Knowledge Lawyers – Corporate

FromCounsel, the leading online legal knowledge service for law firms and in-house lawyers, is looking for outstanding corporate lawyers/corporate knowledge lawyers to join its knowledge team.

Since its launch in 2017, FC Corporate has established a reputation for offering an unmatched legal knowledge service to corporate lawyers. Developed by leading barristers from Erskine Chambers and a team of experienced corporate knowledge lawyers. FromCounsel provides a wealth of practical, in-depth, ready-made answers to the crucial questions facing practitioners in their day-to-day work. Our aim is to make our legal content more comprehensive, more insightful, more accessible, more searchable and more sharable than anyone else in the market. Over 85% of the top 100 corporate law firms feature among our clients.

The Opportunity

This is an unrivalled opportunity to join a dynamic and rapidly expanding digital business. We are in an exciting phase of our ongoing development, and you will play an integral part in the growth of our ground-breaking legal knowledge service.

Successful candidates will be instrumental in maintaining and building out our Corporate Knowledge Service, with support from expert barristers from leading chambers, our talented team of experienced in-house knowledge lawyers and our excellent legal editorial team.

Job Description

You will be responsible for writing, reviewing, editing and maintaining first-class informative content for FromCounsel's corporate service. The role is varied, with significant scope to contribute to the development of the service and its interaction with other content streams.

Key Responsibilities

• Scoping, researching, writing, reviewing and editing top-quality Q&A content for the corporate service, consistently applying FromCounsel's unique approach and style.
• Assisting our expert teams in the provision of news commentary and analysis, and in developing precedents, training and other practical resources for the corporate service.
• Maintaining and developing your own expertise, keeping up to date with legal and market developments and researching sources to identify matters relevant to subscribers.
• Coordinating and working in collaboration with barristers, knowledge lawyers and editors, as well as external experts and specialists.
• Supporting customer engagement, including by responding to subscribers' content feedback and assessing market requirements.
• Liaising with our Development Team on technical solutions and enhancements to our site for the corporate service.

Key Requirements

Candidates must have strong technical legal knowledge of corporate law, coupled with significant corporate experience (whether at the Bar or within a law firm as a practising solicitor or knowledge lawyer).

A demonstrable aptitude for writing high-quality legal copy in an engaging and accessible way, and a genuine interest in communicating legal developments to others, is essential. Candidates should be focused, efficient and confident in working on their own initiative to deadlines. At the same time, they should enjoy working as part of a team, collaborating with knowledge lawyers and barristers to ensure content meets FromCounsel's premium standards.

We are looking for:

• Exceptional research and writing skills; meticulous attention to detail.
• Genuine interest in identifying and analysing legal and practice issues.
• Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills with proven ability to work proactively to tight deadlines and to manage competing demands.
• Flexibility to work in a dynamic and fast-moving environment and to react quickly to developments.
• A desire to keep developing legal and technical skills and an ability to pick up new concepts quickly.

Applications

This role is based at our central London office with flexibility for remote working. Both full-time and part-time applicants will be considered.

Salary is dependent on experience.