Knowledge Lawyer - Corporate

This Silver Circle / Top 20 law firm is seeking a Knowledge Lawyer to join their leading corporate group which is known for handling some of the most complex and sizeable transactions. The Corporate M&A and ECM team works with the largest corporate and investment banks on an array of M&A and equity offerings. You will receive significant support and investment to grow into your role within a highly respected group.

The Firm

Considered one of the world's leading professional services businesses with over 25 offices across the globe, this firm is the proud recipients of multiple accolades across the Legal 500, Chambers, Times, Financial Times, and Thomas Reuters as well as numerous other publications.

Headquartered in London, with offices spread across Europe, Middle East, Asia, Asia-Pacific, Australia, North & Central America, Africa and South America, they are far-reaching global experts; however they are often praised for their local market performance, operating as one global team.

Considered one of the most prestigious outside the magic circle law firms, this firm has grown through a mixture of natural growth and amalgamation of leading practices from the world, retaining it's core values.

Their vision for the next decade is clear, and this firm has no signs of slowing down. With this growth comes every opportunity for a vast arrange of international work and international secondments.

Considered one of the big tech firms, you will never be far away from the vast growing tech empires within the legal sphere.

The Department

Whether strategically furthering growth or pursuing an investment opportunity, Corporate M&A is one of the most significant areas for the firm as a whole.

The Corporate M&A group provides all parties to a transaction with informed legal advice to help them achieve their goals. With market-leading credentials in both private M&A and public takeovers they are well positioned.

The Role

This is a great opportunity to work as a Knowledge Lawyer within a leading silver circle firm's Corporate group, from their City of London office.

The role involves working alongside a senior Knowledge Counsel in the Corporate M&A and ECM team, as well as collaborating with a wider group of knowledge lawyers both across the Corporate team and firmwide.

The work will focus on drawing together all knowledge resources spanning company law topics, with particular focus on public companies (including ECM, public takeovers, and corporate governance).

The role will encompass both internal and client-facing activities such as thought leadership publications, briefings, and tailored training; it represents an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to help take the department's know-how function to new heights.

The successful candidate will be able to draw on assistance from the department's Senior Knowledge paralegal and will work closely with the embedded Business Development and Operations teams. The knowledge function is integral to the continued success of the practice; you will help enhance our reputation for being at the forefront of thinking on legal and regulatory developments and market practice affecting public companies.

Key Responsibilities

• Ongoing monitoring of developments and horizon-scanning.
• Supporting the collation of departmental know-how, including capturing know-how from recent transactions.
• Dealing with queries from fee earners at all levels.
• Creating and updating precedents.
• Organising and/or delivering training programmes, as well as ad hoc training sessions.
• Curating the internal knowledge resources and identifying content to share.
• Contributing to knowledge-sharing initiatives and groups.
• Drafting articles, briefings and commentary for the firm's website and social media channels on developments in ECM, public M&A and corporate governance.
• Briefing partners in advance of CLLS /Law Society Company Law Committee meetings.
• Collaborating with knowledge colleagues from other City law firms via networking groups.
• Attending webinars hosted by regulatory and industry bodies

This is a great opportunity for a Knowledge Lawyer in Corporate at this leading silver circle firm in the City of London (with hybrid working).

Apply now for immediate consideration. Alternatively please feel free to contact Charlie Simpkin at JMC Legal Recruitment for a confidential conversation.