Disputes Senior Manager

2 weeks ago


Belfast, United Kingdom Allen & Overy Full time
Role Overview

The Innovation Lead – Global Disputes will play a pivotal role in driving efficiency and business growth within the Disputes department at A&O Shearman. This individual will work closely with the Global Head of Innovation – Disputes to identify opportunities for innovation and resolve pain points, ultimately improving the experience of lawyers in local markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of the Disputes practice areas and matter types, growth strategy, client strategy, and regional priorities and challenges to enable identification of opportunities for innovation and resolve pain points.
• Use a deep understanding of innovation capabilities to inform how different Disputes teams might leverage relevant tools and services and grow their use of relevant areas of expertise on matters and in the context of other client engagements.
• Leverage data and forums to identify need and opportunities for increased use of technology, alternative resourcing solutions, and client solutions across Disputes teams and coordinate the engagement with relevant innovation teams.
• Support the development of an annual innovation growth plan based on the Disputes strategic priorities and agree key objectives and KPIs with relevant innovation teams and Disputes management.
• Work with the eDiscovery team to assist in the use of current A&O tools – RelativityOne and Opus2.
• Support the management and progress of existing Working Groups across the Disputes department and identify the need and opportunities to launch new Working Groups.
• Input into Disputes strategy and global initiatives as appropriate, including supporting with client strategy projects, forums, and steering committees.
• Keep the Disputes department informed of developments in innovation and examples of use across the network, through relevant forums, groups, and internal communications.
• Draft and deliver educational elements such as online training sessions to share and develop best practice.
• Support in building engagement between innovation teams and the Disputes department, including senior stakeholders.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will be an experienced lawyer with 5+ years' experience working in Disputes, ideally within an international law firm. They will have experience with relevant tech tools used in the Disputes space and familiarity with technological solutions and tools such as Relativity. The successful candidate will be able to foster excellent relationships and work in partnership with senior stakeholders to influence decisions and offer effective solutions. They will possess a high-level of interpersonal skills and be adept at reading and communicating with people at all levels. Additionally, they will have a high degree of initiative to seek new areas of opportunity, be creative, persistent, and resourceful in coming up with solutions to complex problems, and take pride in influencing the success of other teams with the ability to work at pace and under pressure. They will also have a process-driven mindset with excellent attention to detail and the ability to prioritise and multi-task. Experience working with large, multi-jurisdictional teams and managing large projects is also essential. The candidate will be flexible with respect to assigned tasks and engagements due to changing deadlines, deliverables, and task priorities.

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