An exciting opportunity for a Litigation Knowledge Lawyer, or a
mid-level to senior Litigation lawyer looking to move away from a
traditional fee earning role, to join us as the Knowledge Lawyer for
our Commercial & Banking Litigation (CBL) team, which is part of
the wider Commercial Disputes Group.
RPC's CBL team acts for a wide range of clients, from large
corporates to high-net-worth individuals, in complex litigation and
arbitration. The team has a particular focus on banking and financial
markets disputes, civil fraud and asset recovery, competition
disputes, company and shareholder disputes, trusts and wealth disputes
and international arbitration. The Litigation Knowledge Lawyer will
support all these focus areas. They will be part of the wider
Knowledge & Legal Technology department but will be dedicated to
the CBL team.
This is a full-time role based from our London office. We will
consider flexible working requests for the right candidate.
Key responsibilities:
Current Awareness: Assist with horizon scanning, keep up to date
with legal, business and industry developments and assist with
disseminating relevant information to our lawyers and clients.
BD: Raise the profile of the CBL team and cement client
relationships by drafting and assisting with briefing notes, legal
insights and thought leadership content for external and internal consumption.
Precedents: Draft, develop and maintain the team's litigation precedents.
To execute litigation training, content and knowledge projects for
the CBL team in line with the firm's knowledge strategy.
Training: Assist with trainee knowledge development.
Know How: Work with the central Knowledge & Legal Technology
department, to proactively capture and disseminate know how to
demonstrate best practice.
Knowledge projects: Execute discrete knowledge projects. Assist
the Associate Director of Knowledge & Legal Technology and other
Knowledge Lawyers to establish a central and consistent approach to
knowledge management. This will involve a commitment to firm-wide
knowledge projects.
Research: Undertake complex legal research and respond to
technical commercial litigation queries to provide support on client
matters and business development activities.
Intranet: Maintain and develop the CBL team's intranet pages
including responsibility for keeping up to date the firm's
Litigation Hub.
Knowledge, skills and experience
A Knowledge Lawyer, or a fee earner with at least 5 years' experience.
Broad experience of commercial litigation and arbitration.
Ability to contribute technical expertise on complex client issues
to support an excellent client service.
Enthusiastic about working in a knowledge role and bringing a
proactive mindset to providing the best support to fee earners.
An interest in the impact of emerging technology, including
generative AI, on litigation.
Proactively develops and maintains a network of contacts to
develop market intelligence and knowhow.
Works efficiently and commercially, with an ability to undertake
multiple complex projects, and work across functions to share
resource and bring together the best combination of skills to
deliver strategic priorities.
Collaborative and works effectively in a team.
Understands how to develop junior team members and support their ambitions.
Committed to being part of a supportive, inclusive and
collaborative firm culture.
