Knowledge Lawyer, Construction Disputes

Sccsinternational; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Trowers and Hamlins is seeking a Knowledge Lawyer to join its Construction Disputes team in London. The role is a permanent, full-time position with hybrid working at the Bunhill Row office.

The postholder will curate and manage know-how resources, review submissions, and draft materials for searchability on the document management system and intranet. The ideal candidate will have at least five years’ post-qualification experience in contentious construction or as a professional support lawyer

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with at least five years post-qualification experience in contentious construction or prior experience as a professional support lawyer in construction disputes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and organize electronic know-how banks for the team.
• Review material submitted by fee earners for inclusion.
• Profile materials on the document management system and intranet for searchable access.
• Source and circulate new legislation, case reports and developments.
• Drafting is a large part of the role.
• Prepare and deliver internal and external courses on know-how topics.
• Support tenders and record talks, videos and webinars.

Skills

Drafting

Commercial awareness

AI interest

Training delivery

Business development

Tools

Document management system

Job description

Trowers and Hamlins is recruiting a knowledge lawyer into its Construction Disputes team in London, on a permanent full time hybrid basis at the firm's Bunhill Row office. The posting places the role in the Dispute Resolution and Litigation department under requisition TH-0059.

The postholder keeps the team supplied with know-how: organising and maintaining the electronic know-how banks, reviewing material submitted by fee earners for inclusion, profiling it on the document management system and intranet so that lawyers can search it, and sourcing new legislation, case reports and other developments for circulation. Drafting is a large part of the role.

The employer names review of existing precedents and crib sheets, preparation of new ones, and other know-how material such as flow charts and house views. Training duties include preparing and delivering internal and external courses, supporting tenders, and recording talks, videos and webinars.

Business development duties cover client updates and alerts, responses to public consultations, summaries of legal developments for the firm's website, and assistance to fee earners writing articles and preparing seminars. The employer asks for a qualified solicitor with at least five years post-qualification experience across contentious construction, or previous experience as a professional support lawyer in construction disputes.

Solid drafting, commercial awareness and an interest in innovation and artificial intelligence are sought. No salary is published and the posting carries no closing date.