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Knowledge Management Attorney

Hong Kong Permanent View Job Description
This role will support the Capital Markets team within a leading international brand. The role will report into the Partners and the Office Chair.
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  • A strategic role within the Capital Markets team - reporting to office MP.
  • Consistent hours

About Our Client

The client is a leading international brand that has a firm footprint in Asia and is dedicated to Hong Kong in the long term. The client has been one of the few law firms to actively expand their Capital Markets practice during the past year.

Job Description

  1. In coordination with practice area lawyers: draft, update and manage standard forms, internal memoranda on practice legal issues, and practice process/drafting checklists; Identify work product precedents (exemplar documents) (including collating precedents published by listed issuers); coordinate the preparation for closing bible;
  2. Contribute content to internal and external Firm publications, presentations and training;
  3. Initiate and coordinate legal knowledge projects and systems in the assigned practice areas;
  4. Coordinate with the IT Department and other Knowledge Management Department staff regarding content management and access systems; Develop and manage legal knowledge information collections and databases;
  5. Train and assist practice area lawyers and Paralegals in use of the Firm's relevant knowledge tools and information resources; Coordinate with peers in other practice areas to exchange best practices in knowledge resources developed by each area; Monitor and share with practitioners recent, relevant legal developments and current market practice developments and trends;
  6. Work with practicing lawyers to implement the Firm's Matter Management methodologies (legal project management) on their legal matters, which includes training lawyers to use new technologies and workflows to actively manage their matters, to create matter plans, budgets and timelines, and to document clearly-defined scopes and assumptions; establish phase codes and identify metadata for standard matter types; capture matter metadata in Firm knowledge management systems;
  7. Work beyond scheduled hours as necessary and travel as required; and
  8. Handle additional related projects as necessary.
  9. The Knowledge Management Attorney will not perform client legal work.

The Successful Applicant

The successful candidate will either be an existing KM Attorney/PSL or a Capital Markets lawyer with the relevant experience and skill set that is needed to perform this role.

What's on Offer

  • Reporting to partners and the Office Chair - great visibility within the team/firm
  • Stable hours generally
  • Competitive salary
  • Interesting role that is broad in nature
Contact
Jamie Milne
Quote job ref
JN-082024-6513800
Phone number
+852 2530 6122

Job summary

Function
Legal
Specialisation
Corporate
Industry
Business Services
Location
Hong Kong
Job Type:
Permanent
Consultant name
Jamie Milne
Consultant phone
+852 2530 6122
Job Reference
JN-082024-6513800

Diversity & Inclusion at Michael Page

We don't just accept difference - we celebrate it. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this role and are committed to building inclusive, diverse workplaces where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.