At Cleary Gottlieb we recognize that not all of our associates will choose to remain here for their entire professional careers. And our network of stellar alumni is among our proudest achievements. The range of impressive positions that our alumni hold reflects both the quality of Cleary Gottlieb legal training and our global reach. For those associates who decide to move on, we actively assist in placement with both clients and others.
We are both humbled and gratified that so many of our alumni choose to remain in close contact with the firm after they leave. Many of them are among our best clients.
Our alumni have gone on to join the legal departments of corporations and financial institutions, work for the government, teach at universities, and even pursue fields completely outside of the law. We count among our alumni:
- An Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Senior Restructuring Officer of the U.S. Treasury Department
- A former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department
- A former President of the U.N. General Assembly
- A former Advocate General at the European Court of Justice
- Co-CEO and Co-Chairman of IMAX, the winner of an Academy Award
- A former Economics Minister of Belgium and former Vice-Prime-Minister of the Flemish Government
- A member of the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body, representing the European Communities
- A former General Counsel at the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
- Chief Counsel for the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
- General Counsel of Burger King, Pfizer, Capital One, Tom Ford Retail LLC, several large hedge funds and international corporations
- Managing Director of leading Belgian travel agency Continents Insolites
- An Assistant General Counsel at The New York Times
- 26 United Nations, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund officials
- President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation
- Authors of books on the law, current events and academic subjects, as well as writers of trade non-fiction