Greenberg Traurig
Corporate Practice Innovation & Knowledge Lawyer
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The Business
Greenberg Traurig LLP is now a global powerhouse with over 3,100 lawyers in 51 locations worldwide. Established in London in 2009, GT’s London office has expanded through strategic growth to become a full-service, multidisciplinary practice with more than 170 high-calibre lawyers. We provide tailored, partner-led strategic advice and efficient, cost-effective legal services to UK and international clients. Our London team advises on a broad spectrum of domestic and cross-border legal issues. Core practices include Corporate & M&A, Private Equity, Real Estate, Funds, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Restructuring & Insolvency, Dispute Resolution, and International Arbitration, supported by our wide-ranging experience in complementary areas such as Tax, Regulatory, Commercial, Energy, Infrastructure, Employment, Competition Law, Intellectual Property, and Data Protection. Reflective of London’s multifaceted business community, our client base is varied across many sectors, including life sciences, industrials, automotive, real estate, financial services, retail, sports, media, and communications, as well as financial sponsors and private capital.
Our commitment to building long-term relationships with clients as well as establishing new ones has led to the office being consistently recognised by leading legal directories, including Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. We were awarded Best Client Service at both The Lawyer Awards 2025 and The Lawyer European Awards 2025. In addition, creating a diverse and inclusive work culture that offers our employees the opportunity and support they need to succeed is a core value for us at GT. We want to ensure potential employees are supported through the recruitment process and therefore we are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that are required at any stage of the process or upon joining GT.
The Role
This is an opportunity for a Corporate Practice Innovation & Knowledge Lawyer, referred to internally as Practice Group Lawyer / Counsel, to play a central role in the development of the Corporate team’s knowledge, training and legal innovation capability. The role will support the team across M&A, private equity and general corporate advisory work, while also helping to shape how the practice uses AI, automation and other legal technology to improve the way we deliver advice to clients and support our lawyers.
Working closely with shareholders, fee-earners, the Innovation team and other business services colleagues, the successful candidate will help implement the Corporate team’s knowledge strategy and translate legal, market and operational needs into practical tools, resources and workflows. This will include maintaining and developing high-quality precedents and research materials; monitoring legal, regulatory and market developments; designing and delivering training; supporting client-facing thought leadership and business development; and identifying responsible, practical opportunities to embed AI and legal technology into the team’s day-to-day work.
This is a high-impact role for a strong corporate lawyer who wants to help shape the future of a leading transactional practice: building the knowledge infrastructure, tools and ways of working that enable lawyers to deliver excellent client service in a market being transformed by AI, data and technology.
Key areas of coverage:
- Private M&A – acquisitions and disposals of by way of bilateral sale and auction
- Private Equity – acquisition structures, shareholders agreements and management incentives
- Joint Ventures – UK and cross-border JV agreements, governance mechanics, exit provisions
- Public M&A - knowledge of the Takeover Code and Public M&A processes
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Responsibilities:
Knowledge Strategy, Innovation and Organisation:
- Devise, alongside the shareholders, the knowledge and innovation strategy of the group (including overseeing translation of practice group and legal operations requirements into structured, technology-led products and solutions).
- Assist fee-earners in monitoring, analysing, and incorporating key legal, market and innovation developments into their practices.
- Work with the shareholders and broader team to develop and maintain market-leading precedents and collaborate with our innovation team to develop reusable automation patterns, templates and documentation to support client-ready solutions across the team.
- Maintain electronic curation and collection of practice-related knowledge resources, leveraging AI and technology solutions to improve data quality.
- Engage directly with senior team leaders to understand and map end-to-end workflows and identify inefficiencies and opportunities for innovation.
Client-Facing Initiatives:
- Work with the group and the marketing department to identify opportunities to develop business from new and existing clients and sectors through bespoke and targeted alerts, articles and briefing notes, and similar resources.
- Support client-facing knowledge initiatives, including thought leadership pieces, seminars, and workshops.
- Assist in pitching and business development by preparing know-how materials and precedent-driven efficiencies.
- Performing data analysis on client and sector trends/market intelligence, pricing strategies and evaluation of practice group legal services against KPIs
Thought Leadership:
- Write or help to coordinate the writing of articles for publication for the Corporate team.
- Monitor and keep the group informed about relevant developments and trends in the relevant law, caselaw, regulations and/or market practice.
- Proactively identify for discussion legal/policy/business developments of potential interest to the group.
- Help identify opportunities for the group to interact with other practice areas and other GT offices on thought leadership pieces.
Lawyer Training and Technical Expertise:
- To identify practice-related training needs and assist with meeting those needs.
- Help develop and deliver training for associates on practice updates, know-how briefings and to assist them with locating practice-related internal and external knowledge.
Other:
- Participate in regular team meetings and meetings with the BD team.
Experience, Skills and personal attributes:
- Experience gained at a top-tier law firm as a qualified lawyer, ideally with exposure to private equity, and corporate transactions.
- Experience in drafting and negotiating equity, JV, and transaction documentation
- Demonstrated interest in legal technology, AI, knowledge management and training, with a practical understanding of how lawyers can use technology responsibly to improve quality, consistency and efficiency.
- Keen interest in innovation and technical solutions to know how, training and precedent creation, matter workflows and client service delivery
- Ability to engage credibly with senior lawyers and translate their needs into practical knowledge products, training materials and innovation opportunities.
- Confidence to act as an internal champion for adoption of new tools and working practices, while recognising the importance of professional judgement, supervision, confidentiality and risk management.
- PSL experience is desirable but not essential.
- Excellent drafting, communication, research, and organisational skills.
- Ability to work independently and proactively with senior stakeholders.
- High professional standards with a passion for delivering a quality product.
- Understanding of different learning processes and methods of training.
- Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with people at all levels.
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Qualifications:
- Admitted to practice as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales
- Undergraduate degree achieving a minimum of a 2:1 or equivalent
With 51 locations, Greenberg Traurig's global network provides the platform clients need to operate in today's legal marketplace. Our team is recognized by rankings in current Chambers & Partners Guides in jurisdictions and practices around the world, based on thousands of interviews with practicing lawyers and clients. In addition, Greenberg Traurig is proud to have more lawyers listed in The Best Lawyers in America than any other law firm, a position we have held since 2008.
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From our humble beginnings in 1967 in South Florida, our focus has never been changed: serve clients better.
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Since 1967, we’ve built our firm by welcoming attorneys and professionals from all backgrounds who share our drive and commitment to excellence. GT thrives on the passion and drive of our people, emphasizing merit, innovation, belonging, and collaboration first. This commitment has been at the center of our story since our founding and has been essential to our and our client’s success.
We are thankful for the trust our clients place in us and we are proud of being recognized for the service we provide.
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