Knowledge Lawyer - Banking & Finance (m/w/x)

Knowledge Management Lawyer - Banking

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Knowledge Management Lawyer to join our banking practice in Germany.

About the Role

• Monitor key legal developments and disseminate to lawyers in the practice, considering the impact on internal knowledge products, profile raising, and business development potential.
• Create and update internal knowledge products (e.g., standard forms, practice notes, and other "toolkits" and resources) with lawyers in the practice to identify products offering the most value-add.
• Work with partners and other senior stakeholders to develop house views on legal developments or market practice.
• Capture insights from client mandates, draw out trends and themes, and share internally, reflecting them as needed in internal knowledge products or internal training.
• Engage lawyers in the practice at all levels, encouraging know-how contribution, direct access to know-how systems, and collaboration on knowledge projects.

Responsibilities

• Enable the firm's lawyers to provide market-leading client service by monitoring key legal developments and disseminating to lawyers in the practice.
• Help grow the business of the firm and strengthen client relationships by understanding the business agenda of the firm and the practice area, identifying opportunities for client-facing knowledge products and thought leadership, and contributing to larger publications and articles.
• Develop the legal skills of the firm's lawyers by acting as an internal advisor, designing, delivering, and contributing to internal training, and engaging lawyers in the practice at all levels in delivering and contributing to internal training.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with a strong academic background.
• A high level of relevant successful experience as a fee-earner or a knowledge management lawyer/professional support lawyer (or a combination) in a banking practice, with broad experience in general finance law.
• Native or professional fluency in German and professional fluency in English.