Professional Support Lawyer

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We are hiring a Professional Support Lawyer, To work on the practical side of
the law and support the firm's practicing lawyers by offering substantive,
practice-area related assistance. To promote a culture of knowledge sharing
and develop an environment for promoting best practices and consistent quality
in client service which will give the firm a competitive advantage. The role
includes implementing a strategy for generating, extracting, and collating
knowledge for the designated practice. The PSL will be the knowledge
management resource for the department practice across the Firm.
Reporting line
Head of Department - Corporate Commercial
Duties & Responsibilities
* Liaise with the Corporate Commercial team on the development of precedents, templates, practice notes and legal opinions.
* Provide academic and technical legal input for the preparation of memoranda, articles, legal commentaries, client briefings, newsflashes, and other marketing materials.
* Ensure fee-earners are kept up to date on developments in the law - the latest cases, legislation, and statutory instruments - often through presentation to regular departmental meetings and/or circulation of written materials.
* Supervise paralegals and interns in the development of knowledge documentation, precedents, and other know-how resources.
* Encourage associates to embrace the culture of knowledge sharing and identify knowledge champions within the team to assist in maintaining best practices.
* Prepare and circulate know-how and assist in technical legal training and practice development.
* Manage knowledge and learning for the practice group, including organising, and delivering practice-facing and client-facing legal training programs.
* Manage and contribute to the departmental section of the firm's intranet, information databases and knowledge management systems as required.
* Liaise with the Business Development and Marketing teams and contribute as required to the production of articles, briefings, newsletters or other materials for circulation to clients or to be published in Law Update and other selected journals.
* Play a part in the marketing of the department and producing material for, and perhaps presenting, seminars both internally and externally.
* Work with the Partners, counsel, and associates to identify the best practices, know-how and learning requirements of the practice and to implement the agreed offering.
* Assist with prioritisation and allocation of knowhow projects and the implementation of the wider knowledge management departmental strategy.
Requirements & Personal Attributes
* Qualified lawyer with a minimum of ‎5 years PQE.
* Added experience as a Professional Support Lawyer within an international law firm is desirable but not a must.
* Current or previous experience in a client-facing role, with technical excellence in corporate transactions.
Relationships
* Head of KM
* KM Team
* Marketing Team
* L&D Team
* Management Team
* Partners
* Head of Department
* Lawyers

Job Summary

  • Advertiser: Al Tamimi
  • Announcement date: 17/03/2023
  • Type of employment: -
  • Experience level: -
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