Knowledge & Innovation Attorney - Corporate & Financial Services

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of knowledge and data assets for the department.
• Manage workflows for tracking documents and generating insights into matter types and deal points.
• Verify the accuracy and completeness of data extracted by AI solutions and resolve discrepancies.
• Design, test and iterate generative AI prompts tailored to department-specific use cases.
• Build scalable workflows, including standardized playbooks, decision trees, exception pathways and escalation criteria, and assist in the implementation thereof.
• Curate and maintain clause banks, exemplar document sets, issues lists and deal point databases; produce and curate knowledge management reports.
• Oversee the maintenance of matter trackers and experience databases.
• Lead meetings, trainings and presentations to promote knowledge tools, resources, processes, data standards, platforms, AI usage guidelines and workflow best practices.
• Capture feedback to improve knowledge management products, solutions and processes.
• Respond to attorney inquiries by locating precedent, surfacing curated knowledge resources and implementing solutions, tools and best practices for the department.
• Provide other knowledge support to the department as directed by the Corporate Practice Manager and practitioners.
• Where appropriate and aligned with client matters, take on billable assignments that leverage subject-matter and data expertise.
• Additional projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of experience as a Corporate associate with expertise across a broad range of corporate transactions, ideally including private equity/M&A, capital markets and corporate governance.
• Degree and admission to at least one state bar required.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, competing deadlines and shifting priorities with a customer service-oriented attitude.
• Strong understanding of legal knowledge management, data structuring or technology-enabled legal processes, including precedent curation and a commitment to continuous improvement of the department’s knowledge strategy.
• Proficiency with legal technology and research tools, with the ability to translate practitioner needs into structured requirements and test cases.
• Familiarity with generative AI and prompt engineering concepts, with a genuine curiosity to learn and experiment with these tools.
• Strong drafting, analytical and communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and sound business judgment.
• Self-motivated with strong accountability, flexibility and the ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Ability to exercise good business judgment and maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Self-motivated problem solver who is able to collaborate with attorneys and non-legal staff across departments.