Professional Support Lawyer

5 days ago

London, United Kingdom Ortus Group Full time

Title - Professional Support Lawyer

Area of Law - Private Client


Ortus Group are working with a international law firm to attract a senior Professional Support Lawyer to join their leading Private Client Practice. This full service law firm has offices all over the globe and are ranked in the top tier of Legal 500 rankings for over 40 different practice areas.


The firm have a international leading private client practice and we now have a real need to attract a high quality Professional Support Lawyer to join the growing team. The PSL in each Division report into a senior KDL, who is the Knowledge Lead or Knowledge Counsel for that Division. This role sits within the Private Client Division, which is one of four Divisions across the Firm, supporting the complex tax, trusts and succession planning work across the two groups (UK and International) and working collaboratively with KDLs in other Divisions. All PSL are expected to contribute to Knowledge-wide initiatives and projects.


Skills and experience required:

An experienced and technically excellent lawyer, with 7 years+ PQE, with experience in tax, international tax, trusts and succession planning.


Role and Responsibilities:

Internal

• Working collaboratively with the Knowledge Counsel and other key stakeholders to develop and implement a Knowledge Plan for Private Client (UK) and Private Client (International) in order to clearly identify and develop key internal resources and training to support the Business Plans of each of the groups

• Drafting, reviewing, maintaining and updating key internal resources (precedents, practice notes, checklists, toolkits, clause banks) in line with the Knowledge Plan

• Collecting and reviewing know-how from lawyers, making it available via the Knowledge systems • Working proactively with the Research & Information Services team to identify resources and develop coherent systems and processes for scanning the horizon and tracking legal and regulatory developments

• Preparing the annual external training budget in line with the needs of the group and development of individuals

• Preparing regular updates and bulletins on developments in tax, trusts, succession

• Arranging Knowledge meetings (agendas, content, presenting updates and facilitating Q&A)

• Advising and assisting lawyers across practice groups with technical queries and issues, encouraging in all lawyers a confident and competent use of existing resources


External

• Identifying and exploiting opportunities to deliver advice and guidance on Private Client legal issues to the Firm’s clients e.g. through client briefings, client training and other value add services • Identifying opportunities to use Knowledge to enhance the Firm’s reputation within the market including supporting individuals to develop their profiles as thought leaders by assisting them with the drafting of sector commentary articles, technical briefings and short online posts, liaising with our PR team to spot opportunities for thought leadership pieces

• Supporting the Knowledge Counsel with wider thought leadership initiatives.


The ideal candidate will be:

• A capable, experienced lawyer with proven effectiveness in a commercial and pressurised environment

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills

• Strong analytical and research skills

• Excellent drafting skills and the ability to flex easily from client pieces to technical legal documents • Ability to inspire confidence at every level of the business

• A highly collaborative worker

• Ability to quickly develop own networks and use them effectively

• Self-aware, capable and proactive with the ability to work independently

• Displays a growth mindset and the ability to view challenges and change as opportunities

• Ability to cascade knowledge and develop the skills of others

• Commercial awareness, financial acumen and a business-like approach to legal practice

• Desire and ability to be involved in using technology to improve processes and bring efficiency


Roles like this do not come up often, this is an opportunity to join a tier one private client practice as a non fee earner but still have influence over the practice and be recognised as an important key stakeholder within the team.


Please get in touch to find out more

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