North American Regional Newsletter (May 2022)

North American Regional Newsletter (May 2022)

North American Regional Newsletter

May 2022

Contents

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Our People

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Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion Culture & Values, Have Your Say, Champion Health Diversity & Inclusion: Employee Resource Groups, Parent and Carer Network Spotlight Diversity & Inclusion: Partnership with America Needs You, Looking Ahead

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Return to Office Represents ‘New Normal’

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Welcome Back Pictures and Video

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Shared Resources: Document Production Team & Administrative Assistant Resource Team Learning & Development: Your Development Reimagined, me:time, Bite-sized Learning & Top Content Providers, Mobile App Learning & Development: New Global Professional Development Programs, Working in a Hybrid World, Effective Legal Delivery, Become a Learning Champion, L&D Monthly Newsletter Resources & Recruiting: 2022 Summer Associate Program Expansion, Diversity & Inclusion

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Clients & Growth

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Q&A: Zurich North America Client Relationship Partners

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Client Development

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Recognition

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Resources & Recruiting: Campus Recruitment

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New Equity Partners and Senior Equity Partners

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New Senior Counsel

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Our People

Offices across the North America region welcomed back attorneys and staff. Administrative Assistant Maria Rivera smiles as individuals enter the Miami office.

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Welcome back to the office.

Since offices reopened, we continue to welcome your feedback as the Board works with Office Managing Partners to assess situations in each office across our region.

I encourage you to continue to keep an open mind, be flexible, provide your feedback, and know we are working to ensure that we continue to provide the best service to our clients, rebuild a strong and adhesive firm culture, and provide flexibility to our teams whenever possible. It has been wonderful seeing everyone’s return- to-office experiences, from photos and videos, to catching up with friends and welcoming new colleagues. You can check out some of these return- to-office memories on the next page, as well as throughout this newsletter. Your Office Administrator will continue to share information about local events, policies, etc., in line with the Board’s direction. In addition, resources are available to help support those navigating our hybrid environment (see page 7 ).

You can also read how those within our Employee Resource Groups tackled the challenges this pandemic presented when it came to juggling work and family responsibilities (see page 13 ). W e are all in this together and are proud to provide resources to help you adapt to work back at the office. Along with return-to-office information, in this newsletter, we share tools available to help you focus on your professional and personal development (see pages 7-8 ); provide updates on the way the firm invests in the recruitment and development of early talent (see pages 9-10 ); demonstrate how the firm’s Client Relationship Partners enhance our connections with key clients (see page 16 ); and celebrate the North American region’s newest Equity and Senior Equity Partners, as well as new Senior Counsel (see pages 19-20 ).

In-person working allows us to rebuild connections, meet new colleagues and learn to work in the ‘new normal.’ “

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Welcome back! We are excited that all of our offices in North America are officially open. I t is wonderful hearing and seeing in-person re-engagement and collaboration of our teams. While we were apart for nearly two years, it is great seeing smiles, sharing conversations, meeting new hires, and being back in the office together once again. A big thank you to our senior operational team of Senior Human Resources Manager Rachael De Mey, North America Administration and Facilities Manager Angela Green, and Senior Office Administrators Cyndi Duran and Patrick Postolka, along with our OAs and many others for facilitating our successful return to office.

Check out the video below created by the Los Angeles office.

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Shared Resources

What others say about using Shared Resources

Document Production Services O ur Document Production platforms using approved templates, precedents, house-style, and branding guidelines. They also work on client documents where required. Document Production prides itself on being a center of excellence, actively seeking feedback, and upskilling itself so team members continue to learn and grow and improve services. Team works across the North American region on a variety of The team supports Partners, fee earners, and business services by creating first- class documents on their behalf:

N eed assistance with tasks and projects? The administrative Assistant Resource Team (AART) can provide additional support to both fee earners and legal assistants with administrative tasks and projects: • Intapp Open (matter changes) • Time entry • Expenses and check requests • Chrome River • Travel arrangements • Editing correspondence • Electronic downloads and transfer to iManage Administrative Assistant Resource Team

• Editing master/section/layout slides • Document amending (manuscript amends) • Document conversion (to PDF & Word)

“I am a regular user of our Document Production Team. If, like me, you can talk faster than you type, this team is the perfect resource to help you turn around your work promptly. The BigHand software on your iPhone is simple to use, and dictation can be sent in from anywhere at any time. The Document Production Team timely produces top- notch work product on briefs, opinions, memos, summaries, spreadsheets, and PowerPoints. I encourage every timekeeper in the firm to take advantage of the services of this talented, hard- working, and dedicated team.”

• Kofax PDF

• Basic text editing • Making text in PDFs searchable • Pagination • Adding, deleting & rotating pages • Redactions If you need to utilize Document Production Services, contact [email protected] .

Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday 8 a.m. (CDT) to 9:30 p.m. (CDT)

For support, ad hoc projects, or special requests, contact [email protected] .

- Bruce D. Celebrezze, Senior Equity Partner, San Francisco

• Digital dictation • Word •

House styling Chronologies

“Truly an asset to the firm. From formatting PowerPoints to transcribing podcasts to converting detailed RFPs into an editable format, the US Document Production Team has allowed the Business Development and Marketing Team to become even more efficient. I highly recommend giving them a try.”

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Patrick Postolka Senior Office Administrator +1 949 567 7832 [email protected] Angela Green Administration and Facilities Manager - NA +1 202 747 5147 [email protected]

Cynthia Duran Senior Office

• Excel

• Mail merges • Creation of charts • Table formatting • Conditional formatting • Applying formulas

Administrator +1 312 635 6907 [email protected]

• PowerPoint

• New document creation & formatting • Applying Clyde & Co templates

- Cameron Ellis Howard, Head of Business Development (North America)

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Bite-sized Learning & Top Content Providers Access a wide range of content. F rom skills-based learning and motivational content to bite-size and longer form, MyDevelopment provides content to fit different learning preferences. The redesign of MyDevelopment — which now includes TEDTalks — includes a new menu system that makes it easier for you to access whatever you may need, in both me:time , as well as searchable in our learning catalogues. Have a question or development need? Utilize the search bar at the top of the MyDevelopment homepage or reach out to the L&D team . Top tip: Give a quick star rating or comment to help the best content rise to the top. If you think someone else might benefit from that content, use the “share” button to pass it on.

Your Development Reimagined Own your growth, own your success. I s there something you want to learn? Do you want to develop your skills in order to progress in your career? Do you have a team member or mentee who needs to develop in certain areas? Would you like to be a better manager, leader, presenter, influencer.... with more confidence, time management, commercial awareness ...? The tools you need are right at your fingertips. MyDevelopment , our learning platform, has been reimagined to better allow you to take ownership of your own growth, as well as better support those around you.

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Mobile App Traveling more or commuting back into the office? T he MyDevelopment mobile app gives you the freedom to learn anywhere, anytime. Check out all the great video channels and engaging learning resources now available in MyDevelopment .

This is an exciting new feature of MyDevelopment. S elect your interests and the skills along with a digest email every Friday highlighting a few suggested items to dip into. you want to develop and get carousel feeds of tailored learning content,

Why not commit 5-15 minutes a day, or even a week, to your own development?

Have a few minutes? Grab your phone and take a moment for your growth.

Top tip: This is a great tool when discussing areas for growth in Career Conversations and mentoring.

Set up your Mobile App today.

Discover great resources on MyDevelopment.

Visit me:time on MyDevelopment.

New Global Professional Development Programs

Working in a Hybrid World: On-Demand Training

Become a Learning Champion

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Learning Champions are a diverse group of approachable learners who take charge of their learning journey and inspire others to do the same. T hey are an extension of the L&D team and can answer questions about how to own your career at Clyde & Co. Learning Champions’ mission is to ensure our people know how to leverage Clyde & Co’s L&D resources and programs. Additionally, they aim to increase office engagement, strengthen connections, and foster learning through organizing learning events. Past events included lunch & learns or webinars on various topics from career development, IT/Finance training, legal updates, or CLE/CPD training, mental health awareness, hybrid working, and D&I. Want to become a Learning Champion or connect with one in your office? Reach out to the L&D team today.

Support your own development at Clyde & Co. T he Global L&D team has put together a selection of Professional Development Programs (PDPs) that will run each year in all regions. The PDPs will set you up with the core skills you need to operate effectively during your career with Clyde & Co. We have a global offering, which means that you are free to attend any of the scheduled sessions, no matter the region in which you are located, or the host location where the class is delivered. You can view course descriptions and sign up for our upcoming live training on MyDevelopment. Choose a class that supports your work schedule by clicking on the register button.

Supporting people in a hybrid world. T he L&D team created a customized on-demand training solution in which you can find general guidance, helpful resources, and questions to start conversations with your team about how you will work together in this new environment.

Access to training in MyDevelopment: Working in a Hybrid World

Effective Legal Delivery: A New Suite of eLearning Available W e recently launched a suite of effective legal drafting courses . This is a skill that requires continuous practice and development. Whether you’re taking your first steps into drafting or you’re an experienced lawyer who simply wants a refresher, you will be able to find a module to suit you.

L&D Monthly Newsletters Stay up to date on upcoming learning & development opportunities and initiatives. T he L&D team started sending monthly newsletters to the region, giving you a timely view into upcoming regional PDPs, PLI (Practising Law Institute) webinar highlights, and showcasing exciting new L&D initiatives. Watch your inbox for the next L&D Newsletter.

Not finding something you are looking for? Let the L&D team know!

Jessica Silvester Griseta Senior Regional L&D Manager (NARO) +1 312 635 6920 jessica.silvestergriseta@ clydeco.us

Rozalynne Wright Senior Learning & Development Specialist +1 312 635 6947 [email protected]

Samantha Louie Learning & Development Coordinator +1 213 358 7695 samantha.louie@ clydeco.us

2022 Summer Associate Program Expansion As the market for talent becomes increasingly competitive, investing in the recruitment and development of early talent has evolved into an imperative business need. The expansion of the firm’s Summer Associate Program is a fantastic opportunity for the firm to build a pipeline of diverse talent and plan for a successful future. I n addition to the New York office, which During virtual campus interviews, interviewers met with 51 students ; 16 students were invited for callback interviews. Of our first-choice offerees, 100% accepted , yielding a class of seven summer associates.

Diversity & Inclusion S tudents who participated in campus interviews were eligible to apply for the Inclusion Matters Scholarship. Through this $15,000 scholarship, the firm aims to support students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds. In an effort to attract and hire more diverse talent:

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• Our posting description was placed through a gender decoder to scan for unconscious bias. • D&I information was featured in our posting to highlight the recently launched Inclusion Matters Scholarship and the firm’s Mansfield certification. • Our OCI (On-Campus Interview) job posting was shared with student affinity groups at each of the law schools. • OCI interviewers were equipped with an Identifying Bias in Hiring Guide. We want to recognize the attorneys who conducted the campus interviews and will be actively involved in their offices’ summer programs. We also want to thank the attorneys who participated in the candidate call-back interviews.

has hosted a program for several years, our Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles offices will host summer associates in 2022. With the input of the Office Managing Partners, we selected local area law schools with diverse student populations and ranked in the top 100 by US News & World Report . Clyde & Co attorneys conducted virtual interviews with students from the following schools: • Fordham University School of Law • Brooklyn Law School • St. John’s University School of Law • Loyola Law School - Loyola Marymount University • Emory University School of Law • Loyola University Chicago School of Law • University of Illinois College of Law • University of California - Los Angeles School of Law • University of Wisconsin Law School

Summer Associate Program - Campus Interviewers and Office Leads

Ned Kirk, Summer Program Hiring Partner, New York

Bob Fisher, Atlanta

Scott Schwartz, New York

Lauren Boulbol, New York

Kyley Davoodi, New York

Atlanta - 1 Chicago - 1 Los Angeles - 2 New York - 3

Jocelyn DeMars, Atlanta

Ryan Murnighan, Chicago

Yvonne Schulte, Los Angeles

Ben Idemundia, Los Angeles

Jack Stamos, Chicago

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Campus Recruitment: Looking Ahead

Campus recruitment offers the opportunity to reach a more diverse candidate population than lateral hiring alone. A s we plan for the fall recruitment season and look to deepen law school relationships, there will be opportunities for campus outreach, including meeting with student groups to share with them about the firm and our practices, or assisting with mock interviews. Attorneys interested in getting involved with the summer program or future campus outreach activities should reach out to your office contacts or a member of the recruitment team. In the coming weeks, we will announce the Inclusion Matters Scholarship winner, along with our 2022 Summer Associate Class, and share further program information.

R ecruitment Team - Summer Associate Program Contacts

Cathy Christ Senior Manager of Recruitment (North America) +1 213 358 7601 [email protected]

Monica Anderson Recruitment Specialist

(North America) +1 816 278 1768 [email protected]

Alyssa Picariello Recruitment Coordinator +1 213 358 7617 [email protected]

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Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion

“Goin’ to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come.”

For the first time in nearly two years, colleagues gather at the KC office for a group picture.

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Champion Health We recently launched Champion Health - a

Culture & Values

Have Your Say A s a critical part of our people- listening strategy, the first of our regular series of Have Your Say surveys was launched last month. Feedback on your working life at the firm is invaluable in helping us to continuously improve and offer our people the best experience possible.

Focus groups are now underway throughout the month of May to explore perspectives on the current culture and aspirations for our firm’s culture and values going forward. I nsights will be taken from these sessions and the recent survey will help us to shape our values, which will be refined across the summer and shared with the North American region in September. Many thanks to everyone who has dedicated their time to this important project so far. If anyone would like further information or be involved in any way, please contact Senior Human Resources Manager Rachael De Mey .

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