Knowledge Lawyer - Construction Disputes

Description

• Acting as a sounding board for fee-earners looking for ideas about how to solve legal problems
• Generally assisting in the Know-how team’s efforts to expand the contribution to and use of know-how within the firm
• Attending and participating in internal training sessions (such as weekly lunches and junior training)
• Keeping up to date with legal developments generally and helping others to do the same
• Assisting lawyers in writing articles / preparing seminars, including carrying out research and, if required, helping to prepare content of slides / handouts
• Drafting technical legal updates
• to profile relevant information (by attributing key words, inserting editorial comments, hyperlinks, and abstracts etc) on the Document Management System and intranet (as appropriate) and ensuring that it is easily searchable by lawyers
• Sourcing new legislation, case reports and other developments and circulating copies to the firm and/or team, where required
• Providing support and assistance in respect of know-how for clients and in maintaining the firm’s website
• Writing summaries of legal developments / issues for the firm’s website and editing submissions from others
• Providing client chargeable support to fee earners (when required)
• As required, providing Know-how support, including collating information from other jurisdictions, writing articles and general content for the website, and approving relevant articles adapted for publication
• Providing support in relation to tenders
• Assisting generally in the organisation and maintenance of electronic know-how on relevant subjects and in the expansion and development of information banks for the team
• Assisting in the preparation of various information bundles for lawyers
• Helping to collate and prepare timely responses to public consultations
• Reviewing the suitability for know-how of materials submitted by lawyers
• Preparing new precedents and crib sheets and, where appropriate, enlisting others’ help to review
• Reviewing existing precedents and crib sheets regularly and generally keeping the precedent system up to date
• Being proactive in monitoring (and, if necessary, editing) know-how from time to time to ensure that its quality and relevance is maintained
• Carrying out research for fee earners
• Giving support to the various teams within the firm and to ad hoc groups which arise from time to time to review developments in the law.
• Assisting in the preparation of client updates, client alerts, briefings etc.
• Attending client events, as required.
• Helping to draft such other know-how materials as may be required e.g., flow-charts, house views, standard client board papers and client specific advice papers
• Creating new categories and sub-categories of know-how, as required
• Speaking to and drafting articles for the press
• Delivering external talks / filming topical videos / recording webinars (when required).
• Assisting in the preparation of training courses (both internal and external) and, when required, delivering relevant training courses (for example, on technical legal issues or accessing know-how generally)

Requirements

We are looking for an experienced Knowledge Lawyer to assist the Construction Disputes team in the areas of information management, research, training & development, and business development. The successful candidate will ensure that the Construction Disputes team are properly equipped with information and knowledge to allow them to provide a quality service to clients. You will play an important role in maintaining and developing existing precedents, together with creating new ones.

As part of our firm recruitment policy our candidates are subject to employment screening background checks. These checks include personal details, education and employment history, professional qualifications and credit and criminal checks as appropriate.

• Ability to effectively communicate and provide support to all levels of departmental fee earners;
• Computer proficiency including a working knowledge of Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and other web-based search engines such as Lawtel, PLC etc
• Excellent organisational skills & ability to use own initiative
• Solid drafting skills
• Effective verbal and written communication.
• The ideal candidate will be either a qualified solicitor with a minimum of 5 years PQE across a whole range of contentious construction or have gained previous experience as a Professional Support Lawyer within construction disputes from a reputable firm
• Approachable, friendly and conscientious
• Commercial and market awareness;

Benefits

Training and development

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance