Corporate Knowledge Lawyer

As a Corporate Knowledge Lawyer in Guildford, you'll play a key role in supporting the legal team by providing expert insights and maintaining up-to-date knowledge resources. This role is essential for ensuring the smooth delivery of legal services within the professional services industry.

Client Details

Our client is a highly regarded UK law firm with a market-leading corporate practice recognised by the leading legal directories. The team advises a broad range of clients, from multinational corporates and private equity-backed businesses to owner-managed companies, high-growth ventures and high-net-worth individuals.

The corporate group is one of the largest and most respected teams outside London, handling high-quality domestic and cross-border matters across private M&A, private equity, venture capital, corporate reorganisations, joint ventures and general corporate advisory work. The firm is known for combining sophisticated transaction work with a collaborative and supportive culture, alongside a significant focus on legal technology and innovation.

Description

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Corporate Knowledge Lawyer, or a senior corporate fee earner looking to move into knowledge management, to support a leading corporate practice. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will drive training, knowledge development and legal innovation initiatives while helping embed AI and legal technology into the team's day-to-day delivery.

Working alongside an established senior knowledge lawyer and the head of the corporate practice, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the team's know-how, training programmes and knowledge resources. You will act as a trusted adviser to lawyers across the team, providing technical support on complex corporate matters and helping ensure the practice remains at the forefront of legal and market developments.

A key aspect of the position will involve supporting the firm's innovation agenda, including the adoption of legal technology, AI tools and modern knowledge management processes to enhance client service and lawyer productivity.

Key responsibilities include:

• Drafting, updating and maintaining precedents, templates and guidance materials
• Monitoring legal and market developments and disseminating key updates
• Delivering technical and skills training across all levels of the team
• Supporting trainee development, onboarding and broader learning initiatives
• Acting as a technical resource for lawyers on corporate law and market practice
• Assisting with research, knowledge-sharing and business development initiatives
• Managing and developing knowledge repositories and best-practice resources
• Leading or supporting legal technology and AI implementation projects
• Driving adoption of innovative tools and new ways of working
• Supporting strategic initiatives within the corporate practice

Profile

The ideal candidate will be either:

• An established Corporate Knowledge Lawyer; or
• A qualified corporate solicitor with around 5+ years' PQE looking to transition into a knowledge-focused role.

You should possess:

• Strong technical corporate law expertise, particularly in M&A and general corporate matters
• Excellent legal research and drafting skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Experience delivering engaging training programmes
• A collaborative and approachable style
• A genuine interest in legal technology, AI and innovation
• The ability to influence change and drive adoption of new processes and technologies

Job Offer

• High-quality corporate work within a market-leading team
• The opportunity to shape AI and legal technology adoption
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Strong investment in learning, development and career progression
• Collaborative, supportive and inclusive culture
• Competitive salary and bonus potential
• Private medical insurance
• Pension contribution
• Life assurance and income protection
• Enhanced family leave benefits
• Flexible benefits package, including holiday trading and wellbeing benefits
• Long-term career prospects within a highly regarded and growing firm

Guildford, with an expectation to work in the office two days per week Candidates seeking a four-day working week will also be considered.