Knowledge Paralegal - Private Client

Overview

Knowledge Team

The Knowledge team at Penningtons Manches Cooper is a collaborative, vibrant team that forms a conduit between the fee-earning and central business to deliver a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement. The Knowledge team comprises specialist lawyers (from paralegal to partner level) as well as central KM professionals providing knowledge and information services.

The team sits within the wider Best Practice department which includes specialists in risk/compliance, data governance, legal project management, document automation and innovation.

The Private Client Department

Private Client specialises in personal wealth management, UK and international tax planning and asset protection. The department advises family offices, family businesses and fiduciaries on their clients’ diverse issues as well as (U)
HNW individuals such as professional sports players and entrepreneurs. We work alongside our colleagues in contentious trusts and estates and Court of Protection.

The team is recognised by all major guides to the UK legal profession and our lawyers are regularly nominated for awards by City Wealth, eprivateclient and STEP. Our full service team retains its reputation by developing long-term and trusted relationships with our clients and their advisers, understanding their objectives and working with them to deliver results.

We are looking for a Knowledge Paralegal to support the Knowledge Lawyer in the Private Client department of our Private Individuals’ Division. The Knowledge Paralegal will support the implementation of the knowledge strategy and its priorities; they will assist/support the Senior Knowledge Lawyer in Private Client, with day to day tasks which will help them to meet their departments’ requirements as well as providing more general support across the wider Division.

They will serve as a point of contact for lawyers and support staff on knowledge matters, respond to enquiries and requests for support.

The Knowledge Paralegal is part of our 28 person Knowledge team. In addition to supporting the Private Client department, the role involves working and collaborating on cross-firm projects for the Private Individuals’ Division, the Private Wealth sector and the Knowledge team

Duties include:

• Legal research and assisting with legal queries raised by members of the Private Client team
• Assisting the other members of the Private Client team in providing timely updates to the Private Client department on legal and market developments
• Assisting with the maintenance and development of legal precedents (including the preparation of documents for automation)
• Supporting the organisation and delivery of the legal training programmes
• The collection, storage, maintenance and sharing of internal and external legal and market know-how
• The testing of various knowledge/legal technology tools, and assisting with implementation and training
• Liaising with our Business Development and Marketing teams, to identify written content and thought leadership pieces to help the firm achieve its strategic goals
• Keeping the intranet up to date – uploading and removing documents, updating links, correcting corrupted titles etc.
• Various tasks (conducting business analysis or fact finding) for knowledge projects
• Various day to day administrative tasks including leavers/joiners administration, training administration and assisting the members of the Private Client team to maintain the databases of external experts and assist with curating our internal resources

The firm operates a hybrid agile working policy allowing employees to work from home (or another UK location) up to 50% of their time. Individuals can also apply for other flexible working options either at the time of recruitment or during the course of their employment.

This role would be ideal for someone who is bright, energetic, has an eye for detail and a passion for law and business and is considering a career in law or knowledge management. Ideally, we are looking for someone with previous experience in private client and a distinct interest in advising HNW private individuals on…