Knowledge Lawyer, Corporate

1 month ago

Sydney, Australia Herbert Smith Freehills Full time
JOB DESCRIPTION

About Herbert Smith Freehills

As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.

We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.


The Opportunity

We are seeking a Knowledge Lawyer to join our Corporate team to be based in any of our Australian offices - Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth or Sydney. We encourage applications from lawyers seeking full-time or part-time flexible work arrangements.

The Knowledge lawyer plays an important role to provide our lawyers and partners with ready access to and benefit from current, practical and useful specific resources to deliver outcomes for clients more efficiently, accurately, and skilfully.

Key responsibilities sit within two categories:

Knowledge Management:

Designing and coordinating the facilitation of a Corporate legal training program Leveraging relationships and understanding of the different areas of practice within Corporate to develop annual knowledge plans in line with our strategic ambitions Collaboration with each Corporate team to compile and curate their knowledge resources and utilise appropriate platforms to make these resources readily available Managing Corporate precedent generation and updates.

Projects:

Liaising and collaborating with central firm functions to deliver on key firmwide projects

To be successful in this role, you will have:

a law degree at least 5 years' post qualification legal experience. Experience with a Corporate law practice group will be highly regarded an ability to establish a high level of credibility in the firm and act as a trusted adviser to partners, legal staff and business services staff sound judgment on legal, strategic and commercial issues proven experience in initiating and delivering activities that contribute to meeting the firm’s strategic objectives excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including collaboration and influencing skills strong drafting skills; and solid IT skills with the ability to proficiently utilise platforms such as Sharepoint, iManage, Teams, and other relevant technologies.

If you are seeking a new and exciting career move, or you are currently a Professional Support Lawyer or Knowledge Lawyer who is searching for a fresh challenge, we would love to hear from you.

The Team

The Corporate practice group guide some of the world’s leading corporates, commercial organisations, investment banks, financial institutions, governments and public sector bodies through all stages of their corporate development across a broad range of sectors.

Herbert Smith Freehills is proud to be awarded Number 1 'Attraction Firm' (Lawyers Weekly Legal Firm of Choice 2022-23), Law Firm of the Year (Australasian Law Awards, 2021) and Most Innovative International Law Firm, Asia Pacific (Financial Times Awards 2020).

What you can expect from us:

We're a world leading international law firm with a global team of over 5,000 professionals. As the market leader in Australia, we are committed to high performance, collaboration, diversity and digital innovation. We are client-centred, commercially driven, and renowned for our solution-focused expertise. We will align your growth with our ambitions. We make your personal and professional growth our business. And as part of the team, our ambition is yours too. Wherever you are in your career: grow and help the firm grow with you. We will provide opportunities to learn on the job as well as a mix of learning opportunities tailored to you. Daily experiences, supportive challenges, team collaboration, mentors, and structured learning opportunities help you to expand your knowledge and reach your goals. We value your wellbeing, both at home and work and we place a strong emphasis on mental health. If you need support, you'll have it and we'll empower you to harness your personal strengths, navigate uncertainty, embrace opportunities, and effectively manage things within your control. For more benefits on offer such as our 26 weeks paid parental leave, holistic wellbeing fund or home office allowance please click/ copy this link into your browser - Join us to be part of a human, bold and outstanding team at Australia's market leading law firm.

We encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to First Nations, LGBTIQA+ and Neurodivergent individuals, as well as individuals of all ages, cultures, genders, and abilities. We're a safe, inclusive, and equitable workplace and celebrate the diversity of our people.

Team

Projects, Energy & Infra

Working Pattern

Full time

Location

Sydney

Contract type

Permanent Contract

Diversity & Inclusion

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.

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