Knowledge Lawyers - Corporate

Corporate PSL roles in online corporate intelligence for top quality Corporate lawyers to join its Content Team as Professional Support Lawyers.

Developed by leading barristers from Erskine Chambers and a team of experienced corporate professional support lawyers from City law firms, 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. With well over 100 subscribers including leading law firms (from the magic circle to regional teams) and in-house legal functions, we are looking to build out our established Corporate Law service into other areas, products and services.

The opportunity

This is an unrivalled opportunity to join this dynamic online company at an exciting phase of our ongoing development and to play a part in the further growth of our ground-breaking corporate legal information service. The successful candidates will be instrumental in developing our corporate service and expanding it into other products, alongside expert barristers, our talented team of experienced in-house PSLs and our excellent legal editorial team.

Job description

Reporting to the Head of Content, you will be responsible for writing, reviewing and editing first class informative content for FromCounsel and for the day-to-day running of the service. These are varied and interesting roles with significant scope to input into the further development and enhancement of the Corporate service and its interaction with other content streams.

Key responsibilities will include

• Scoping, writing, reviewing and editing top quality new content, consistently applying FromCounsel’s unique approach and style, and enhancing and expanding existing content

• Developing service with new topics, precedents, practical resources, news commentary/analysis and other initiatives such as document automation

• Co-ordinating and working in close collaboration with barristers, colleagues, editors and external experts, specialists and other service providers

• Working with the Head of Content on project plans, schedules and reports

• Supporting customer engagement, including by responding to subscribers’ queries and assessing customer needs

• Maintaining and developing own expertise, keeping up to date with legal and market developments and researching sources to identify matters relevant to subscribers

Liaising with our Development Team on technical solutions and enhancements to our site for the service

 

Qualifications

These roles are open to both existing PSLs and fee-earners looking to move to their first PSL role. Together with strong technical corporate law knowledge, candidates should have at least 5 years’ PQE and broad experience within the corporate team of a UK law firm.

Key requirements

Alongside strong legal experience, a demonstrable aptitude for writing high quality legal copy in an engaging and accessible way, and a genuine interest in communicating legal developments to other lawyers, 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 other PSLs and barristers to ensure content meets FromCounsel’s premium standards.

We are looking for:

• Exceptional writing skills and meticulous attention to detail

• A keen interest in contributing to an innovative product and delivering an exceptional, market-leading service

• Excellent organisational and inter-personal skills

• Flexibility to work in a dynamic and fast-moving environment and to react quickly to developments

• A desire to learn new aspects of wider subject matter relevant to the FromCounsel product and an ability to pick up new concepts quickly

Applications

Our offices are based in central London but we can offer a high degree of flexibility in working times and arrangements, including remote working. Both full and part-time applicants are welcomed. Salary is dependent on experience and will be in line with PSL private practice salaries.