Senior Analyst, LPM UK, US & EMEA / APAC, London

Opportunity

Senior Legal Project Manager (Disputes / Transactions Practice Group). The role supports legal project management of large, complex, and multi‑jurisdictional matters, ensuring efficient and effective delivery.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support delivery of structured legal project management on large, complex or multi‑jurisdictional matters.
• Assist with scoping, planning, reporting, budgeting, fee monitoring and status updates internally and to clients.
• Coordinate project kick‑off, design and implementation of budgets, and compliance monitoring for financial disciplines.
• Support billing, WIP management, data population and metrics development to analyse matter performance.
• Draft pitch content and collateral; manage external service providers and local counsel.
• Provide training and demos on LPM tools for associates, senior associates and business services.
• Mentor junior team members and conduct quality control of their work.
• Provide additional assistance to business on client matters and internal projects as required.

Key Performance Indicators

• Contribute to practice group financial metrics by managing revenue leakage and enhancing matter profitability.
• Maintain high stakeholder engagement with partners, lawyers, practice managers, PAs and business services colleagues.
• Increase operational capability of fee earners and PAs.
• Receive positive client feedback and contribute to winning new work.
• Create and disseminate sustainable operational best practices within relevant Practice Groups.
• Effectively leverage broader LPM and Legal Technology capabilities on firm‑wide or Practice Group projects.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent.
• 3–4 years post‑degree experience in a law firm or professional services environment.
• Understanding of legal process and typical work product.
• Numerate, with the ability to convert complex/raw data into concise actionable intelligence.
• Confident training and presentation skills.
• Ability to build relationships and influence at all seniority levels.
• Excellent communication skills – summarising complex issues verbally and in writing and liaising directly with clients and the Disputes Practice Group.
• Strong analytical ability and sound judgement to balance multiple factors and solve complex problems.
• Demonstrated financial acumen and understanding of key financial performance indicators.
• Strong skills with Microsoft 365 Suite: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, PowerBi, SharePoint.
• High IT literacy and aptitude for learning new systems and software.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Empathy, situational awareness, high attention to detail, organized mindset and strong time‑management principles.
• Determination, resilience, persistence and prioritisation of demanding workloads on international projects.

Desirable Experience

• Experience using a financial practice management system (e.g., Elite, Aderant Expert).
• Experience with PowerBi or Power Automate tools for analysis and reporting.
• Understanding of law firm economics.
• Experience with legal technologies such as collaboration software, automation and AI.
• Language skills in the Asia Region (Mandarin, Indonesian, Bahasa, Japanese, Korean, Thai).
• Experience working within an international team on global projects.

Working Pattern

Full time

Location

London

Contract type

Permanent

Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. This is essential to our success and a key part of our values – Human, Bold, and Outstanding. We invest in your personal and professional growth and support you to achieve your ambitions, while you share responsibility for the firm’s growth.

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