A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with 48 offices in 28 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you’re helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed an inclusive environment, and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.

Knowledge management

• Capturing know-how from lawyers;
• Coordinating and steering lawyers in the development of documents or their contribution to know-how projects;
• Organising and contributing to practice group knowledge meetings;
• Legal tech: initiate and/or promote the use of the most effective and innovative channels to market

Who we are looking for

• You obtained a Belgian Master in Law;
• You have a solid experience as a (knowledge) lawyer in the field of Corporate/M&A;
• You have an excellent command of English, French and Dutch;
• You have strong technical and analytical skills;
• You are dynamic and willing to take initiatives;
• You are proactive and like to take ownership;
• You have an outgoing approach, a good business sense and you are a strong team player

ROLE PURPOSE

To sustain its growth, A&O Shearman Belgium LLP is currently looking for a Knowledge Lawyer for our M&A practice. You will become part of an established Belgian Know-How team as well as the Belgian M&A team.
The Belgian Mergers & Acquisitions team consists of 26 specialist lawyers based in our Antwerp and Brussels offices. This leading practice offers Belgian and international clients a combination of in-depth knowledge of the local market with the reach and expertise of a global legal practice. The team draws on its considerable expertise across M&A, joint ventures, private equity, equity capital markets, restructurings and advisory work such as corporate governance to provide innovative and cost-effective solutions.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Key tasks and responsibilities of the Knowledge Lawyer M&A are:

Capitalising on legal expertise

• Monitoring, analysing and summarising legal developments while actively broadening your expertise in these areas;
• Encouraging lawyers in your practice to maintain and further develop their expertise level (by for example delivering trainings and presentations as well as writing practice notes);
• Contributing to and (when relevant) managing the practice group’s and firm-wide know-how projects and working groups;
• Using your own expertise to advise and provide assistance to lawyers, cross-selling your practice group expertise and responding to follow-up queries from other practice groups and offices.

Knowledge management

• Capturing know-how from lawyers;
• Coordinating and steering lawyers in the development of documents or their contribution to know-how projects;
• Organising and contributing to practice group knowledge meetings;
• Legal tech: initiate and/or promote the use of the most effective and innovative channels to market;

Client development

• Driving and contributing to thought leadership, proactively identifying business development opportunities;
• Identifying new/relevant legal trends in the business community and assessing impact thereof on our clients;
• Identifying relevant topics and drafting or contributing to publications, external e-alerts or tailored insights addressed to clients;
• Preparing and delivering trainings, webinars and seminars to clients;
• Providing legal input for client pitches.

Who we are looking for

• You obtained a Belgian Master in Law;
• You have a solid experience as a (knowledge) lawyer in the field of Corporate/M&A;
• You have an excellent command of English, French and Dutch;
• You have strong technical and analytical skills;
• You are dynamic and willing to take initiatives;
• You are proactive and like to take ownership;
• You have an outgoing approach, a good business sense and you are a strong team player.