International Key Client Knowledge Lawyer

We are looking to invest in the Knowledge support we provide to our international key clients through the recruitment of an International Key Client Knowledge Lawyer.

The International Key Client Knowledge Lawyer will advise, support and co-ordinate the delivery of Osborne Clarke Knowledge to international key clients. This will be achieved through training, legal insights, market updates, thought leadership pieces, and horizon scanning initiatives. You will work directly with clients and our Key Client Teams to deepen relationships, open up new areas and service lines, and support clients in their future strategy.

Reporting to the Director of Knowledge, you will have responsibility for developing bespoke products, including the use of digital platforms, that enrich our clients' experience of Osborne Clarke. Those products will emphasise our international reach and expertise across a range of service line, sector and transformation topics, whilst displaying our acknowledged strengths in user-friendly, approachable and commercially-focused client knowledge.

This is a permanent role, ideally being recruited on a full time basis, but we are happy to consider applicants looking to work four days a week. The role can be based in Bristol, Reading or London and can involve some international travel.

Our Knowledge Team

You will sit within a highly supportive, innovative and purposeful Knowledge Team.

Our Knowledge Team consists of 24 Knowledge Lawyers and 16 other Knowledge-focused professionals, all currently based in the UK. We work closely with the Lawyer and Sales & Marketing teams across our European, Asian and US offices.

What you'll do

This is a new role and it will be for you - working with the Director of Knowledge, International Head of CRM and other stakeholders - to shape the role so that you are quickly established as a key contributor to our international profile and our most important client relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with our International Client Relationship Partners to understand the Knowledge needs of our international key clients and how knowledge can be used to deepen and broaden our client relationships.
• Leading on the creation, design and content of bespoke Knowledge products for clients in our International Key Client Programme. As a Lawyer or Knowledge Lawyer/PSL the expectation is that you will both produce some of this content and also commission authors across our European, Asian and US offices to create content for those products.
• Identifying legal and market topics and themes on which we should create international client-facing products, always within the framework of our service line, sector and transformations approach; and applying creative thought to the content, structure and appearance of those products so that they are differentiated from our competitors' products.
• Driving these products from their point of conception to their delivery to our clients and, where these products can be repurposed, to our wider international audience, working closely with teams including Osborne Clarke Solutions and our Sales & Marketing Team, in an efficient and timely way and using production techniques and strategies which recognise the constraints on lawyer time.
• Understanding what content can be created by our Knowledge Lawyers and shaping that content into a more international context; and building your own network of authors and business development professionals across our international offices.

What we're looking for

You are already a proactive client-facing Lawyer or Knowledge Lawyer/PSL and are ambitious to move into this new and strategic role. You are a proactive, self-starting, motivated and enthusiastic lawyer, communicator and team player.

It would also help if you have:

• Fee earning or Knowledge experience in one or more of our chosen Sectors.
• A strong understanding that an international focus is at the heart this role, and that you will be expected to have an 'international first' approach in all your activities.
• A rigorously client-orientated approach, with the ability to think laterally and to develop ideas in relation to business opportunities and products so that those products appeal to our clients and wider audience internationally.
• The skills and drive needed to generate the confidence of others and influence their actions, particularly at Partner and senior Business Services level across our international business; and the networking ability needed to obtain the buy-in of relevant Lawyers and Business Services professionals across our international business.
• Enthusiasm for presenting technical legal and regulatory issues in a clear, innovative and professional way to our clients and wider audience.
• A demonstrable existing interest in client knowledge activities, preferably with prior experience of - and confidence in - both writing content and in presenting, together with strong oral and communication skills.
• The ability to make progress without undue process, theorising, upward management or over-complication.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

Our recruitment process

We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Patrick Fermin Ryan (Recruitment Advisor) on 0117 917 3517 or email patrick.ferminryan@osborneclarke.com

Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

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