Senior Associate Knowledge Lawyer 12-month FTC

Company Description

Who we are

We are one of the largest international law firms in the world. With over 30 offices across the globe, we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, providing them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, which combines the firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise.

Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages. We offer our clients a truly international perspective. We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating - full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That’s why we’re so proud of our inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work.

Our one firm global strategy is focused on targeted growth led by the needs of our core clients, those who we can best support with the breadth and depth of Clifford Chance expertise, across the sectors and geographies, which matter most to them.

You’ll find our clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations. But no matter who they are or why they’ve reached out to us, we provide a world-class service every step of the way. And that’s possible thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach to work that you’ll find across all of our teams.

Whichever area of the business you join, you’ll become an integral part an innovative, diverse and ambitious team of people. Clifford Chance is a place where the brightest minds and the best of colleagues meet.

Job Description

The Role

The firm's financial investor (FI) clients include the world's leading private equity firms, asset managers, alternative capital providers, insurers, real estate and infrastructure funds, pension and sovereign wealth funds, and family offices.

The Financial Investors Group offers clients a broad range of experience and capabilities, which extends across fund structuring and formation, to financing and deal execution, restructuring and disputes, as well as regulatory, ESG, antitrust, tax, technology and employment matters.

Financial Investors is our fastest growing client segment and forms a critical part of the firm's global business strategy.

This is an exciting opportunity for a maternity leave cover role to experience supporting Partners and lawyers in tracking legal and market developments which impact our financial investor clients, develop tailored thought leadership materials for FI clients to support revenue generation activities, and ensure information and knowledge is shared across the global practice to improve client service delivery levels.

Who you will work with

You will work closely with the FI Leadership Group and our Global Heads of Client & Market Development (CMD) and Brand, Communications and Marketing (BCM) for FI. 

You will also be part of our global knowledge network "KETL" which encompasses our Knowledge, Expertise and Thought Leadership activities.

What you will be responsible for

You will be responsible for collating market intelligence, legal and regulatory updates from our regional KETL lawyers and the FI Leadership Group, to identify hot topics and macroeconomic developments impacting our FI clients. This will encompass a broad range of asset classes and private capital activities including fund formation, investments, financing, tax, employment and regulatory developments.

Working in conjunction with our CMD and BCM teams, you will create legal content in the form of briefings, training presentations and other thought leadership materials to be used to support client development and revenue generation activities.

Your role will play an important part by enabling the FI group to maintain "up-to-the-minute private capital expertise" for the Firm's clients and ensuring our collective experience which is at the cutting edge of client work and legal developments is captured and utilised for the benefit of all across the FI group.

What you will do

From time to time your remit will extend to:

• Tracking and analysing forthcoming private capital legal, regulatory and compliance related developments in order to brief lawyers and Partners on their impact. This may include preparing briefings or client presentation materials for the client team to use.

• Supporting production of bespoke legal and regulatory developments briefings/updates for key clients and global thought leadership campaigns.

• Working with the Brand and Communication, and Client and Market Development team on the preparation of pitch mandates, deal teasers and marketing publications where the mandate requires input on private capital legal knowledge. 

• Assisting in the preparation and delivery of training programmes on private capital legislation issues, including best practice and ongoing legal and regulatory obligations.

• Working with the Firm's thought leadership board on firm wide campaigns and macroeconomic developments to ensure materials and knowledge insights are tailored for an FI client audience.

Qualifications

Your experience

You will be a senior lawyer with significant experience advising companies in the private capital market. You will have an excellent academic background. You will have strong drafting skills, good attention to detail, strong organisational skills and be proactive and committed to providing a first class service to our lawyers and clients.

You should also have strong communication and analytical skills along with a high level of commercial awareness. Your expertise will extend to legislative frameworks and developments for private capital related law, with a strong track record of keeping abreast of legal implications in this fast-evolving space.

How we will support you

You will have varied opportunities to grow and development your skills and knowledge. From formal training, informal coaching and mentoring through to skills-based and technical training and on the job learning.

Additional Information

Hybrid Working

This role follows our 'balanced' hybrid working approach and as long as business needs allow, you will be supported to work in a hybrid way with the expectation of working from the office for a minimum of 50% of your time

Equal opportunities statement

At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society.

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.

We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm. 

Find out more about our inclusive culture here