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Norton Rose Fulbright

26d ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Senior Level
  • Legal
  • London
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AI generated summary

  • You must have a degree, legal project management experience in banking and finance, budget tracking skills, stakeholder management, tech proficiency, leadership ability, and strong organizational skills.
  • You will manage legal projects, develop plans, monitor progress, ensure communication, track budgets, implement efficiencies, and utilize technology for reporting and process improvements.

Requirements

  • Educated to a degree level
  • Expertise working in a similar capacity in a leading law firm
  • Project management, lean, change management or other certification or comparable experience is preferable
  • Demonstrable experience managing banking and finance legal projects, including due diligence, loan portfolio reviews, transfers/novations, and repapering projects
  • Strong financial acumen with experience in budget tracking, cost management, and financial reporting
  • Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks effectively in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with clients, lawyers, and business professionals.
  • Experience working with technology solutions to support legal project execution. Experience with tools such as Litera Transact, eBrevia, Harvey, and O&D is a plus.
  • Experience with MS Office tools including Excel
  • Some knowledge of PowerBI, Visio, and SharePoint
  • Experience of enterprise reporting systems
  • Able to learn new applications quickly
  • Management of juniors and pastoral skills
  • Ability to work independently and as a key contributor
  • Comfortable working with and leading teams of partners, associates and other legal personnel

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage banking and finance legal projects, including due diligence, loan portfolio reviews, transfers/novations, and repapering
  • Develop project plans, process maps/workflows, timelines, and resource allocation strategies to meet delivery requirements
  • Monitor progress against key milestones and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery, providing on-going updates to ensure that legal mandates meet Firm standards and client expectations
  • Collaborate closely with lawyers, clients, and counterparties to drive project execution
  • Act as the primary point of contact for project-related queries and updates
  • Facilitate effective communication between legal teams, clients, and third-parties
  • Implement and manage client and matter based internal and external reporting
  • Implement best practices for legal project execution, including risk management, reporting, and quality control
  • Identify areas for process improvement and proactively propose solutions
  • Proactively manage scope and design/deploy scope management plans
  • Track and monitor project budgets, ensuring financial performance aligns with forecasts and client expectations
  • Develop specific client matter project and portfolio documentation and reports, including reviewing and consolidating financial reporting and project metrics
  • Support pricing and fee structuring to maintain profitability while delivering value to clients
  • Generate regular financial reports, including cost analysis, budget variances, and revenue tracking
  • Identify opportunities for process efficiencies and cost savings across projects
  • Utilize legal technology tools, including contract management and workflow automation platforms, to streamline processes
  • Support data analytics, tracking, and reporting to enhance project transparency and efficiency
  • Liaise with clients, lawyers, pricing and business development professionals
  • Assist on other special projects as needed

FAQs

What is the main focus of the Legal Project Manager role at Norton Rose Fulbright?

The main focus is to manage complex banking and finance legal projects, ensuring efficient and effective legal services delivery to clients while embedding legal project management across EMEA offices.

What qualifications are required for the Legal Project Manager position?

Candidates should be educated to a degree level and have expertise in a similar capacity in a leading law firm, along with project management or change management certification or comparable experience.

What types of legal projects will the Legal Project Manager be responsible for?

The Legal Project Manager will manage banking and finance legal projects, including due diligence, loan portfolio reviews, transfers/novations, and repapering projects.

Is experience with legal technology tools necessary for this role?

While not mandatory, experience with legal technology tools such as Litera Transact, eBrevia, Harvey, and O&D is a plus and can be beneficial for project execution.

What are the key skills required for the Legal Project Manager position?

Key skills include strong financial acumen, organizational and analytical skills, stakeholder management, effective communication, and experience with technology solutions for legal project execution.

Will the Legal Project Manager role involve managing a team?

Yes, the role involves managing juniors and contributing to team leadership, collaborating with partners, associates, and other legal personnel.

What is the working model for this position?

The working model is hybrid, allowing flexibility to work from both the office and remote locations while maintaining high service standards.

Is there support for professional development in this role?

Yes, the role includes opportunities to drive change in legal services, develop new methods of work, and support the growth of the wider Legal Project Management team.

How is performance tracked in the Legal Project Manager position?

Performance is tracked through project budgets, timelines, deliverables, and ongoing updates on progress against key milestones to ensure compliance with Firm standards and client expectations.

What is the firm's stance on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?

Norton Rose Fulbright strives to create a diverse and inclusive environment to attract the best talent, allowing everyone to bring their whole selves to work and realize their full career potential.

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Norton Rose Fulbright

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5001-10,000
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Mission & Purpose

We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 3,500 lawyers and other legal staff based in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa. Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; consumer markets; transport; technology; and life sciences and healthcare. Through our global risk advisory group, we leverage our industry experience with our knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide our clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses. Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact. Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg