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Knowledge Lawyer (part-time) - Litigation

City of London Permanent View Job Description
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Knowledge Lawyer to join a successful and growing Commercial Litigation team on a part-time basis. Working closely with senior knowledge management professionals and fee-earners across multiple jurisdictions, you will play a key role in driving legal know-how, training, innovation, and best practice within the disputes practice.
  • Shape legal innovation and knowledge strategy in a leading disputes team
  • Flexible part-time opportunity with high-quality international work

About Our Client

Our client is a highly regarded international professional services firm with a long-established reputation for advising high-profile individuals, businesses, and institutions on complex legal matters. Operating across key financial centres in Europe, North America, and Asia, the firm is known for its collaborative culture, international reach, and commitment to delivering exceptional client service.The organisation combines a high-performance environment with a people-focused approach, encouraging innovation, knowledge sharing, and cross-border collaboration. Employees benefit from working alongside market-leading professionals on intellectually stimulating and often high-profile matters.

Job Description

Key responsibilities include:

  • Supporting the development, planning, and delivery of the team's training and education programme
  • Preparing training materials, sourcing external speakers, chairing sessions, and delivering training
  • Monitoring legal developments in commercial litigation and communicating updates through alerts, bulletins, and presentations
  • Reviewing, updating, and maintaining precedents, templates, and guidance materials
  • Encouraging and coordinating contributions to the firm's knowledge management systems
  • Creating new know-how resources where gaps are identified
  • Providing guidance on legal and procedural issues and assisting with complex legal research
  • Supporting the assessment, testing, implementation, and adoption of legal technology and AI solutions
  • Working with risk and compliance teams to maintain relevant procedures and documentation
  • Acting as a key liaison between the litigation practice and wider business services functions
  • Contributing thought leadership and initiatives to enhance efficiency and knowledge sharing across the team

The Successful Applicant

Applicants will ideally possess:

  • Qualified Solicitor in England & Wales
  • Minimum 5 years' PQE gained in international commercial litigation
  • Strong academic credentials
  • Experience in insolvency, fraud, white-collar crime, data protection or related specialist areas would be advantageous
  • Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail
  • Outstanding communication, stakeholder management, and project management abilities
  • Strong legal research skills and familiarity with key legal resources and reporting tools
  • A genuine interest in legal knowledge management, training, and professional development
  • Interest in legal technology, AI developments, and innovation within legal services
  • The ability to build strong relationships across teams, seniority levels, and jurisdictions
  • A proactive, collaborative, and self-motivated approach

What's on Offer

  • Part-time opportunity, ideally four days per week
  • Flexible working arrangements considered
  • Hybrid working model with 2-3 days in the office
  • Exposure to complex, cross-border commercial disputes
  • Opportunity to shape legal knowledge, training, and innovation strategy
  • Collaborative and supportive international environment
  • Competitive remuneration and comprehensive flexible benefits package
  • Long-term career development within a respected global organisation
Contact
Tom Mastin-Lee
Quote job ref
JN-082026-7088291
Phone number
+442072692143

Job summary

Job function
Legal
Subsector
Litigation
Sector
Business Services
Where
City of London
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Tom Mastin-Lee
Consultant phone
+442072692143
Job reference
JN-082026-7088291