- Drafting and updating precedents and guidance notes for use by lawyers, and managing this process across numerous documents.
- Keeping the team aware of important legal developments in our key areas
- Organising our regular know how meetings, collating agenda items, presenting where appropriate, ensuring team participation and follow-ups actioned.
- Helping the team with technical and practice queries arising from their work, including helping with research and location of resources.
- Acting as a sounding board and providing second opinions to members of the team on points of law.
- Organising team training sessions and where appropriate, assisting with training.
- Supporting our business development initiatives as appropriate, including assisting with research and copy.
- Keeping up to date with legal technology solutions and assisting with implementation.
- Managing the departments Learning & Development/training plans and supporting delivery.
- Maintaining an up to date know how repository of relevant example documents and encouraging contribution of relevant know how from lawyers.
- Generally keeping an excellent record of actions needed/outstanding/progress achieved.
- Highly personable, with a desire to work with people at all levels; a flexible and cooperative approach
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- The ability to quickly gain the confidence of lawyers at all levels
- Excellent legal research skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Experience in drafting in plain language and in English and recent experience in drafting commercial/tech contracts
- Strong presentation skills
- Experience in designing and delivering training programmes desirable The Opportunity
- Competitive base salary
- Pensions Scheme (5% employer contribution)
- Private medical insurance
- Permanent health insurance
- Life assurance
- Receive either the sum of £750 per annum as a travel allowance or reimbursement of carparking expenses via a pay as you go card at a local carpark (likely to be Farnham Road carpark)
- Travel option to apply for an interest free loan for a season ticket or parking permit
- Enhanced maternity/paternity pay (after sufficient service)
- Cash back scheme
- Comprehensive flexible benefits package including:
- Critical illness insurance
- Buy/Sell holiday scheme
- Dental insurance
- Cycle to work schemes
- Taste card
- Fun pass
- Give as you earn
- Discounted gym memberships and shopping
- Profit share and discretionary bonus schemes
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Description
The Role
We are recruiting a Knowledge Lawyer to support the Commercial & Technology practice.
The team is renowned for its commercial and technology work and is recognised for commercial, data protection and information technology in Legal 500 and Chambers with a Band One Chambers - South listing for information technology .
The focus of the role is to provide support to the lawyers on a wide range of high-quality commercial contract, advisory, IT and digital business-related work. The team also has within it a number of specialisms and sector interests such as franchising, retail, insurance, and ESG.
The role is available on either a full time or part time basis. As a firm we work flexibly and remote/hybrid working is available, with employees encouraged to be in the office at least 2 days per week (pro-rated for part time workers).
Qualifications and ExperienceKey Knowledge Lawyer Responsibilities:
The role is broad and priorities may alter from time to time, but typically involves:
Qualifications and Experience
Our ideal candidate will be an established commercial and technology knowledge lawyer. Some knowledge of data protection or competition law is an advantage, but not a prerequisite. You will need to be a qualified lawyer with significant relevant experience, and demonstrate you are or have:
