This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced lawyer to join our
Knowledge team within our Legal Delivery & Innovation group.
The legal industry is undergoing a significant period of change - the
adoption of technology and remote/hybrid working offers opportunities
for law firms to reinvent the way we deliver our services. A Knowledge
team is an important part of this cultural change by helping to
re-engineer our approach to legal services, and by providing content
to power technology and products. At Clyde & Co, our Knowledge
team sits at the heart of our Legal Delivery & Innovation group,
offering a chance to get directly involved in our change programme.
The Role
To provide support to fee-earners in our Dispute Resolution group
(the Group) in the MEA region
To focus on streamlining our internal approach to the conduct of
dispute matters, to achieve efficiency savings
To co-ordinate with the other PSLs to provide cross practice
support on legal developments and precedents in MEA, and with
contentious PSLs in other offices
Key Responsibilities
Monitoring legal developments, legal trends and regulatory
changes, analysing key impacts, and communicate this to the Group,
incorporating these changes into other knowledge work products in
the Group and more widely (including the creation of market-facing
content, and precedent/practice guidance amendments)
Promoting the contribution of know-how, and instigating processes
to maximise contributions (including attendance at Group meetings,
regular Group reminders, end of matter de-briefs etc.)
Building greater cross practice area connections between other
professional support lawyers in the MEA region and other
professional support lawyers with the same role globally
Creating and maintaining of precedents, templates, standard
advice, and process maps needed by the Group to promote efficient,
streamlined work production and support delegation
Assessing and developing best practice guidelines to support the
different stages of the Group's matters, in conjunction with the
Group partners, risk, and other stakeholders
Identifying innovative approaches to the improvement of service
delivery in both technology and process
Supporting the Group's training (in the MEA Region and where
appropriate globally) by providing input into the curriculum, as
well as developing training and presentation materials (including
e-learning modules) and delivering modules as required
Supporting the Group's external client training by developing
training and presentation materials and delivering modules as
required; in particular, identifying opportunities to recycle
internal training materials to offer clients "added value" services
Candidate Requirements
Qualified lawyer in a common law jurisdiction, with at least five
years' post qualification experience as an arbitration/disputes lawyer
Regional experience preferable
Previous experience in a PSL/knowledge role, or track record in
supporting knowledge projects, helpful
Innovation mindset, with a focus on re-engineering working practices
A keen interest in lawtech, with prior experience of using new
technology very helpful (portals, workflow tools etc)
Good analytical skills, with a keen instinct towards pragmatic solutions
Excellent communication skills and an ability to build
relationships with internal fee-earners and external suppliers and clients
Team player, with a proven ability to lead a project to successful completion
Clyde & Co
Clyde & Co is a global law firm which has quadrupled in size over
the past decade.Revenues from the firm's 50+ offices* worldwide rose
to £627million for the last financial year.The firm has over 1800 fee
earners, across six continents, with 4000 staff advising corporates,
financial institutions, private individuals and governments.
Clyde & Co, MEA
With over 30 years' experience in the region and the largest presence
of any international law firm, we pride ourselves on being able to
help clients recognise and overcome the challenges of doing business
in the Middle East.
Our more than 40 partners and 150 legal professionals work from four
offices located across the region. Our Dubai office acts as a central
hub for our regional operations that include offices in Abu Dhabi in
the UAE, Doha in Qatar and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Our large regional
presence enables us to support our clients across the full spectrum of
their corporate and commercial needs throughout the GCC (Gulf
Cooperation Council) and wider Levant.
Our deep sector knowledge covers insurance, energy, transport,
infrastructure, marine and trade as well as aviation, education,
defence, finance, healthcare, hospitality and technology.
