Knowledge Lawyer - Construction Disputes

Overview

Assist Construction Disputes team with knowledge management, drafting, training & development.

Key Responsibilities

• knowledge management
• legal research
• client updates
• precedent updates
• training delivery
• content creation

Tasks

-Keeping up to date with legal developments generally and helping others to do the same -Assisting in the preparation of client updates, client alerts, briefings etc. -Acting as a sounding board for fee-earners looking for ideas about how to solve legal problems -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 -Reviewing existing precedents and crib sheets regularly and generally keeping the precedent system up to date -Attending client events, as required. -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 -Helping to collate and prepare timely responses to public consultations -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) -Reviewing the suitability for know-how of materials submitted by lawyers -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. -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 -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 -Being proactive in monitoring (and, if necessary, editing) know-how from time to time to ensure that its quality and relevance is maintained -Generally assisting in the Know-how team’s efforts to expand the contribution to and use of know-how within the firm -Assisting in the preparation of various information bundles for lawyers -Carrying out research for fee earners -Drafting technical legal updates -Providing support in relation to tenders -Speaking to and drafting articles for the press -Writing summaries of legal developments / issues for the firm’s website and editing submissions from others -Attending and participating in internal training sessions (such as weekly lunches and junior training) -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 client chargeable support to fee earners (when required) -Creating new categories and sub-categories of know-how, as required -Preparing new precedents and crib sheets and, where appropriate, enlisting others’ help to review -Assisting lawyers in writing articles / preparing seminars, including carrying out research and, if required, helping to prepare content of slides / handouts -Delivering external talks / filming topical videos / recording webinars (when required).

Requirements

• qualified solicitor
• construction law
• drafting
• communication
• commercial awareness
• microsoft office

What You Bring

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. -Excellent organisational skills & ability to use own initiative -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 -Solid drafting skills -Effective verbal and written communication. -Commercial and market awareness; -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

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Benefits

Training and development

About Trowers & Hamlins

-Operates internationally with offices across the UK, Middle East and Asia, including recent expansion into Singapore and Malaysia. -Trusted by governments, pension funds, developers, housing associations and private equity on major infrastructure, real estate and energy projects. -Strengths include large-scale regeneration, PFI/PPP construction deals, cross-border corporate work and Islamic finance.

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