Practice Development Lawyer

**About the Firm**

Pinsent Masons is a global 100 law firm, with over 3,400 staff and operating out of 26 locations across the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. We have a long-standing reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our global reach ensures that we are well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines.

The firm has significant international credentials in the financial services, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. Services provided across these sectors include asset management and investment funds, corporate and M&A, commercial, competition, litigation and arbitration, banking, restructuring, insurance, regulatory, construction, projects, pensions, property, planning and environmental, procurement, outsourcing, employment, share plans and incentives, technology and tax advice.

We aim to promote progress and change so that our business can work better for people. Pinsent Masons has embedded a range of diversity & inclusion initiatives to create an environment in which it’s people can flourish. We operate an agile working scheme, which offers staff flexibility in terms of where they work.

We stand out for our innovative approach to service delivery. For example, the firm has developed a number of in-house legal technology & project management solutions, operates a hub of freelance lawyers, called Vario, and a global Diversity and Inclusion consultancy, Brook Graham. Put simply, we offer a range of professional disciplines to our clients, enabled by our people, process and technology.

**Awards**

Pinsent Masons has achieved more tier 1 rankings in The Legal 500 UK guide than any other firm, won the "Law Firm of the Year Award 2019 - Legal Business" for the second time and is recognised among the most innovative law firms in Europe by the Financial Times. Pinsent Masons was also named Law Firm of the Year 2018 by The Lawyer, and is ranked No 1 on the UK Stonewall Workplace Equality Index 2019.

**Practice Development Lawyers**

We have a team of Practice Development Lawyers (PDLs) each of whom is assigned to one of our Practice Groups with responsibility also for engaging with one or more of our Sectors.

**The role**

The PDL role in our Risk Advisory Services practice group is to support our International Arbitration practice. The International Arbitration practice comprises lawyers in a number of disciplines across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, South Africa and Asia Pacific. This role will be of interest to existing PDLs and experienced lawyers who are looking for a new challenge. The role is strongly market-facing with a focus on developing the profile of our International Arbitration practice and identifying opportunities to build our brand. There will be a secondary focus on internal knowledge management to help ensure our lawyers are working efficiently with a clear view of market trends and emerging legal developments. The role will aim to leverage our SmartDelivery tools to develop products and improve efficiency and client service.

You will report to Dean Lewis and with dotted line reporting to our Head of Knowledge.

For the avoidance of doubt, this will be a non-fee earning role.

**Your main responsibilities will include**:

- working with our stakeholders / BD team to improve our rankings in international arbitration in the key directories such as the Global Arbitration Review, Who's Who, etc.
- identifying and securing speaking / panel opportunities for our senior practitioners at arbitration and industry events located in the main arbitration centres such as London, Aberdeen, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Middle East, Beijing, Johannesburg, Houston, etc.
- identifying opportunities to host major conferences / events at our hub offices or to sponsor pieces of academic or market research
- working with our stakeholders to contribute regularly to some of the key journals and websites in the arbitration arena and to develop our media profile on platforms such as Outlaw, LinkedIn, twitter, the FT, BBC, etc.
- working with our senior stakeholders to secure more endorsements / referrals from clients and practitioners which we can quote both in bid documentation and in the media
- developing the firm's relationships and profile with key professional membership organisations, such as the CIArb and the IBA and with the leading arbitral institutions such as the ICC, LCIA, DIAC, SIAC, HKIAC, SCC, as well as the German DIS and other institutions in emerging markets
- working with our stakeholders to strengthen our links with leading University programmes in Europe and elsewhere, both to build strong relationships with some of the key practitioners in this space and to identify / source talented lawyers for the future
- working with our SmartDelivery teams to de