Innovation Attorney - Regulatory

King & Spalding is a leading global law firm with a commitment to excellence, innovation, and the seamless delivery of legal services. We harness innovative technology and exceptional talent to meet the complex needs of our clients in a fast-paced and dynamic legal landscape.

The Innovation Attorney is an integral part of the practice of law at King & Spalding. This role is an advisor to our lawyers, matter teams, clients, and practice groups in the regulatory area of law. This role will be responsible for aligning the latest innovative legal technologies and practice methods to our legal workflows, from advanced generative artificial intelligence to strategic use of data and analytics, to the effective use of the full suite of productivity and legal tech services to optimize value, insights, efficiency and productivity.

This role will be responsible for serving as a connection point and conduit between the firm’s lawyers, clients, and the Technology Department to ensure the firm’s technology systems, tools, and services are effectively meeting the needs of our practicing attorneys and our clients.

Reporting to the Director of Practice Tech & AI, this role, alongside similar roles focused on other areas of law, will work with practice leaders, members of the firm’s Technology & Innovation Committee, the Technology Leadership Team, and other leaders to enable practice workflows with innovative technology.

• Partnering with practice groups in the regulatory areas of law to develop strategies for optimizing efficiencies and improving delivery of legal services through application of GenAI and other technological resources. This work will involve engaging directly with practitioners, rolling up sleeves, and applying solutions to specific matters in a tailored manner.

• Being a catalyst for replicating practice group successes by applying learned lessons from one team or matter to others, magnifying the value and impact of innovation.

• Configuring legal technologies and platforms to meet practice group needs, for example with the development of templates or custom workflows.

• Identifying areas of opportunity for enhancing technology solutions to better meet the needs of clients and practice groups by partnering across the technology department and firm to consider related investments and enhancement projects.

• Serving as a liaison for clients interested in collaborating on AI projects, working with practice groups to meet client needs and demonstrate firm capabilities. Collaboration efforts include onboarding client teams, developing shared workflows, and ensuring alignment with client guidelines and requirements. Respond to client inquiries regarding firm legal tech functionality, security, and ethical use in legal service delivery.

• In partnership with training and communications teams, implementing and assisting with targeted outreach initiatives to increase lawyer awareness and engagement with existing and emerging technologies.

• Partnering on projects across the firm with teams such as business development, professional development, technology training and communications, talent management, risk management, records, and various technology teams.

• Staying abreast of legal industry trends and emerging technologies and innovative new offerings, both legal and non-legal. Providing updates and analysis of new technologies and industry trends to firm management and practice group leadership.

• Communicating with third-party vendors to foster strong relationships and an ongoing information exchange related to new and existing products and services, while fostering strategic relationships with industry organizations and innovation thought leaders.

• Protecting and maintaining sensitive,…