Knowledge Management Lawyer - US Corporate

The Knowledge Management Lawyer - US Corporate will play a key role in developing and expanding the firm's knowledge management capabilities across the US Corporate practice. Drawing on relevant Corporate transactional and knowledge management experience, the lawyer will work closely with practice leaders and attorneys to capture, organize, and scale the firm's substantive knowledge in ways that improve quality, consistency, efficiency, and client service.

The role will focus primarily on M&A and private equity, while supporting other US Corporate practices, including capital markets, as needs and priorities require. The Knowledge Management Lawyer will work closely with the firm's Innovation Lawyer
- Transactional and other Innovation colleagues to develop practical knowledge resources, structured data, workflows, and technology-enabled solutions that support the US Corporate practice.

• Partner with US Corporate practice leaders and attorneys to develop and execute knowledge management priorities, focusing primarily on M&A and private equity while supporting other US Corporate practices, including capital markets, as needs and priorities require.
• Collaborate with M&A and private equity deal teams, as appropriate, to capture insights from live matters and inform knowledge resources and workflows.
• Develop, curate, and maintain high-quality practice resources, including model documents, forms, precedents, playbooks, checklists, drafting guidance, and other substantive know-how; monitor relevant US legal, regulatory, and market developments and translate them into practical guidance.

• Establish and improve systematic processes to capture valuable knowledge from transactions, including high-quality work product, negotiated positions, deal terms, market practice, and lessons learned.
• Organize and structure practice knowledge so attorneys can find, understand, and reuse it effectively, including through the firm's knowledge platforms and the development of structured data where appropriate.

• Work closely with the firm's Innovation Lawyer
  - Transactional and other Innovation colleagues to identify opportunities to apply AI, automation, and other technologies to the practice's knowledge and workflows.
• Contribute substantive legal content and practice context to the design, testing, quality review, and adoption of technology-enabled solutions, with a particular focus on improving the capture, retrieval, analysis, and reuse of practice knowledge.

• Design and deliver substantive training and lawyer-development resources, including onboarding, in-person programs, short and on-demand training, and practical guidance tied to recurring transactional work.
• Promote a culture of knowledge sharing across US offices and Corporate practices by building strong relationships with attorneys and creating practical mechanisms for contributing, sharing, and reusing the firm's collective experience.

• Participate in practice group management teams and knowledge and innovation working groups, representing the perspective of an experienced US Corporate lawyer and knowledge management professional.
• Support client service and business development initiatives that draw on the practice's knowledge, including thought leadership, client alerts, pitches and RFPs, client training, and other practice-facing or client-facing resources.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job duties and responsibiliti es included are not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. Reed Smith reserves the right to revise or modify job duties and responsibilities at any time.

Education: J.D. from an American Bar Association (ABA)-accredited law school, or an equivalent law degree from a law school outside the United States that meets comparable academic and professional standards.

• A minimum of seven years of relevant law firm experience, which may be satisfied in whole or in part through experience practicing as a corporate transactional lawyer and/or serving in an equivalent knowledge management, practice support, professional support lawyer, or similar role.
• Significant experience supporting M&A and/or private equity matters is strongly preferred; experience with capital markets or other US Corporate transactional practices is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience developing, maintaining or…