Knowledge Lawyer- Fintech

This is an opportunity to join our global Knowledge and Training (K&T) function as a Knowledge Lawyer supporting our global fintech practice, with a focus on regulatory developments in the UK and EU.

Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law firms. The K&T function drives quality, consistency, efficiency, and innovation across Clifford Chance, producing better-trained fee earners, supported by gold-standard knowledge resources. We use tools that leverage firm-wide knowledge and artificial intelligence (AI) to create competitive advantage through smarter, more complex, more accurate and more efficient legal work.

Clifford Chance's fintech practice is recognised as a global leader, guiding clients through some of the most innovative and complex transactions in the market, including those involving distributed ledger technology (DLT) infrastructure, cryptoassets, pioneering payments solutions and AI. Our client base includes major international financial institutions, market infrastructure providers and asset managers alongside leading fintechs and cryptoasset service providers, corporates, regulators and policy makers.

You will deliver practical and insightful knowhow and advice to Partners and lawyers focused on fintech matters to help them provide a high quality and cost effective service to our clients. You will work with lawyers across the firm's Product Groups, sitting within our leading Financial Regulation team, which is part of our wider Capital Markets Global Product Group. The London team you will sit with is ranked as Tier 1 for Fintech: regulatory in Legal 500.

As part of our global K&T function, you will work collaboratively with Knowledge Lawyers and information specialists across our global network. In particular, you will work closely with the Knowledge and Information Officer for Fintech and with the rest of our global Tech Group Knowledge team. You will also work closely with our Thought Leadership function, Business Development, Marketing and Communications, PR and other business professional teams.

The role includes engagement with external stakeholders, providing opportunities to support client outreach and training, while policy and trade association work provides opportunities to interact with clients, regulators such as the Financial Conduct Authority, trade bodies and peers at other law firms.

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring and analysing fintech legal and regulatory developments to update lawyers and clients on their impact.
• Responding to fintech and digital assets regulatory queries from lawyers and teams across the firm's network.
• Supervising and providing strategic input into internal and client-facing fintech resources.
• Identifying opportunities to improve the capture, organisation and sharing of fintech knowhow across the firm.
• Preparing and supporting client briefings, blog posts, webinars and other client-facing materials.
• Drafting, coordinating and contributing to consultation responses and policy submissions on fintech and digital assets regulation.
• Working alongside business development leads and key partners on fintech business planning.
• Preparing bespoke materials to support targeted client outreach on identified themes.
• Delivering regular internal training on key fintech developments.
• Supporting the development, adoption and effective use of legal technology tools.
• Participating in regular fintech, finance cluster Product Group and wider K&T coordination calls.
• Providing strategic knowledge input into both Clifford Chance-hosted and external fintech events.

Qualifications:

You will be a senior level lawyer or existing Knowledge Lawyer/professional support lawyer (PSL) with fintech and digital assets regulatory expertise and a strong track record of keeping abreast of legal developments in this fast-evolving space. An interest in knowledge management and legal training is critical, and experience would be an advantage.

You will have an excellent academic background, strong research and drafting skills, good attention to detail and robust organisational skills. You should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills along with a high level of commercial awareness.

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.