The Team

Knowledge team:

The Knowledge function at Norton Rose Fulbright is highly regarded and plays a critical role in ensuring that every client benefits from the collective knowledge and experience of the whole organisation. The firm is committed to making the contribution and sharing of knowledge a core part of the firm's culture and views how we use our knowledge as key to business growth and client care. Norton Rose Fulbright has a team of knowledge professionals dedicated to the standards, sharing and systems that will help us achieve this goal across the whole organisation. This includes knowledge lawyers, knowledge managers, library and information experts and systems specialists. Knowledge at Norton Rose Fulbright is centered on five key pillars - Campaigns, Precedents, Advisory, Training and Digital and Innovation.

The Knowledge Lawyer position reports into our Knowledge Counsel.

Singapore Banking team:

The role would involve supporting our Banking and Finance teams in Singapore as well as providing some support to the other teams in Singapore and the Asia region more broadly. As one of the largest law firms in Singapore, we are recognized for our strengths in banking and finance, dispute resolution, international arbitration and corporate, M&A and securities across a range of industries, including aviation, shipping, energy, financial services, technology, infrastructure and commodities. We provide international law advice, and through our Formal Law Alliance with Ascendant Legal, we give clients direct access to Singapore law advice, particularly in the areas of corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration bankruptcy and regulation and investigations. In addition to our Singapore presence, we are active across Asia, advising leading global and regional corporations on transactions in Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Pakistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

The Role

We are recruiting a Knowledge Lawyer to support the Banking and Finance teams as well as to provide some support to the other teams in Singapore and the Asia region more broadly.

The role would involve:

Drafting materials for external or internal publications and identifying topics of interest and likely candidates for articles
Carrying out analysis of latest and important developments in the law (with particular emphasis on banking and finance) and business environment and ensuring dissemination of knowledge, internally and externally
Providing knowledge support to business development initiatives, including supporting client campaigns and initiatives
Advising lawyers and discussing the legal issues which they face in their transactions and matters (including structuring advice), and providing assistance to lawyers in their research
Maintaining existing precedents and drafting new precedents, especially APLMA and security documents, to ensure that they reflect changes in law, regulation, market standards, firm policy and best practice
Maintaining existing practice notes, drafting new practice notes and assisting in their drafting
Supporting the teams with research and publications on legal developments or new areas of law and drafting or maintaining client guides
Planning, organising, preparing and delivering legal and industry focused training to trainees, fee-earners and clients
Supporting strategy and business group meetings and taking an active role in supporting the activities of those groups
Promoting the use of and keeping up to date systems for knowledge collection and dissemination (research notes, transactional documents / bibles, training material etc.)
Promoting the use of new technologies and tools to fee earners
Supporting the delivery of the central Knowledge strategy, including relevant departmental and pillar strategies
Managing and implementing the relevant team Knowledge Plan(s) and the Knowledge Investment Hours policy

Skills and Experience Required

Qualified lawyer with significant legal experience in Banking and Finance (we are open to candidates from different areas of expertise within Banking and Finance)
5 years UK equivalent PQE
Qualification in England & Wales and/or Singapore preferred
Experience in designing and delivering successful, interesting and innovative training programmes, targeted at the audience
Effective interpersonal skills and ability to work with a variety of personalities across all levels of the organisation
Experience in or strong interest in the collation, storage, creation and delivery of knowledge
Project management experience and demonstrated creativity in problem solving
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Excellent drafting and legal research skills (including new/unfamiliar areas of law)
Commercial awareness and business/client-orientated approach
Self-motivated and commitment to high professional standards and excellent work quality
Strong IT skills with interest and aptitude with learning and rolling out new tools and technology

Competencies

Engages in business development, including supporting client relationships and client facing initiatives
Exceptional organisational skills with initiative and flexibility in adapting to changing priorities
Identifies opportunities to develop thought-leadership and insightful training materials
Strong client focus and demonstrated commitment to outstanding service delivery
Strong IT skills and familiarity with document management software
Ability to exercise commercial judgement, high level of confidentiality and diplomacy at all times
Ability to work under pressure, both autonomously and as a team member
Demonstrates a high level of initiative, problem solving and decision-making and, where required, tenacity

Mid-Senior Knowledge Lawyer: Banking and Finance