Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals. Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care about our client relationships, which is why so many are longstanding. We enjoy breaking new ground, as we have for over 170 years. As a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm, we are where you need us to be. Our footprint is extensive and committed across the world’s largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs. At our best tackling complexity and navigating change, we work alongside you on demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private market transactions. We are recognised as leading in these areas. We are immersed in the sectors and challenges that impact you. We are recognised as standing apart in energy, infrastructure and resources. And we’re focused on areas of growth that affect every business across the world. All of this is achieved by supporting the growth of our people, who help us deliver on our ambition – which is to help you achieve yours.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: Your goals. Our ambition

The Opportunity

Primary Objectives

• To have a committed interest in LPM with a view to developing and building their knowledge, skills and experience.
• The individual will be required to deliver excellent legal service to our clients and internal stakeholders.
• Additionally, assisting with project management tasks on matters whilst also supporting the senior members of the LPM team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support in the delivery of structured legal project management on large, complex or multi-jurisdictional matters as efficiently and effectively as possible. This will involve supporting the Senior LPM team, with day-to-day project management tasks.
• Assist with the scoping, planning and reporting for identified projects, including developing the project plan, project timeline, fee monitoring, providing regular status updates internally and to the client, and tracking of progress against scope, timeline and cost parameters.
• Assist the senior team in working with clients to develop solutions to specific client challenges.
• Communicate with the Trainees, Associates, Senior Associates and Partners within the Disputes and Transactions Practice Groups and with clients on a regular basis - excellent drafting skills will therefore be essential.
• Support the design, development and implementation of matter budgets.
• Proactive monitoring of matter budgets against actual performance and presenting findings to key stakeholders.
• Where appropriate and where required by specific practice areas/clients/projects, support the billing process and WIP management.
• Assist in the maintenance and population of volume data and documentation on supported transactions and projects.
• Assist the team in developing metrics and reporting tools to clearly illustrate trends and analysis of matter performance.
• Proactively identify areas of concern, success and opportunity.
• Undertake analysis to support write offs and post/ongoing matter negotiations.
• Escalate project-specific issues appropriately to the Senior members of the LPM team.
• Draft pitch content for the Senior LPM Team for submission on client and panel pitches covering legal project management frameworks and principles, technology and process improvement.
• Support the Manager in the management of external service providers and local counsel teams; manage conflicts clearances; prepare draft instructions; support matter kick off; process design and other administrative activities.
• Capture relevant legal project management case studies as examples of best practice and prepare slide decks and tombstone data for including in pitches, debriefs and training activities.
• Co-ordinate regular legal project management calls and meetings; distribute instructions to local counsel; and respond to legal team queries on matters of transaction/project process.
• Support on legal process design opportunities by creating process maps, supporting the administration of managed service pilots, and creating quick guides for clients and lawyers.
• Support the collation and development of LPM collateral, tools and templates and manage the resource repositories for knowledge sharing.