Clifford Chance
Legal Technology Advisor (Forward Deployed)
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Legal Technology Advisor (Forward Deployed)
Legal Technology Advisor (LTA)
About Clifford Chance
We are one of the largest international law firms in the world. With over 30 offices across the globe, we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, providing them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, combining the firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise.
Our firm, work, and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages. We offer clients a truly international perspective. We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating—full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That’s why we’re so proud of our inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work.
Our one firm global strategy focuses on targeted growth led by the needs of our core clients—those we can best support with our specility and breadth of Clifford Chance expertise, across sectors and geographies that matter most to them.
The Role
The Legal Technology Advisor (LTA) is an ambitious, analytical delivery specialist passionate about digital transformation, including the practical use of Artificial Intelligence. You will operate at the intersection of law and technology across One Europe, collaborating with deal teams and litigation teams to implement technology solutions in real time, configuring tools during active matters for seamless service delivery.
Acting as the bridge between client needs and Clifford Chance’s technology capabilities, you will:
- Scope, advise on, and deploy technology-enabled solutions improving efficiency, reducing risk, and contributing to revenue growth across European jurisdictions.
- Drive adoption of the firm’s legal technology toolkit, delivering at the pace of client needs and sharing market and front-line insights from across One Europe to Product Management and the Legal Technology Advisory leadership.
This role helps to shape the firm’s innovation pipeline.
Key Responsibilities
Delivery and Collaboration
- Act as the first point of contact for matter teams within the Global Business Units (GBUs) seeking technology-enabled solutions, assessing requirements, defining scope, and recommending appropriate tools and approaches.
- Design and deliver technology-assisted workflows for live matters, e.g., document/contract review and analysis, due diligence, document automation, transaction management, litigation/eDiscovery, collaboration and workflow tools, ensuring high-quality, compliant execution.
- Configure, integrate, and optimize existing solutions to meet matter requirements; document functional and enhancement requests, and collaborate with Product Management, IT, and vendors on pilots and deployments.
- Identify and support power users of legal technology solutions to scale delivery capabilities within the GBU.
- Maintain documentation for solution configurations, matter playbooks, and client engagement materials. Share lessons through the Legal Technology Advisory Community of Practice.
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Client and Business Engagement
- Build strong relationships with partners and associates, serving as a trusted advisor and delivering at the pace of client needs.
- Prepare and deliver tailored client-facing demonstrations, proofs of concept, and proposals that demonstrate value, differentiation, and time-to-value.
- Support pricing and scoping of technology components in pitches, proposals, and panel submissions, working with partners and commercial teams.
- Coordinate with business stakeholders to embed legal technology into delivery and client strategies.
Strategic Insight and Market Awareness
- Monitor legal market trends, competitive activity, and emerging technologies, identifying process improvement opportunities and reporting local solutions to the firm’s innovation pipeline.
- Capture and share success stories, usage insights, and client feedback to inform go-to-market materials and the product roadmap.
- Balance immediate client demands with broader business transformation opportunities, articulating practical, scalable solutions.
Legal Technology Advisory
- Develop a deep understanding of lawyers’ and clients’ needs within the assigned GBU, promoting the benefits of the firm’s legal technology toolkit and optimal usage scenarios.
- Design, develop, and apply technology solutions on-the-fly to support and deliver live matter work.
- Drive metrics-driven adoption of legal technology solutions, prioritizing engagement by demand, impact, and readiness; collaboratively address challenges with Product Management.
- Assist with new solution introductions, focusing on end-to-end legal service delivery processes.
- Deliver tailored presentations and demos of the firm’s legal technology toolkit, including advanced speaking and AI tools.
- Ensure solutions meet firm policies, client requirements, data privacy, and security standards. Identify early delivery risks and mitigate them.
Committee and Group Participation
- Actively participate in the Legal Technology Advisory Community of Practice under the firm’s Strategy the Practice initiative.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Revenue generated through application of legal technology.
- Reduction in matter write-offs via improved efficiency and effective use of legal technology.
- Success in winning clients and pitches through Effective Legal Technology capabilities.
- Positive client feedback and satisfaction on technology-driven solutions and engagements.
Requirements
Your Experience
Skills:
- Demonstrated experience in advising on and delivering legal technology within a professional services context (preferably legal or consulting).
- Hands-on expertise in contrat analysis and review platforms, document automation, transaction management, litigation/eDiscovery, workflow and collaboration tools.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and knowledge of the Power Platform is an advantage.
- Knowledge of AI and data-driven solutions, including Generative AI, NLP, and machine learning, with practical applications to legal workflows.
- Strong requirements gathering, solution scoping, and process-mapping skills; ability to translate complex legal demands into practical, scalable solutions.
- Experience with Agile delivery practices and collaboration tools (e.g., Agile Central, JIRA). Comfort working with Product Management, IT, and vendors.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills—able to explain technical concepts simply and adjust speaking style for lawyers, clients, and stakeholders.
- High-quality written communication for internal and client-facing materials.
- Analytical skills with data manipulation; confidence using metrics to drive decisions.
- Commercial awareness and insight into how legal technology impacts client outcomes and law firm economics.
- Proactive problem-solver with entrepreneurial drive; capable of managing multiple engagements, prioritizing effectively, and seeing initiatives through.
- Intellectual rigour, listening skills, and commitment to continuous learning and innovation.
- Confidence in interacting with individuals at all levels of the firm.
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Qualifications:
- Degree level or equivalent experience.
- Fluent in English; additional European languages are an advantage.
- Client-facing interaction or consulting experience is beneficial.
About the Role
Hybrid Working
This role supports a balanced hybrid working approach. Working arrangements will be determined by business needs and follow the firm’s hybrid working policy.
What We Offer
Clifford Chance provides a broad range of benefits, including:
- Financial, wellbeing, lifestyle, and family-friendly benefits.
- Visit our career page for UK-specific benefits.
Equal Opportunities Commitment
Clifford Chance is dedicated to fair treatment of all employees and applicants, regardless of gender identity/expression, marital status, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or age. We foster an inclusive culture and value equality of opportunity and experience.
Employees’ networks are available for colleagues to advocate for change and share experiences.
For more details about our inclusive culture: Equal Opportunities Policy Link
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