employees
International law firm handling corporate finance
No salary listed
Boston, MA, USA + 3 more
More locations: Washington, DC, USA | Los Angeles, CA, USA | New York, NY, USA
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On-site presence required; at least 3 days per week.
Bachelor's
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- Bachelor’s Degree
- A minimum of 3 years of foreign filing experience in a fast-paced law firm environment
- Must remain current on all U.S., PCT and foreign patent rules and rule changes in national offices
- The position requires physical presence in Proskauer’s offices on a regular basis (at least 3x per week)
- Prepare and submit patent filings in all foreign jurisdictions, including PCT, Paris Convention, and national phase filings.
- Use ePCT to prepare electronic international application packages for filing with the U.S. Receiving Office or, when appropriate, filing directly with the International Bureau.
- Prepare instructions to foreign associates outlining our clients’ instructions for both direct and national phase patent applications.
- Review and maintain docket of associated deadlines for assigned clients, including but not limited to management and tracking of all aspects of foreign formalities associated with filing.
- Coordinate with outside vendors to handle foreign formalities, e.g. translations, formal drawings, and apostille/legalization as necessary to comply with country law requirements.
- Prepare draft estimates for various stages of foreign prosecution from direct or PCT filing to Regional Validations stage.
- Knowledge of Global IP Estimator a plus.
- Manage large name change projects in multiple jurisdictions.
- Review large patent schedules and confirm information against foreign patent office databases.
- Serve as the primary contact for foreign associates from first filing to request for examination.
- Timely report incoming foreign mail and as-filed documents to clients.
- Coordinate the status of transferred applications and notify foreign associates of bulk changes to the assignee, docket numbers and attorney assignments.
- Prepare and file disclosure documents in relevant copending applications and understand the rules of disclosure in foreign jurisdictions.
- Keep current with changes in foreign country law.
- Experience with life sciences-based patent prosecution strongly preferred
- Strong technical skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and patent docketing software; ePCT and Foundation IP experience a plus
- Experience working with PatDocs, Derwent, and TotalPatent One is a plus
- Willingness and flexibility to work overtime as needed
Proskauer Rose provides legal services for complex corporate transactions, litigation, and specialized sectors like sports and entertainment. The firm operates through a global network of over 800 lawyers who provide counsel to asset managers, investment banks, and major corporations across 13 international offices. Unlike many general practice firms, Proskauer maintains a specific focus on the needs of private fund sponsors and sovereign wealth funds while leveraging a history dating back to 1875. The firm's goal is to resolve high-stakes disputes and manage intricate financial deals for a sophisticated global clientele.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
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Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1875
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Emily O'Brien returned July 22, 2026, strengthening Boston private-funds coverage.
- Joshua Frankel joined May 12, 2026, expanding secondaries and liquidity-solutions capabilities.
- Proskauer won major MLS antitrust litigation in 2026, reinforcing premium disputes credibility.
What critics are saying
- Two senior sports partners, Jason Krochak and Jon Oram, left Proskauer in 2025.
- Lateral hiring cannot fix shrinking origination if rainmakers keep defecting to rivals.
- If sports and private-funds growth stalls, Proskauer loses its clearest recruiting and pricing edge.
What makes Proskauer unique
- Jeff Pash joined Proskauer July 30, 2026, deepening elite sports-league counsel.
- Since 2024, Proskauer added 17 private-funds lateral partners across U.S., London, Paris.
- Proskauer's integrated private-capital, finance, and litigation platform differentiates it from narrow boutiques.
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Proskauer welcomes preeminent sports lawyer jeffrey Pash as partner in Sports Group. July 30, 2026 Former NFL Executive Vice President and General Counsel Brings Decades of Experience Advising Organizations on Complex Litigation, Antitrust, Labor, and Strategic Matters NEW YORK, July 30, 2026 - Proskauer announced today that Jeff Pash has joined the Firm as a partner in its Sports Group in New York. One of the country's most respected sports lawyers, Jeff joins Proskauer after nearly three decades as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the National Football League, where he advised league leadership on many of the organization's most significant legal, collective bargaining, business, and governance matters. He previously served as General Counsel of the National Hockey League, giving him a unique perspective across two of North America's major professional sports leagues. "Jeff has had an incredible career advising two of the most successful business enterprises in American sports," said Tim Mungovan, Proskauer's Chairman. "His tenure as General Counsel of both the NFL and NHL makes his legal career in sports virtually unmatched. He will be an extraordinary resource for our clients and for our lawyers, and I look forward to working closely with him and relying on his counsel as we build for the future." Jeff served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the NFL from 1997 to 2025, overseeing antitrust and other litigation matters, complex investigations, labor relations, the development of the NFL's private equity and debt rules, and the evolving legal and commercial issues facing professional sports organizations. Before joining the NFL, he was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the National Hockey League, where he served as the senior legal and policy advisor to the commissioner on league governance, disputes and strategic initiatives. "Jeff has earned the trust of some of the most prominent organizations in professional sports through decades of thoughtful counsel on their most significant legal and business matters," said Bart Williams, Chair of Proskauer's Litigation Department. "He brings exceptional judgment, a deep understanding of the issues our clients face, and an approach that aligns with how we serve our clients. We are pleased to welcome him to the Firm." Jeff's experience builds on Proskauer's long-standing leadership advising the sports industry, adding further depth to the Firm's counsel on antitrust, complex litigation, labor relations, private capital and other strategic issues at the intersection of law, business and sports. "I've known and worked closely with Proskauer lawyers for decades and have deep respect for the Firm and its Sports Group," said Jeff. "Proskauer's leading sports practice combines with strong capabilities across the range of issues I've worked on throughout my career. I'm excited to work with the Firm's broad client base and outstanding roster of attorneys and look forward to contributing to the growth of this dynamic practice." About Proskauer Proskauer is an elite global law firm with more than 900 lawyers in key financial centers in the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia. Its clients include many of the world's leading businesses, including asset managers, banks, listed corporations, and private companies. Proskauer Rose LLP has deep expertise in several of the fastest-growing and dynamic segments of the market, including sports, technology, life sciences, and health care. Proskauer Rose LLP represent hundreds of asset managers across a wide spectrum of sectors and strategies, including private equity, private credit, hedge, real assets, secondaries, and capital solutions. For more than 60 years, Proskauer has advised the world's premier sports organizations on their most critical and complex matters. Its lawyers play a pivotal role in the transactions, negotiations and litigations that are at the leading edge of the business of sports.
The legal industry's biggest shift isn't in the courtroom. A new wave of AI-native law firms are reshaping the legal industry by attracting Big Law talent with AI-first workflows, alternative pricing models, and greater flexibility. Founded by former attorneys from firms like Perkins Coie, Cooley LLP, WilmerHale, and Sidley Austin LLP, firms such as Talairis Law Group, Soxton.AI, General Legal (YC26), and Norm Law are integrating AI into every aspect of legal work while offering flat fees, subscriptions, and equity opportunities instead of the traditional billable-hour model. Although these firms remain much smaller than Big Law, industry experts believe their rapid adoption of AI signals a lasting shift, with many predicting that firms that fail to embrace AI risk falling behind. Market movements. * Sheppard hires 2 partners, Dan Collins and Levi Giovanetto, to launch white-collar investigation practice in Chicago * Gibson Dunn hires ex-Blackstone, Simpson Thacher partner, Angus Lennox * Ex-K&L Gates legal ops chief, Bart Gabler, heads to Jackson Lewis P.C. * King & Spalding adds finance partner, Gloria Kim, in New York from Proskauer Firm spotlight - Milbank LLP. Milbank LLP is a global corporate law firm with more than 150 years of history, recognized for its strength in corporate finance, restructuring, project finance, litigation, and energy. The firm advises leading financial institutions and corporations on high-profile M&A, bankruptcy, securities, and infrastructure matters, earning top rankings across multiple practice areas. Known for handling landmark restructurings and major energy and infrastructure projects worldwide, Milbank also stands out for its innovative associate development programs, including its award-winning Milbank@Harvard leadership training initiative. Industry insights. * Lateral hiring at large U.S. law firms slowed in the second quarter of 2026 after a strong start to the year, with associate and counsel moves declining while partner hiring remained relatively steady, according to figures from legal data company Firm Prospects. The data, which tracks attorney moves among the 200 largest U.S. law firms by revenue, showed firms made 3,205 lateral hires during the quarter, down 15.1% from 3,776 in the first quarter and down 4.5% from 3,356 in the second quarter of 2025. * At least 11 partners have left Clifford Chance in the U.S. between July 2025 and July 2026, according to SurePoint Technologies data, whose departure figures include lateral moves and retirements. Most recently, the firm saw seven additional partner exits in the first two weeks of July 2026, going to Sidley Austin LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. In comparison, Clifford Chance brought in 10 partner hires from June 2025 to June 2026. However, the firm's own numbers show a 40% growth in its U.S. partnership since 2023. * Results from an annual private equity survey from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, released in late June, highlight that while PE fundraising in Q1 was up 11% from Q4 of 2025, overall PE fundraising was down 8% from 2024. * K&L Gates has cut its nonattorney and business support staff by 10% following a monthslong review of its structure, the firm told Law360 Pulse Friday. Paul Hastings Bets Big on the Booming Sports Industry Paul Hastings is expanding into the rapidly growing sports sector with the launch of a dedicated sports industry practice, reflecting Big Law's increasing focus on sports as franchise values and private investment continue to rise. The firm has recruited former Baltimore Ravens general counsel Brandon Etheridge and other experienced sports attorneys to advise investors, owners, and financial institutions on team acquisitions, financing, stadium developments, and other complex transactions. By combining its strengths in private equity, asset management, and finance, Paul Hastings aims to become a leading player in the evolving sports law market. DOJ Issues Sweeping Subpoenas to 14 Major Law Firms The U.S. Department of Justice has issued sweeping subpoenas to 14 law firms, including firms that reached agreements with President Trump and those targeted by executive orders, seeking communications related to the administration's law firm policies, executive orders, and negotiations. As part of an ongoing legal dispute with the American Bar Association, the DOJ is also requiring firm leaders to sit for depositions while requesting extensive records involving Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn, internal communications, and social media activity. The subpoenas significantly expand the scope of the investigation and add another layer to the legal battle over the administration's treatment of major law firms.
Proskauer welcomes Emily O'Brien as Private Funds partner in Boston. July 22, 2026 BOSTON, July 22, 2026 - Proskauer announced today that Emily O'Brien has rejoined the Firm as a partner in its Private Funds Group in Boston further strengthening the Firm's market leading capabilities in advising emerging and established managers across the private funds market. Emily advises venture capital and private equity fund sponsors on the formation, organization and operation of investment funds. Her practice focuses on advising clients throughout the fundraising lifecycle, including the preparation of offering documents, negotiations with investors and the drafting of partnership, limited liability company and other governance agreements. Following fund formation, she counsels managers on the legal and operational matters that arise over the life of their funds. She also regularly counsels first-time fund managers and has experience representing institutional investors in private equity investments. "Emily is an immensely talented lawyer and a strong addition to our Private Funds Group," said Howard Beber, co-chair of Proskauer's Corporate Department and co-head of the Firm's Private Funds Group. "She brings deep industry expertise across private funds, including venture capital, private equity, funds of funds and secondary funds, and her counsel will be invaluable to our clients. We're thrilled to welcome her back to Proskauer and into the partnership." "I'm excited to return to Proskauer and rejoin a team I know well," said Emily O'Brien. "The Firm's private funds platform is among the strongest in the market, combining broad capabilities, exceptional talent, and a global reach. I look forward to working with new and former colleagues, and leveraging the strength of the platform to help clients build and grow their businesses." Emily is one of several Private Funds lawyers to join Proskauer this year, including partners Malcolm Nicholls, Zee Ahmedani, and Josh Frankel. Since the start of 2024, the Private Funds team has added 17 lateral partners across the U.S., London, and Paris. About Proskauer Proskauer is an elite global law firm with more than 900 lawyers in key financial centers in the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia. Its clients include many of the world's leading businesses, including asset managers, banks, listed corporations, and private companies. Proskauer Rose LLP has deep expertise in several of the fastest-growing and dynamic segments of the market, including sports, technology, life sciences, and health care. Proskauer Rose LLP represent hundreds of asset managers across a wide spectrum of sectors and strategies, including private equity, private credit, hedge, real assets, secondaries, and capital solutions. Proskauer offers a full suite of services for the investment management industry, with a market-leading global team dedicated solely to advising investment funds, including private equity, venture, credit, hedge, real assets and secondaries funds as well as other asset managers, financial institutions and institutional investors. The cross-border team of over 250 lawyers is based in the U.S., UK, Paris, Latin America, and Hong Kong and includes specialists in fund formation, secondaries transactions and liquidity solutions, tax, ERISA, regulation, financial services, capital markets, M&A, employment, insurance, fund finance, litigation and risk management who understand the unique technical and commercial issues relevant to investment managers.
Proskauer pushes private funds growth with partner hire. Published at 14 May 2026 The firm has added private funds talent in New York as it eyes expansion of its secondaries practice and private capital capabilities. International law firm Proskauer Rose has hired Joshua Frankel as a partner in its New York-based private funds group and secondary transactions and liquidity solutions practice, effective 12 May. Frankel joins following a six-year stint at secondary advisory firm PJT Partners, where he most recently served as managing director within the legal department, specialising in limited partner (LP) tender offers, continuation funds and complex secondary transactions. Prior to this, Frankel spent more than a decade working in the Hong Kong and New York offices of international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, building a practice focused on fund formation, continuation funds, general partner (GP) led transactions, tender offers, and other hybrid and secondary structures, as well as cross-border mergers and acquisitions. "The secondaries market continues to reach new milestones in deal volume and complexity, and it has never been a more interesting place to practice," said Frankel in a statement. "Deal structures are more sophisticated, the buyer universe is broader, and the stakes for clients - GPs and LPs alike - are higher than ever. I'm excited to join Proskauer because it is a leading firm in secondaries and liquidity solutions." Proskauer's secondary transactions and liquidity solutions practice co-head Christopher Robinson described Frankel as a "strong addition" to the team, adding: "He brings a combination of execution experience, regulatory insight, and market connectivity that complements our platform and aligns with our clients' goals." "Demand for innovative liquidity solutions is growing, and Josh enhances our ability to scale and deliver integrated, market-leading advice to clients," added secondary transactions and liquidity solutions co-head Mike Suppappola. Earlier this year, Proskauer bolstered its Paris-based restructuring and special situations team with the hire of former Franklin société d'avocats lawyer Laura Bavoux.
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider has appointed Rachael Philbin as Chief Innovation Officer to lead the firm's AI and legal technology initiatives. Philbin joins from Proskauer Rose, where she served as Innovation & Transformation Officer, and will be based in Axinn's New York office. With over 20 years of experience in law and technology, Philbin previously built innovation functions at Perkins Coie and Proskauer. She began her career as a litigator at Jones Day before moving into legal technology roles. She holds a law degree from Cardozo Law School and a certificate in Applied Generative AI for Digital Transformation from MIT. In her new role, Philbin will oversee knowledge management and accelerate the adoption of technology across Axinn's antitrust, intellectual property and litigation practices.