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About the Role

This role focuses on developing expertise in Legal Project Management (LPM), delivering excellent client service, and supporting senior LPM team members with project management tasks.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of structured legal project management on large, complex, or multi-jurisdictional matters.
• Assist with scoping, planning, and reporting for projects, including developing project plans, timelines, fee monitoring, status updates, and progress tracking.
• Assist the senior team in developing solutions to client challenges.
• Communicate regularly with internal teams and clients, requiring excellent drafting skills.
• Support the design, development, and implementation of matter budgets.
• Proactively monitor matter budgets against actual performance and present findings.
• Support the billing process and WIP management where required.
• Assist in maintaining and populating volume data and documentation for transactions and projects.
• Assist the team in developing metrics and reporting tools to illustrate trends and analyze matter performance.
• Undertake analysis to support write-offs and post/ongoing matter negotiations.
• Escalate project-specific issues appropriately to senior LPM team members.
• Draft pitch content for client and panel pitches covering legal project management frameworks, technology, and process improvement.
• Support the Manager in managing external service providers and local counsel teams.
• Capture legal project management case studies and prepare slide decks and data for pitches, debriefs, and training.
• Coordinate legal project management calls and meetings, distribute instructions, and respond to queries on transaction/project processes.
• Support legal process design by creating process maps, administering managed service pilots, and creating quick guides.
• Support the collation and development of LPM collateral, tools, and templates, and manage knowledge-sharing repositories.

Requirements

• Degree qualified in Law, Management, Finance, or a Business-related subject.
• Over 1-2 years of post-degree experience in a law firm or other professional services firm.
• Qualified lawyers with a proven track record of managing legal work end-to-end are encouraged.
• Comprehensive understanding of the legal process and typical work product in a law firm environment.
• Ability to build relationships and influence all levels of seniority.
• Excellent communication skills, including summarizing complex issues verbally and in writing, and liaising directly with clients and practice groups.
• Strong analytical ability with sound judgment to balance factors and solve complex problems.
• Demonstrated financial acumen and understanding of key financial performance indicators.
• Demonstrated ability to simplify complex concepts for communication.
• Strong foundational skills with Microsoft 365 Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word essential).
• Experience with Power BI and SharePoint is an advantage.
• Strong IT literacy with an aptitude for learning new software and IT applications.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Empathy and situational awareness.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Organized and practical mindset with the ability to see the big picture.
• Excellent personal time management principles.
• Determination, resilience, and persistence.
• Skilled at prioritizing demanding workloads and working on projects as part of an international team.
• Experience of using a Financial Practice Management System (e.g., Elite or Aderant Expert) is desirable.
• Experience of using Power BI (or Power Automate tools) for analysis and reporting is desirable.
• Understanding of law firm economics is desirable.
• Experience working with a combination of legal technologies (e.g., collaboration software, automation, AI) is desirable.

Skills

• Legal Project Management
• Client Service
• Project Management Tasks
• Scoping
• Planning
• Reporting
• Project Plan Development
• Project Timeline Management
• Fee Monitoring
• Status Updates
• Progress Tracking
• Client Relationship Management
• Budget Management
• Financial Performance Monitoring
• Billing Process Support
• WIP Management
• Data and Documentation Management
• Metrics and Reporting Tool Development
• Trend Analysis
• Matter Performance Analysis
• Problem Solving
• Financial Acumen
• Microsoft 365 Suite
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Word
• Power BI
• SharePoint
• IT Literacy
• Learning New Software
• Teamwork
• Independent Work
• Attention to Detail
• Time Management
• Prioritization
• Financial Practice Management Systems
• Power Automate
• Legal Technologies
• Collaboration Software
• Automation
• AI

Location

• London

Work Type

• Full time
• Permanent Contract

Experience Level

• 1-2 years post-degree experience

Education Level

• Degree qualified in Law, Management, Finance or Business-related subject

About the Company

• Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm committed to helping clients achieve their goals.
• The firm prioritizes exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence, investing in long-term client relationships.
• With over 170 years of history, the firm is a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific entity with an extensive global footprint.
• Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer excels at tackling complexity and navigating change in demanding litigation, regulatory work, and complex transactions.
• The firm is recognized as a leader in energy, infrastructure, and resources sectors, and focuses on areas of global business growth.
• The firm supports the growth of its people to achieve its ambition of helping clients achieve theirs.

Equal Opportunity

• We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives.
• This commitment is essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance.
• This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.