Job Description
About Artemis Legal Recruitment
We recruit legal professionals for leading international law firms, from associate to partner. We also specialise in niche legal operations roles such as:
* Digital Transformation & GenAI
* Legal Automation & Technology
* Legal Project Management
* Practice Management
* Pricing
The Client
A major international law firm with a large and well established London office, with market leading practices in areas such as Corporate, Disputes, Real Estate, Banking & Finance in addition to niche specialist practices.
This role is within a well established LPM and Pricing function and this firm has been one of those that has pioneered the use of legal operations expertise.
The Role
General Project Management
* Support in the delivery of structured legal project management on complex or multi-jurisdictional engagements.
* Assist with the matter from the outset, developing the project plan, fee monitoring, supporting the management of external service providers, status updates, and tracking of progress against scope, timeline and cost parameters.
* Assist on an ongoing basis with the population and maintenance of volume data and documentation on supported projects, maintaining an audit trail.
* Assist the senior team in developing solutions to specific client challenges through the utilisation of legal project management techniques, the firm's technology and proper deployment and management of its resources.
Financial Management
* Support the design, development and implementation of matter budgets and fee arrangements.
* Advise on the design of the financial matter plan to ensure the ability to track costs against complex budgets.
* Proactively monitor matter budgets against actual performance and presenting findings to key stakeholders, taking into account specific client requirements.
* Where required, work with our internal teams to put in place processes to ensure the smooth running of the billing process in line with firm and client requirements.
* Encourage compliance with financial disciplines on matters.
People Responsibilities
* Effectively manage more junior LPM team members, undertake quality control of their work output and provide constructive feedback, as directed by the Legal Project Managers.
* Set clear objectives and deliverables for direct reports, support development and actively monitor and report performance.
* Encourage knowledge sharing learning and development.
* Deliver training and provide demos to the Associates, Senior Associates and business services teams on LPM technology and processes.
Technology, Process Improvement & Other Responsibilities
* Understand the capabilities of our main LPM tools, be able to advise creatively on possible solutions for matters in discussion with the legal team and implement accordingly.
* Assist the team with development of metrics and reporting tools to clearly illustrate trends and analysis of matter performance.
* Capture relevant legal project management case studies as examples of best practice and prepare slide decks and tombstone data for including in pitches, debriefs and training activities.
* Draft pitch content for the Senior LPM Team for submission on client and panel pitches covering legal project management frameworks and principles, technology and process improvement.
* Provide any other assistance to the business on client matters and internal projects as required.
Requirements
* At least 5 years post-degree experience in a law firm or other professional services firm.
* Comprehensive understanding of the legal process and the typical work product in a law firm environment.
* ·Excellent personal time management principles.
* ·High level of attention to detail with ability to simplify complex concepts to effectively communicate information.
* An organised and practical mindset with the ability to see the big picture.
* ·Skilled at prioritising demanding workloads and working on projects as part of an international team.
* ·Numerate, and able to convert complex/raw data into concise and actionable intelligence.
* ·An understanding of the financial framework of a law firm, remuneration models and key financial performance indicators.