Legal Project Manager

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Job Description

We're Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. At Norton Rose Fulbright, our strategy and our culture are closely entwined. We know that our expansion will mean little unless it is underpinned by truly global collaboration and we understand that pioneering work only takes place when our people have room to move and think beyond boundaries. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. 

We are looking to recruit an experienced Disputes Legal Project Manager to join our growing LPM team. The successful candidate will ideally have equivalent experience at a leading law firm and be interested in building strong relationships across our firm. 

The LPM team works closely with partners, fee earners and other Business Professionals to, among other things: provide better support for client engagements; assist with scoping and managing matters and client portfolios; drive efficiencies; and further develop the LPM toolkit.  

You will be both business and client facing and will play a pivotal role in embedding LPM across our offices in EMEA. As well as being engaged on specific matters and providing internal style consultancy advice across the EMEA business, you will also support the development of the wider LPM team. 
The role reports directly to the Co-heads of Legal Project Management and forms part of the wider Legal Transformation Programme

This role is hybrid based in our London office.

The Role

The detailed responsibilities include but are not limited to:

•    Assist lawyers in developing budgets, process maps and work plans for new and existing legal matters
•    Develop specific client matter project and portfolio documentation and reports, including reviewing and consolidating financial reporting and project metrics
•    Monitor and track legal team activities and provide on-going updates to ensure that legal mandates meet Firm standards and client expectations
•    Identify, manage and mitigate risks on legal matters
•    Implement and manage portfolio client and matter based internal and external reporting
•    Liaise with clients, lawyers, pricing and business development professionals
•    Assist on other special projects as needed

Skills and Experience Required

•    Preferably educated to a degree level
•    Expertise working in a similar capacity in a leading law firm 
•    Proven track record of managing complex dispute resolution projects from initiation to close
•    Strong understanding of dispute resolution processes
•    Project management, lean, change management or other certification or comparable experience is preferable
•    Management of juniors and pastoral skills
•    Highly organised with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks effectively in a fast paced environment
•    Ability to work independently and as a key contributor
•    Flexibility to work remotely with a global team
•    Comfortable working with and leading teams of partners, associates and other legal personnel
•    Basic knowledge of Visio and able to learn new applications quickly
•    SharePoint knowledge a plus
•    Experience of enterprise reporting systems

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. 
Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustments or accommodations, please let us know here.