Innovation Attorney-Corporate & Financial Services

New York, NY

An elite, global, law firm is looking for an experienced Knowledge & Innovation Attorney to support the Corporate & Financial Services Department. The Knowledge & Innovation Attorney will report to the Corporate Practice Manager and play a central role in the design, governance and execution of the department’s knowledge management and practice innovation initiatives, with an emphasis on AI, prompt and workflow development, training and other practice-related efforts.

The role is primarily internally facing, partnering with senior attorneys and business services teams to enhance quality, repeatability and insight generation across the department. The ideal candidate will have a broad, generalist-Corporate knowledge base, including M&A/private equity, capital markets and corporate governance. The firm believes great people are the key to their success and offers a highly competitive compensation package with exceptional benefits.

If you are looking to work in a friendly, collaborative environment that affords unique opportunities to expand your professional development, this role is for you.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of knowledge and data assets for the department.
• Manage workflows for tracking documents and generating insights into matter types and deal points.
• Verify the accuracy and completeness of data extracted by AI solutions and resolve discrepancies.
• Design, test and iterate generative AI prompts tailored to department-specific use cases.
• Build scalable workflows, including standardized playbooks, decision trees, exception pathways and escalation criteria, and assist in the implementation thereof.
• Curate and maintain clause banks, exemplar document sets, issues lists and deal point databases; produce and curate knowledge management reports.
• Oversee the maintenance of matter trackers and experience databases.
• Lead meetings, trainings and presentations to promote knowledge tools, resources, processes, data standards, platforms, AI usage guidelines and workflow best practices.
• Capture feedback to improve knowledge management products, solutions and processes.
• Respond to attorney inquiries by locating precedent, surfacing curated knowledge resources and implementing solutions, tools and best practices for the department.
• Provide other knowledge support to the department as directed by the Corporate Practice Manager and practitioners.
• Where appropriate and aligned with client matters, take on billable assignments that leverage subject-matter and data expertise.
• Additional projects as assigned.

• Minimum of 4 years of experience as a Corporate associate with expertise across a broad range of corporate transactions, ideally including private equity/M&A, capital markets and corporate governance.
• J.D. and admission to at least one state bar required.
• Ability to manage multiple work streams, competing deadlines and shifting priorities with a customer service-oriented attitude.
• Strong understanding of legal knowledge management, data structuring or technology-enabled legal processes, including precedent curation and a commitment to continuous improvement of the department’s knowledge strategy.
• Proficiency with legal technology and research tools, with the ability to translate practitioner needs into structured requirements and test cases.
• Familiarity with generative AI and prompt engineering concepts, with a genuine curiosity to learn and experiment with these tools.
• Strong drafting, analytical and communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and sound business judgment.
• Self-motivated with strong accountability, flexibility and the ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Ability to exercise good business judgment and maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Self-motivated problem solver who is able to collaborate with attorneys and non-legal staff across departments.

Salary: $-$, plus bonus.