Mid-Senior Knowledge Lawyer: Banking and Finance

Practice Group / Department:

Job Description

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm with more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across locations in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. We provide a full scope of legal services to the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions.

Our vision is to be a world class business, profitable, ambitious, cooperative and considerate, supporting our clients and people through our global business principles of Quality, Unity and Integrity.

With over 7,000 employees worldwide, our culture is the thread that connects us. Our strategy and culture are closed connected – defined by shared ambition, global collaboration and a one-team mindset. We believe pioneering work happens when people are empowered to think beyond boundaries, explore new opportunities and grow through diverse experiences. Alongside the right skills and experience, we are looking for people who are innovative, commercially minded, and motivated by the impact of the work they do – ready to share in our ambition and help shape what comes next.

Because while individuals can do well, together we achieve something extraordinary.

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

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. 
Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustments or accommodations, please let us know here.