Fund Finance Knowledge Lawyer
Company: Mayer Brown LLP
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: October 20, 2024
Job Description:
Overview
***We are seeking Charlotte area candidates and we will consider
experienced candidates for fully-remote opportunities.***
Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent
the world's major corporations, funds, and financial institutions
in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We
are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep
commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating
their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.
We are a collegial, collaborative, and diverse firm where highly
motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence
receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to
grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential all while
supporting the Firm's client service principles of excellence,
strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths,
innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.
If you enjoy working with team members whose defining
characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative,
professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the
person we are seeking to join our Knowledge Management department
in our Charlotte office as a Fund Finance Knowledge Lawyer.
The Fund Finance Knowledge Lawyer works with the Global Chief
Knowledge Officer, the Fund Finance Partners, the Finance Knowledge
Lawyers globally, and other Partners and Practice and Departmental
leaders, to provide Knowledge support to the Global Fund Finance
team, and specifically to manage and oversee certain
production-level activity and related practice resources for Global
Fund Finance matters. This will include but not be limited to
focusing on the organization and upkeep of a portfolio of Fund
Finance-related model documents/standard forms, the efficient and
high-quality execution of 15 defined tasks in relation to Fund
Finance matters, and the assessment and adoption of advanced tools
and technology to help the Fund Finance team keep pace with
innovative approaches to the delivery of legal services.
This role also will assist with other tasks as requested by the
Fund Finance Partners and the Global Chief Knowledge Officer.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Maintenance of Fund Finance Forms Platform:
- Oversees the organization, accessibility and upkeep of a
portfolio of over 300 general and client-specific Fund
Finance-related model documents/standard forms and establishes
processes to ensure that these forms are compliant with client
policies and business needs as well as market standards.
- Ensures that these documents are stored and secured in
conformance with Firm, Practice and client policies and
requirements.
- Enhanced Assignment Coordination, Feedback Integration and
Workflow Efficiencies:
- Coordinate Fund Finance matter activities among attorneys and
support staff.
- Oversee a set of 15 predefined tasks that can be accomplished
by the Fund Finance support team as a service offering.
- Implement a Fund Finance production program feedback system for
continual process refinement and performance improvement.
- Address issues generally to ensure timely, high-quality
deliverables from the Fund Finance production process.
- Coordination of the Assessment and Implementation of New Legal
Technologies:
- Become the point person to help assess the need for, facilitate
adoption of, and become a power user of new, complex legal
technologies.
- Be the primary user of these technologies, ensuring their
effective integration into our work processes and leveraging them
to enhance productivity and service quality.
- Coordinate with Mayer Brown's Innovation, Legal Project
Management, Knowledge Management and Information Technology teams
to stay current regarding new legal technology trends.
- Focusing on adoption of existing processes relating to Fund
Finance including the Electronic Closing Binders (ECB) process, the
Global Knowledge Bank (GKB), Finance matter taxonomy updates, and
Fund Finance-related intranet page maintenance.
- Participation in initiatives to collaborate with relevant
clients to improve Fund Finance matter processes.
- Coordination of multi-functional projects as needed.
- Collaboration in the annual departmental budgeting
process.
- Assistance with other departmental administration functions as
needed.
- Performing other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm
goals and objectives.
Qualifications
Education/Training/Certifications:
- Juris Doctorate degree.
- Licensed to practice law in a US jurisdiction.
- Lean/Six Sigma certification a plus.
- Project Management certification a plus.
Professional Experience:
- 7+ years of Fund Finance practice experience in a law firm or
corporate law department.
- Experience in Knowledge Management system & operations
preferred.
- Prior supervisory or lead experience building teams
required.
Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, required.
- Ability to assess the need for and to help implement
cutting-edge tools and technology that can help create efficiency
and improve quality in the delivery of Fund Finance legal
services.
Performance Traits:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to
communicate effectively and in a professional manner with all
levels of the Firm and outside vendors.
- Ability to work in a diverse team environment and effectively
support the demanding needs of the Firm.
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines with shifting
priorities.
- Strong knowledge of process and project management principles
and methodologies.
- Demonstrated experience leading medium to large scale projects,
preferably at a global scope.
- Must be a self-starter with a high level of
initiative.
- Strong customer service skills, able to anticipate needs and
exercise independent judgment.
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills and the
ability to handle multiple projects.
- Maintains confidentiality and exercises discretion.
- Exercises solid strategic thinking and problem-solving
skills.
Management Accountabilities:
- Manages processes for direct reports in regards to performance
appraisals, annual compensation, goal setting and performance
counselling.
- Demonstrated leadership and supervisory experience.
- Operational budget analysis and recommendations.
- Conducts analysis of staffing levels and participation in the
recruitment process.
- Able to determine and implement change processes to improve
workflow efficiencies.
- Process- and service-oriented with strong leadership and
project management skills.
- Able to set priorities and delegate in an efficient manner.
Physical Requirements:
- May require occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs.
The above is a general description of the essential duties
associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive
or comprehensive list of all duties.
The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at
its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of
employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of
employment.
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