Overview:
Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.
We are a collegial and collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.
If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Knowledge Management department in our London office as a Construction Knowledge Counsel.
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
- Leading, advising and generating ideas on the development and delivery of the team’s knowledge management (“KM”) strategy to align with the team’s business objectives and the firm’s global strategy.
- Clearing and consistently communicating the KM strategy to the team.
- Regularly engaging and working with partners and fee-earners to inform priorities and strategic decisions on KM initiatives for the team.
- Helping improve and develop the team’s internal knowledge processes and systems including data collection.
LEGAL KNOWLEDGE
- Monitoring and keeping the team up-to-date and ahead of the curve on important developments in relevant law or business environment.
- Advising on and continuing to develop the department’s expertise in relation to the new Building Safety Act requirements.
- Leading on the drafting, updating and maintenance of the team’s knowledge resources, in particular standard forms and precedent documents (including the team’s precedent building contracts, forms of appointments, collateral warranties and ancillary construction documents), to ensure the team has access to first rate materials.
- Developing materials to assist the team in making processes more efficient and streamlined.
- Capturing, curating and maintaining, via the firm’s “Global Knowledge Bank” (GKB) and the team’s intranet site, market-leading knowledge resources, which include in particular standard forms, precedent documents, best practices, how-to memos, legal research documents and other relevant resources.
- Advising and acting as a “sounding board” for partners and fee-earners on technical legal queries and, where appropriate, giving advice directly to clients.
- Advising on and mitigating risk for the team by keeping abreast of legal and regulatory developments that may impact the team’s practice, working closely with its risk partners and the firm’s Legal Risk Management team.
- Working with partners and fee-earners to create new and improve existing processes to capture practice-related knowledge content and promote a culture of sharing information, knowledge and experience generally across the team.
EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience practising as a construction lawyer for an international top-ranked law firm.
- Excellent technical legal knowledge and expertise in a broad range of construction matters.
- Proficient with construction industry standard forms including the JCT, NEW and FIDIC suites of contract. Proficient with EPC and EPCM contracting.
- High professional standards with a passion for delivering a quality product.
- Excellent drafting and research skills.
- Well-developed organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Understanding of different learning processes and methods of training.
- Excellent people skills and a good, clear communication style.
- Ability to work effectively within an established, close-knit team.
- Ability to confidently interact with people at all levels and build credibility and relationships in all areas of the business.
- A commercial and pragmatic outlook.
- Self-motivated and possesses a very pro-active independent attitude to owning and progressing workflows.
At Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed.
Our culture promotes mutual respect, acceptance, cooperation and productivity among people from all backgrounds and values different perspectives and ideas.
One of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote diversity and inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our diversity networks - LGBT+, Fusion (Race & Ethnicity), Multi-faith, Women, Enable (Disability) and Work and Me (Family).
We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.
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