Senior Legal Project Manager, Disputes – Leading London Law Firm

About Artemis Legal Recruitment

We recruit legal professionals for leading international law firms, from associate to partner. We also specialise in niche legal operations roles such as:

• Digital Transformation & GenAI
• Legal Automation & Technology
• Legal Project Management
• Practice Management
• Pricing

The Client

A leading UK law firm with a large and well established London office, with market leading practices in areas such as Corporate, Disputes, Real Estate, Banking & Finance in addition to niche specialist practices.

The Role

An LPM is assigned to particular disputes in this firm once they hit a certain degree of complexity or value. The LPM is responsible for;

• Matter Management: Developing timelines, managing budgets, and tracking progress.
• Client Communication: Acting as a key point of contact alongside the matter partner or senior associate. Ensuring that clients are updated and their expectations are managed with regards to timelines and billing.
• Financial Oversight: Ensuring that the matter is running to agreed levels of profitability.
• eDiscovery leadership: You will assist in overseeing the best practices for managing eDiscovery workflows, from data collection and preservation through to review and production
• Process Improvement: Identifying opportunities to improve service delivery.

Experience Required

• At least four years experience working in an LPM function or a leading city litigation function,
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, to facilitate data analysis and the ability to present this is a useable format to partners and other colleagues
• Strong commercial acumen and high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to create strong working relationships with clients and colleagues
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

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