Professional Support Lawyer Americas International Arbitration

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Professional Support Lawyer, Americas International Arbitration
Duties: Monitor legal developments through the use of journals, internet resources and daily alerts. Filter and contextualize information so that the partners and associates receive only relevant information with useful commentary. Prepare regular current awareness newsletters/legal updates and alerts – collating and circulating email updates addressing new/interesting case law, articles and know-how. Use own knowledge and expertise to identify trends in the law or business environment with particular emphasis on International Arbitration and help the Group to develop new legal products, identify possible new services, and suggest innovative ways to deliver the Firm’s services more efficiently to its clients. Work with Firm Research and Information Services Team to determine requirements and policies and to implement processes regarding practice-related current awareness and alerts from internal and external sources. Issue spot and author/edit and publish research on legal developments or new areas of law relevant to the Group. Participate in industry events relevant to the practice of the Group where appropriate to raise the Firm’s profile as a thought leader and leverage knowledge gained for the benefit of the Group. Be a source of legal, market and practical expertise for all members of the Group and more widely around the Firm, including the provision of direct support for client matters where appropriate. Work with the Group and other Professional Support teams to identify practice-related training needs of the Group; organize, design and deliver (personally or with others) Group training, including seminars, workshops and offsite training. Work with the wider Professional Support Team to develop any global training programs, as required by the Partners. Be involved in firm wide training programs, as required, including core training programs and induction courses, such as the Group’s oral advocacy training programs. Mentor trainees and associates. Identify useful standard forms together with the Group’s leadership and develop forms and accompanying notes. Ensure standard forms are updated to reflect changes in law, regulation, market standards and best practice. Conduct matter debriefs for precedent collection and matter/market analysis. Create practice notes and other useful know-how. Operate and implement procedures for capturing, filtering, storing, accessing and disseminating know-how within group. Develop material on Firm intranet / KM systems and encourage fee-earners to use Connect, KM systems and other know-how sources. Work with the Group, the EMEA Arbitration Professional Support team and the Marketing Department to identify opportunities to develop business from new and existing clients through writing articles and briefing notes and preparing and delivering client training, etc. Support with the drafting of the substantive legal parts of client pitches. Work with the Group and Marketing Department to establish processes to capture matter descriptions and categorizations in the Matter Profiling System. Be a champion for rolling out new knowledge and practice technology systems and processes including participate in the inductions of new joiners/Summer Associates with other Professional Support Lawyers. Contribute to global knowledge programs and projects to support Firm collaboration and efficiency and to enhance legal expertise across the Firm. Assist lawyers with queries. Attend regular global, regional and practice meetings of Professional Support and Business Development, Knowledge and Marketing. Attend external training and conferences to keep up-to-date with relevant developments in the law, business environment and professional support.

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