Associate

Knowledge Lawyer — Employment — London

A leading international law firm

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Join a top-tier London employment team advising on high-profile, strategic and often precedent-setting matters for employers and senior executives. The team handles complex contentious and advisory work across sectors such as financial services, fashion & retail, luxury and media.

This Knowledge Lawyer role sits at the heart of the department's strategy: developing and maintaining know-how, driving knowledge-led business development, producing client-facing thought leadership, and embedding technology and automation to improve delivery. The role combines technical employment law expertise with a client-facing and training remit, and close collaboration with fee-earners, business development and risk teams.

  • Approximately 5+ years PQE; experience as a Knowledge Lawyer/PSL or strong fee-earning background with demonstrable knowledge contribution
  • Deep technical knowledge of employment law and litigation/appeal experience or exposure
  • Proven writing, drafting and content-development skills for client and internal audiences
  • Track record or appetite for business development, knowledge commercialisation and thought leadership
  • Comfort with legal technology, use of AI for knowledge tools, and precedent automation
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management and teamworking skills; able to work independently under pressure

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