Legal Project Manager

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Legal Project Management - LondonJob Description

We're Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. At Norton Rose Fulbright, our strategy and our culture are closely entwined. We know that our expansion will mean little unless it is underpinned by truly global collaboration and we understand that pioneering work only takes place when our people have room to move and think beyond boundaries. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. 

Our London office is currently recruiting for an experienced Legal Project Manager to join our growing Banking LPM capability.

The Role 

 This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-value banking and finance matters, supporting our lawyers in delivering efficient and effective legal services to our clients.     

You will be both business and client facing and will play a pivotal role in embedding LPM across our offices in EMEA. As well as being engaged on specific matters and providing internal style consultancy advice across the EMEA business, you will also support the development of the wider LPM team.  

This role provides a great opportunity to drive change in the delivery of our legal services, work alongside our process and technology experts, and develop new and better ways of working

Key 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 

Skills and Experience Required

• 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 

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. 
Our new enabled work model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work from both the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustments or accommodations, please let us know here.