Senior Pro Bono Lawyer (12 month FTC)
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15 hours ago
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Job Summary
Freshfields is seeking a Senior Pro Bono Lawyer to join our global Pro Bono team on a 12-month FTC/4 day week basis. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced transactional lawyer who values flexibility and impact.
Pro Bono Practice
We provide free legal services in the public interest (pro bono) to a wide range of clients from individual asylum seekersto some of theworlds biggest charities. We believe everyone should have effective access to their legal rights and focus our efforts in certain areas including child rights refugee rights womens rights LGBTQ rights and human trafficking.
Our aim is to have the greatest possible impact on access to justice and access to opportunity through deep relationships with our ongoing pro bono clients and by proactively supporting them in addressing systemic pro bono clients are clients of the firm: we dont distinguish internally between paid work and pro bono and often bring together cross-border cross-practice teams as needed.
Our pro bono clients also benefit from the skills of our business services professionals .And we work with legal teams at our corporate clients to support their pro bono activities and collaborate on projects that meet our shared objectives.
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables
Reporting to the Head of Pro Bono and working closely within the pro bono team this role will involve:
maintaining and developing strategic pro bono client relationships including with leading NGO clients to understand their legal needs and scope and develop new pro bono mandates
dealing directly with existing and prospective pro bono clients to scope and develop potential pro bono mandates with a focus on transactional mandates
liaising with each of the firms practice groups and offices to place new pro bono matters with a particular focus on our transactional teams - supporting their areas of pro bono expertise (eg. social outcomes contracts) and exploring further opportunities for pro bono work
providing pro bono client advice supervision and internal knowledge support in key legal areas relating to the firms pro bono practice with a focus on transactional areas
managing key access to justice projects such as our welfare benefits appeals project including supervising cases and dealing with technical queries from fee earners on ongoing matters
advising and supporting lawyers on their legal pro bono work including dealing with technical queries from fee earners on ongoing pro bono mandates
line managing the Pro Bono Executive (who is based in Manchester)
internal scoping of new pro bono mandates including ensuring appropriate risk and regulatory checks are carried out and considering regulatory and liability issues as well as the scope and terms of new matters
supporting the development of the firms pro bono practice in particular offices including in Asia and Europe by building strong relationships with partners and associates and relevant public interest organisations that link to our global priority areas
providing creative input on improving and shaping the firms pro bono practice and strategy
delivering internal and external presentations on the firms pro bono practice
assisting with the internal management of the practice including internal and external communications award submissions and tracking the progress and impact of pro bono matters
Key Requirements
Qualified transactional lawyer (guideline 5 years PQE)
Substantial prior experience of pro bono work in a law firm context ideally as a pro bono professional
Prior experience of advising vulnerable individuals
Solid legal research skills and appetite to develop existing and new areas of legal expertise
Able to interact with clients fee earners and other colleagues at a senior level understands how to influence and operate across a global organisation
Strong written and communication skills; quickly gains the confidence of those they advise
Strong project management skills
Able to prioritise and act on own initiative
Thinks strategically; able to relate individual initiatives to the big picture
Highly organised with strong attention to detail
Resilient and able to cope under pressure
Inclusion
Freshfields is an equal opportunities employer and all applications received by the firm will be considered by the firm on the basis of their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background. All offers of employment will be conditional on the candidate having/securing the right to work in the UK and providing the firm with evidence of that right (as required by the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006) prior to employment commencing.
Freshfields is a Ban the Box ask applicants to disclose criminal convictions only when a conditional job offer is made. A conviction does not automatically lead to withdrawal of the offer: we make decisions on a case by case basis and take a number of factors into account (eg the role you are applying for and the circumstances of the offence).You would have the opportunity to discuss the matter with us before we make a decision.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Business Risk
- Compliance
- Intellectual Property Law
- Policy Management
- Risk Analysis
- Bar
- Banking
- Conflict Management
- Supreme Court
- Reporting
- Business Objectives
- Client Management
About Company
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