Practice Innovation and Knowledge Attorney - New York, United States - Paul Hastings

Paul Hastings

Verified Company

New York, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Paul Hastings is a leading international law firm that provides innovative legal solutions to many of the world's top financial institutions and Fortune Global 500 companies.

With a strong presence throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S., we have the global reach and extensive capabilities to provide personalized service wherever our clients' needs take us.

As one of the world's leading law firms, we seek dynamic individuals who share our commitment to service, innovation, and professional growth.

We have an opening for a Practice Innovation and Knowledge Attorney.

The Practice Innovation and Knowledge Attorney ("PIKA") will support our Financial Restructuring Practice Group with their knowledge management and innovation needs.

The PIKA will serve as a legal knowledge, market, and practical resource to the practice group, primarily responsible for implementing and managing knowledge management and innovation projects and priorities for our Financial Restructuring Group.

This will include collecting, organizing, curating, expanding, and maintaining core practice content and "know how" (e.g. model and form documents, thought leadership materials, trainings, and substantive client presentations), sharing knowledge across the group, identifying attorney practice pain points for improvement with technology, and optimizing matter data.

The role sits within the Practice Innovation & Knowledge Management team, part of the Practice Innovation & Legal Solutions Department.

In this capacity, the Practice Innovation and Knowledge Attorney will:
Knowledge and Data Management

Assess the assigned practice area's knowledge needs, and define and implement a plan to meet those needs;
Work closely with our Financial Restructuring Group lawyers to collect and maintain deal experience data leveraging the firm's experience platform and deal intelligence tool;
In coordination with our Financial Restructuring Group lawyers, draft, update and manage model documents, forms and templates, internal and client facing memoranda on practice legal issues, practice process checklists, and other required knowledge assets;
Collect, curate, and contribute content to contributing articles, client presentations, client alerts, and other content that position the Firm as a thought leader;
Promote and encourage use of the Firm's new Knowledge Management system within our Financial Restructuring Group, and maintain and continuously update content within the system;
Monitor and share with practitioners recent, relevant legal developments and current market practice developments and trends;
Provide direct support to individual Financial Restructuring Group practitioners to assist them with locating practicerelated internal and external knowledge resources;
Identify practicerelated training needs and coordinate with attorneys, Talent Development and Business Development to organize, design and deliver relevant training for associates;
Provide regular training on knowledge resources and innovative technology solutions to practice area lawyers and paralegals;
Coordinate with peers in other practice areas to exchange best practices in knowledge resources developed by each area;
Identify and communicate fund term trends for internal and client training and communications;
Review, update, and maintain fund terms and firm experience database;
Potentially support additional practice groups as necessary; and
Work beyond scheduled hours as necessary and travel as required.

Technology and Innovation

Identify practice painpoints and use cases for legal technology tools, and recommend solutions, and contribute to the design and development of legal tech solutions, including facilitating administration of pilot plans or proofs of concept, communicating and driving adoption around launch of new solutions;
Participate in the continuous development of internal policies and processes to foster innovation and best practice KM;
Foster relationships with industry peers, legal technology providers, and other stakeholders; and
Attend conferences, seminars, and events to keep abreast of industry trends and best practices, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and best practice sharing amongst practice areas and the global Practice Innovation & Knowledge Management team.

Proficiencies:

Prior experience practicing in the Financial Restructuring space or related areas (required);
Experience with knowledge management and / or legal innovation practices (preferred);
Advanced knowledge of the workflows and core needs of Financial Restructuring lawyers;
Familiarity with legal innovation and legal technology ecosystem;
Proficiency in developing training curricula and learning and development best practices;
Advanced proficiency in researching and drafting relevant legal documents and content;
Competency with firm software programs;
Advanced proficiency in document management search funct