Part-time Knowledge Lawyer, Derivatives

  • Location:

    London

  • Sector:

    Legal

  • Job ref:

    de3e1ce1683b

  • Published:

    30 days ago

  • Expiry date:

    22/04/2021

  • Client:

    Selected by 2to3days

The Team

The wider team is made up of four practice areas: capital markets, derivatives, securitisation/structured finance and corporate trustee. The derivatives team advises investment banks, fund managers, corporates and hedge funds on the entire spectrum of market-standard documentation and product types; complex collateral structures; OTC and exchange-traded derivatives; structured and securitised derivatives; repos and securities lending; insurance and alternative risk-transfer products; and Shariah-compliant structures.

The Role

A rare opportunity to join the London office of a premier firm as a part-time knowledge lawyer specialising in derivatives. The role will allow a collaborative team player to work alongside other knowledge lawyers in a wider know-how community as part of a fast-paced, intellectually rigorous team in a busy, structured, supportive and dynamic environment. The role will involve:

  • Tracking legislative, regulatory, case law and industry developments in derivatives, ensuring frequent feedback on the same to fee earners to help keep them up to date with such
  • Acting as a sounding board for lawyers to discuss the legal issues which they face in their transactions and providing assistance to lawyers in their research.
  • Attending relevant external association calls / working groups, developing NRF presence therewith, updating fee earners with developments and assisting with the production of papers for such associations if required.
  • Providing knowledge support in relation to ad hoc queries from fee earners.
  • Providing knowledge support to business development initiatives.
  • Assisting with preparing and delivering legal training.
  • Drafting high level material for external publications and working with partners and PR to identify topics of interest and likely candidates for
  • Feeding into the team's know-how strategy and implementing such strategy by promoting the use of internal databases and search engines and by devising and implementing systems for know-how collection (research notes, transactional documents, training materials ).
  • Briefing fee earners going on client secondments on available know-how resources and be a first point of contact for secondee queries.
  • Developing and maintaining links with knowledge lawyers in other relevant departments within the firm (e.g. banking, corporate, restructuring and tax) to ensure that areas of common interest to more than one department are appropriately covered.

    • Skills and Experience Required

  • Qualified experienced mid-to-senior lawyer from a recognised derivatives team. (Previous experience as a knowledge lawyer would be beneficial but is not a pre-requisite for this role).
  • Experience of working on derivatives transactions and / or in providing regulatory advice in respect of derivatives transactions.
  • Expertise in the derivatives field and an understanding of structured derivatives transactions and/or structured products.
  • Self-starter with a desire and ability to continuously acquire, build upon and share knowledge.
  • Ability to think laterally and good understanding of what partners and clients require.
  • Experience (or interest) in the collation, storage and delivery of knowledge.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Excellent legal research skills.
  • Strong academics.

    • Diversity and Inclusion

    At Norton Rose Fulbright we value difference and promote a culture of respect for each individual. We encourage workforce diversity in all aspects and at all levels and in doing so create an environment where everyone can realise their full potential and career ambitions on the basis of merit and skill.

    The Norton Rose Fulbright office in London has been awarded the Disability Two Ticks Symbol by Jobcentre Plus. The symbol identifies those employers who have agreed to meet five commitments regarding the recruitment, employment, retention and career development of disabled people.

    We want to support your application as best we can. For that reason, we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). This means that applicants with a disability need only meet the minimum qualifying criteria for a role to qualify for an interview under the scheme.

    Norton Rose Fulbright

    Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. We provide the world's preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 4000 lawyers and other legal staff based in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

    Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare. Through our global risk advisory group, we leverage our industry experience with our knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide our clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.