Jobs at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

General permanent full-time opportunity with the People team at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in London. The description emphasizes client service, excellence, inclusion, and employee growth but does not provide specific responsibilities or qualifications.

Design and deliver client-facing technical architectures for legal workflows, integrating DMS, workflow, AI/LLM platforms and enterprise systems. Produce architecture documentation, ensure security and governance, advise on commercial implications, run proofs of concept, and collaborate with lawyers and delivery teams to deploy chargeable, reliable solutions for transaction and corporate legal matters.

Manage global resource allocation for a corporate legal practice, balancing client needs, profitability, employee development, wellbeing, and utilization. Advise partners and staff on work allocation, monitor capacity and pipeline demand, support mobility and alternative talent pools, provide utilization insights, and help embed resource management processes and technology. Build trusted stakeholder relationships, support culture change, and contribute to the firm’s resource management strategy.

Supports Workday and related People systems administration, first-line query resolution, cyclical data tasks, audits, documentation, testing, and system change validation. The role maintains data quality, manages incidents and service requests, coordinates with IT teams on downstream impacts, and handles sensitive HR data in accordance with governance requirements.

Provide conflicts support for the firm including creating and maintaining information barriers, conducting conflicts searches and analysis for low-risk matters, managing bulk data (class action/bankruptcy), researching using Intapp, maintaining online resources, and supporting related projects and administrative tasks.

Perform AML/CDD checks, sanctions and PEP screening, client risk assessments, beneficial ownership research, advise stakeholders on routine financial crime queries, and coordinate CDD with matter teams and New Business Intake.

Supports pricing leadership across the UK, US, and EMEA by developing financial models, conducting scenario analysis, preparing tender and RFP pricing, managing pricing approvals, and providing data-driven recommendations for client negotiations. The role also maintains pricing trackers and content, supports self-service tools, presents findings to stakeholders, and helps promote pricing best practices among lawyers and partners.

Manage global conflict checks for new clients and matters, applying US conflicts rules and drafting conflict waivers. Analyze legal, commercial, reputational, sanctions, financial crime, and information barrier risks; advise partners and lawyers; consult on complex ethical issues; coordinate with financial crime and global conflicts teams; and contribute to conflicts technology and process improvements.

Provide legal advice on data and technology matters, develop and implement data policies (retention, deletion, storage), prepare guidance and training, advise on cross-jurisdictional data/privacy law issues, support practice groups and business services, and work with the AI Governance team to create standards and processes for data use in AI systems.

Lead and assist on international arbitrations, support partners in hearings, manage casework and budgets, mentor juniors, develop client relationships, ensure compliance with firm policies and contribute to firm initiatives.

Mid-level insurance litigation associate handling coverage disputes, contentious regulatory matters and professional negligence claims. Manage and deliver discrete legal work, draft and negotiate documents, support senior lawyers, delegate and mentor juniors, manage billing, and build client relationships while contributing to business development and firm initiatives.

Lead and manage contentious competition litigation matters including defending damages claims in the High Court and CAT, coordinate multi‑jurisdictional responses, supervise junior lawyers, develop client relationships, manage billing and contribute to firm initiatives and training.

Manage global conflict checks and advise partners on conflicts, information barriers, reputational/sanctions/financial crime risks, and matter risk assessments. Liaise with Financial Crime and international teams, contribute to team development, and help optimise conflicts technology and processes.

Provide support on competition disputes and contentious matters, particularly private enforcement in High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal. Assist in defending damages actions, manage multi-jurisdictional claims, liaise with clients, supervise juniors, contribute to business development, and ensure compliance with firm risk and billing processes.

Lead and support private equity transactions (MBOs, LBOs, public-to-privates, restructurings), manage transaction delivery and quality, supervise junior lawyers, contribute to business development, pitch work, and firm initiatives while ensuring compliance with risk and billing processes.

Provide AML/CTF and sanctions advisory to practice groups, escalate and resolve complex sanctions and unusual activity matters, develop and implement financial crime policies and controls, perform risk assessments and remediation, support regulatory enquiries, audits and stakeholder consultations, and maintain audit‑ready records.