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About the Role
We are looking for a commercially-minded and intellectually curious Knowledge Lawyer to join our national Class Actions team in Sydney. This role will focus on shaping service delivery, innovation, and growth within our litigation practice, with a particular emphasis on supporting the development and implementation of AI-enabled solutions to enhance matter delivery, knowledge management, client service, and operational efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Monitor market developments to identify opportunities with prospective and existing clients, including class action pitch opportunities.
- Manage the preparation of key materials for external business development activities, including client talks, podcasts and roundtables.
- Contribute to the Class Actions practice's AI and data strategy by helping to develop and implement AI-enabled workflows, products and knowledge resources.
- Collaborate with Partners, Business Development and Learning & Development to create and edit thought leadership articles, training and blogs.
- Support initiatives that leverage matter data and market intelligence to create value for clients and the practice.
- Act as subject matter expert for projects relying on practice group content or for knowledge-related projects within the team.
- Focus on increasing skills and commerciality around the team makeup/leverage, whilst working with pricing and resourcing managers to ensure the profitability of the work.
Requirements
- A law degree and relevant practice experience in class actions or related disputes.
- 5 or more years post-admission experience.
- An interest in building strategic business relationships and identifying/pursuing new business.
- A high level of credibility and the ability to act as a trusted adviser to partners, legal staff and business services staff.
- The ability to deal autonomously, flexibly and effectively with a wide variety of people at various levels across the business.
- An innovative mindset, curious about AI and emerging technologies.
Skills
- AI
- Data strategy
- Knowledge management
- Client service
- Operational efficiency
- Business development
- Thought leadership
- Legal technology
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full time
- Permanent Contract
Experience Level
- 5 or more years post-admission experience
Education Level
- Law degree
Benefits
- Holistic wellbeing fund
- Home office allowance
About the Company
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm committed to helping clients achieve their goals through exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence.
- We are a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm with an extensive footprint across the world’s largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs.
- We excel at tackling complexity and navigating change, working alongside clients on demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work, and complex public and private market transactions.
- We are recognised leaders in energy, infrastructure, and resources, and focus on areas of growth impacting businesses globally.
- We support the growth of our people, enabling them to deliver on our ambition to help clients achieve theirs.
- The Disputes team is a multi-disciplinary global team of world-leading sector specialists and regional experts, providing commercial insight and legal advice.
- The Disputes group is ranked as a Tier 1 Dispute Resolution: Class Actions Firm (Legal 500 2025) and a Band 1 Dispute Resolution Firm (Chambers Asia Pacific 2025).
- We are a world-leading international law firm with a global team of over 6,000 professionals across 26 offices.
- As the market leader in Australia, we are committed to high performance, collaboration, diversity, and digital innovation.
- We are client-centred, commercially driven, and renowned for our solution-focused expertise.
- We provide opportunities to learn on the job and tailored learning opportunities, including daily experiences, supportive challenges, team collaboration, mentors, and structured learning.
- We value wellbeing, both at home and work, with a strong emphasis on mental health and support.
- We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives, essential for our success, innovation, and sustained high performance.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as 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.