Job Description

Senior Knowledge Paralegal

Location

London

Practice Area/Department

Dispute Resolution

PQE Level

N/A

Job Title

Senior Knowledge Paralegal

Closing Date

21-Aug-2024

Work Type

Full Time

Description

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Travers Smith

An award-winning city law firm. We build lasting relationships with public and private sector clients. It is Travers Smith's purpose to provide the very highest quality of service to our clients whilst enabling our people to achieve professional fulfilment in a supportive, inclusive and enjoyable working environment.

Department

Renowned for leading on both civil and commercial matters, our Dispute Resolution team excels in handling diverse and challenging cases covering complex commercial litigation, arbitration, contentious regulatory work, investigations, and ADR.

The Dispute Resolution team holds a strong international presence and has accrued vast experience in national, international, and cross-border litigation disputes. Ambassadors of the firm's collegiate working environment, the Dispute Resolution team often works in partnership with other departments to ensure our clients receive a comprehensive service.

Those within the Dispute Resolution team strongly adhere to the departmental vision of:

• Providing the highest quality of work to ensure we maintain our position as market leaders.
• Facilitating a nurturing and supportive environment for all employees, whilst upholding the firm's cultural values.
• Building upon professional ambitions and personal development.

The Role

You will be expected to provide paralegal support and report in the first instance to the Dispute Resolution Knowledge Lawyers. Beyond that, and on an ad hoc basis, you may also be expected to provide paralegal support to other lawyers within the DR department. Ultimately you will be responsible to the partners within the DR department. You will proactively contribute to the department and, ultimately, the firm's success by actively seeking to anticipate the needs of the DR knowledge team and fee earning lawyers in the DR team, in addition to having a full understanding and supporting the crucial administrative processes that help the team function to the best of its ability.

You will be expected to take responsibility for a varied workload and to communicate effectively. As well as working directly with the department's lawyers, you will be working closely with various non-legal colleagues to ensure a seamless and collaborative support function is available and adds value to the department.

Key Responsibilities

Know-How Tasks

• Monitoring various sources for legal and regulatory developments in DR.
• Maintaining the departments know-how resources including uploading and correctly labelling and organising documents.

Intranet Management

• Monitoring and maintaining the department's intranet pages (e.g., ensuring the content is up to date, relevant and branded, in keeping with house styles).
• Maintaining know-how and guidance notes on the intranet (e.g., uploading and correctly labelling and organising documents on the intranet).

Training and Meetings

• Supporting the DR Knowledge Lawyers with organising the department's various training programmes, including liaising with the speakers (both internal and occasionally external) and ensuring that all logistics are in place and that materials (prepared by the DR Knowledge Team and/or fee earners), recordings and training schedules are uploaded to the intranet after each training session and kept up to date.
• Delivering training sessions to the DR trainees twice-annually on practical legal topics, such as Bundling and CE-File, and ensuring the relevant training materials are up to date and uploaded to the intranet pages.

Business Development Related Tasks

• Assisting with drafting and research for client briefings and external publications.
• Assisting with BD-related tasks (e.g., collating information for market trends guides, pitches, etc.).

Legal and Technical Tasks

The DR Knowledge Team would encourage the Knowledge Paralegal, under relevant supervision, to become involved in the technical knowledge work undertaken for their own development, as follows:

• Undertaking legal research tasks for the DR Knowledge Team.
• Drafting short-form precedents and processing technical updates to DR precedents under supervision.
• Compiling internal data from client work.
• Assisting with answering practical and legal questions from fee-earners within the Dispute Resolution department and across the firm.

Key Stakeholders

• The DR Knowledge Lawyers.
• Departmental Partners including Head of DR
• Consultants
• Associates
• Trainees
• Paralegal colleagues

Personal Specification - Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Strong computer skills, including proficiency with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and a willingness to learn to use other professional software (MS Sharepoint).
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently both independently and in a team setting.
• Ability and willingness to work proactively.
• Ability to assume responsibility for assigned projects and tasks.
• Ability to handle confidential/sensitive matters.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments, shifting priorities and competing deadlines.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Flexibility to adjust hours to meet operating needs.
• Law Degree / GDL.
• LPC desirable.

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