Overview
The Business Greenberg Traurig LLP is a global law firm with over 3,100 lawyers in 51 locations worldwide. The London office, established in 2009, has grown to a full-service, multidisciplinary practice with more than 170 high-calibre lawyers. We provide tailored, partner-led strategic advice and cost-effective legal services to UK and international clients.
Our London team advises on a broad spectrum of domestic and cross-border legal issues. Core practices include Corporate & M&A, Private Equity, Real Estate, Funds, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Restructuring & Insolvency, Dispute Resolution, and International Arbitration, supported by complementary areas such as Tax, Regulatory, Commercial, Energy, Infrastructure, Employment, Competition Law, Intellectual Property, and Data Protection. Our client base spans sectors including life sciences, automotive, real estate, financial services, retail, sports, media, and communications.
We are committed to building long-term client relationships and to creating a diverse and inclusive work culture. We welcome discussions on reasonable adjustments required during the recruitment process or upon joining GT.
The Role
This role requires a Professional Support Lawyer to support the Corporate team, covering M&A, Private Equity, and general corporate advisory. The role will help implement the knowledge strategy for Corporate and support projects to meet the groups’ knowledge needs, including through the use of legal technology; monitor developments in the legal and business environment to keep the group and its clients up to date; provide legal and practical expertise to support and grow the practice; create, update, develop and manage the group\'s forms, precedents and research materials, with emphasis on working with our Innovation team to automate and streamline these; organise, design and deliver group training; and provide other support as needed.
Key Areas Of Coverage
- Private M&A; acquisitions and disposals by bilateral sale and auction
- Private Equity structures, shareholders agreements and management incentives
- Joint Ventures – UK and cross-border JV agreements, governance mechanics, exit provisions
- Public M&A, knowledge of the Takeover Code and Public M&A processes
- Interest in legal technology and the innovation and advancement of legal practice
- Expertise in horizon scanning and market intelligence, with the ability to synthesise trends across the practice and technology into practice strategy, workflows and priorities
- Ability to translate unstructured data and inputs into structured technical and operational solutions
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking abilities
Responsibilities – Knowledge Strategy, Innovation and Organisation
- Devise, alongside the shareholders, the knowledge and innovation strategy of the group (including translating practice group and legal operations requirements into structured, technology-led products and solutions).
- Assist fee-earners in monitoring, analysing, and incorporating key legal, market and innovation developments into their practices.
- Work with the shareholders and broader team to develop and maintain market-leading precedents and collaborate with our innovation team to develop reusable automation patterns, templates and documentation to support client-ready solutions across the team.
- Maintain electronic curation and collection of practice-related knowledge resources, leveraging AI and technology solutions to improve data quality.
- Engage directly with senior team leaders to understand and map end-to-end workflows and identify inefficiencies and opportunities for innovation.
Client-Facing Initiatives
- Work with the group and the marketing department to identify opportunities to develop business from new and existing clients and sectors through bespoke alerts, articles and briefing notes, and similar resources.
- Support client-facing knowledge initiatives, including thought leadership pieces, seminars, and workshops.
- Assist in pitching and business development by preparing know-how materials and precedent-driven efficiencies.
- Perform data analysis on client and sector trends/market intelligence, pricing strategies and evaluation of practice group legal services against KPIs
Thought Leadership
- Write or help coordinate the writing of articles for publication for the Corporate team.
- Monitor and keep the group informed about developments and trends in relevant law, caselaw, regulations and market practice.
- Proactively identify legal/policy/business developments of potential interest to the group.
- Help identify opportunities for the group to interact with other practice areas and GT offices on thought leadership pieces.
Lawyer Training And Technical Expertise
- Identify practice-related training needs and assist with meeting those needs.
- Help develop and deliver training for associates on practice updates, know-how briefings and to assist them with locating practice-related internal and external knowledge.
Other
- Participate in regular team meetings and meetings with the BD team.
Experience, Skills And Personal Attributes
- Experience gained at a top-tier law firm as a qualified lawyer, ideally with exposure to private equity and corporate transactions.
- Experience in drafting and negotiating equity, JV, and transaction documentation.
- Demonstrated interest in legal technology, knowledge management and training.
- Strong interest in innovation/technical solutions for know-how, training and precedent creation.
- PSL experience is desirable but not essential.
- Excellent drafting, communication, research, and organisational skills.
- Ability to work independently and proactively with senior stakeholders.
- High professional standards with a passion for delivering a quality product.
- Understanding of different learning processes and methods of training.
- Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with people at all levels.
Qualifications
Admitted to practice as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales. Undergraduate degree achieving a minimum of a 2:1 or equivalent.
