Knowledge Lawyer - Corporate

Mills & Reeve LLP; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-employment screening

Competitive salary

Flexible working arrangements

Training & development

Job summary

Mills & Reeve is seeking an experienced Corporate Knowledge Lawyer to join our national Corporate team. You'll work with seasoned Knowledge Lawyers to provide technical legal support, manage know-how and precedents, deliver training, and drive innovation across the practice, including legal tech, AI and process improvements.

This highly collaborative role allows you to base in any office with occasional travel, partnering across Corporate, Knowledge, BD, Tech and Digital teams to shape the

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor (England & Wales) with at least 5 years' PQE in corporate practice.
• Strong technical corporate law expertise and commercial awareness.
• Interest in knowledge management, legal innovation and AI.
• Experience with legal tech and/or document automation tools.
• Excellent research, drafting and communication skills.
• Strong organisational and project management capability.
• Collaborative approach and the ability to build trusted relationships across the business.
• Enthusiasm for learning, sharing knowledge and helping others succeed.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and enhance corporate precedents, know-how resources and automated document suites.
• Provide technical legal support and guidance to lawyers across the Corporate team.
• Deliver engaging legal updates, training sessions and thought leadership content for colleagues and clients.
• Capture and analyse know-how from transactions to drive continuous improvement.
• Champion legal tech, document automation and AI adoption across the practice.
• Collaborate on innovation projects with Knowledge, Tech and Digital teams.
• Support business development activities, pitches, tenders and client-facing materials.
• Research legal, policy and market developments to identify opportunities for new and enhanced client services.

Skills

Corporate law

Knowledge management

AI in law

Document automation

Research drafting

Training

Project management

Collaboration

Client service

Learning knowledge sharing

Tools

Legal tech systems

Job description

The role

We're looking for an experienced Corporate Knowledge Lawyer to join our national Corporate team.

Working alongside our established Knowledge Lawyers, you'll play a key role in helping our lawyers deliver exceptional client service by providing technical legal support, managing know-how and precedents, delivering training, and driving innovation across the practice.

This is a highly collaborative role, partnering with colleagues across Corporate, Knowledge, Business Development, Tech and Digital teams to shape the future of legal services through legal tech, AI and process improvement.

The role can be based in any of our offices, with occasional travel required.

The person

You'll be a qualified solicitor (England & Wales) with at least 5 years' PQE and significant experience in a high-performing corporate practice.

You'll bring:

• Strong technical corporate law expertise and commercial awareness.
• A genuine interest in knowledge management, legal innovation and AI.
• Experience with legal tech and/or document automation tools.
• Excellent research, drafting and communication skills.
• Strong organisational and project management capability.
• A collaborative approach and the confidence to build trusted relationships across the business.
• Enthusiasm for learning, sharing knowledge and helping others succeed.

If you're passionate about combining legal expertise with innovation, technology and knowledge sharing, we'd love to hear from you.

The activities

You'll:

• Develop, maintain and enhance corporate precedents, know-how resources and automated document suites.
• Provide technical legal support and guidance to lawyers across the Corporate team.
• Deliver engaging legal updates, training sessions and thought leadership content for colleagues and clients.
• Capture and analyse know-how from transactions to drive continuous improvement.
• Champion legal tech, document automation and AI adoption across the practice.
• Collaborate on innovation projects with Knowledge, Tech and Digital teams.
• Support business development activities, pitches, tenders and client-facing materials.
• Research legal, policy and market developments to identify opportunities for new and enhanced client services.

The benefits

As you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits.

If we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.

The firm

Mills & Reeve is centred on achieving more for clients, their businesses and the wider communities we serve. Our clients and their industries benefit from our knowledge and learning, and receive consistent experiences with no surprises. We tell them what they need to know when they need to know it.

We build personal relationships, with advice individually tailored to individual need. And if clients need things we don't offer, we draw on our network to give recommendations. Our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision - achieving more for clients.

By joining Mills & Reeve, you'll have the chance to build your skills and experience within a firm that's not only ranked in the top 50 UK law firms, but also one that truly values their people. We're also ranked in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list, and have been awarded Platinum Investors in People. Our mantra is "Achieve more. Together.", which we feel embodies our purpose and is more than just a catchphrase!

Our values are the principles that help us fulfil our purpose. Our people shaped them and live them every day.

• We're ambitious - We aim high, we embrace new ideas and we're passionate about our work
• We're open - We communicate openly and honestly to build trust, and we do what's right
• We care - We're committed to each other, our clients, our communities and the planet
• We collaborate - We're easy to work with, we offer help willingly and we get things done - together

And finally

Everyone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these.

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