Description
The Role
Department : Insurance, Financial & Professional Disputes (Cyber)
Location: London
Role: Junior Legal Project & Delivery Manager
The Team
With multi-jurisdictional experience aligned to the far-reaching international exposure of cyberattacks and data breaches, our global team provides practical, commercial and tailored advice to our clients facing threats in this area.
Cyber liability is among the most complex risks challenging companies today. We manage the full lifecycle of cyber risks for clients through the Readiness, Respond and Recover phases.
We are one of the first and only law firms to specialise in manging cyber risk and have worked on over 6,000 data breaches , ranging from small single person breaches to some of the largest and most complicated global multi-jurisdictional security incidents to date.
We provide a range of pre-breach (Readiness) services including cyber simulations. We advise corporate clients, insurers and their insureds in evaluating data breaches and cyber exposures, regularly assist in organising immediate and effective responses to suspected breaches and cyber threats (Respond). This includes negotiating with attackers, managing forensics investigations, undertaking data analysis, notifying regulators, implementing notification programmes and dealing with law enforcement and government authorities. We also advise on post-notification requests, complaints and claims including class action based litigation alongside regulatory investigations including launching enforcement challenges and appeals (Recover).
Our cyber practice and the work we undertake is global. The matters we work on are fast-moving and dynamic in nature. They involve working with international clients, leading cyber market experts, key law enforcement and government bodies, well-known threat groups and cutting-edge technologies.
Recent assignments include global breaches for technology companies, multi-million ransomware events for retailers including full PCI-PFI investigations, cross-border incidents for financial services companies with dozens of regulators and group litigation following breaches for a number of clients.
The practice is growing rapidly which had led to this latest role and opportunity. The team is collegiate, supportive and friendly.
The Role
With this fee-earning role, the Cyber team are looking for a Junior Legal Project & Delivery Manager to support the team in London, working alongside the Legal Project and Delivery Manager. The role is very diverse, and the successful candidate will have a wide range of responsibilities, from supporting the management of incidents, driving the implementation, use and development of LPM best practices, and managing Clyde & Co's data mining product. Full training will be provided for the right candidate, however, experience working in a law firm is preferred.
Skills
Essential Skills & Experience
- Ability to build relationships with colleagues of varying levels of seniority and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the smooth operation and timely completion of cyber matters
- Efficient management of matters, including initial scoping, budgeting, and workstream planning, as well as on-going matter management, tracking and data analysis. Assist with the preparation of engagement letters for clients, local counsel and vendors, as well as in the preparation of product documentation, proposals and presentations for cyber products as required.
- Instructing, liaising with and tracking local counsel workstreams.
- Drive MI data input across matter lifecycle.
- Drive forward strategic projects, including the management of the Mynah product, a legal led data mining solution designed for cyber incident data assessment.
- Support the Legal Project and Delivery Manager in coordinating with the legal operations and support teams, including finance, related to the Mynah product and other Cyber products.
- Facilitate the engagement with technology partners and use of technology partner management systems for running cyber projects.
- Assist in training and empowering associates and other fee earners to utilise templates and disseminate knowledge about the Mynah product and standard processes to facilitate optimum matter management.
- Support the development of legal project management systems, including assisting with the design and development of case management systems and future automation projects.
- Contribute to the expansion of the Mynah product (and other cyber products) to other jurisdictions beyond the UK and Australia, including liaising with teams in the UAE and South Africa. Support the design and development of the legal project management structure around future cyber products, including coordinating with the Legal Delivery & Innovation and Legal Operations teams.
The Firm
Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, specialising in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport, construction, energy, trade and commodities. It is globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. Clyde & Co is committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of its communities and clients, using its legal skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment. The firm has 480 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,000 people overall in over 60 offices and associated offices worldwide.
Our Values
Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:
- Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
- Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
- Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
- Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth
Role Competency Requirements
Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.
The competencies are used to inform all aspects of career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:
Technical Excellence
Technical legal expertise: the knowledge of the law and ability to apply it
Research: the ability to conduct research effectively and apply it commercially
Managing legal processes: the ability to ensure all legal processes are followed efficiently and effectively
People and Team
Guiding individual performance and development: develops the skills of self and others
Teamwork and collaboration: working cooperatively and effectively with others
Leadership: creating high performing teams
Client Relationships and Business Development
Building business relationships: establishing, maintaining and using relationships to create and develop business opportunities
Commercial thinking: understanding the commercial drivers
Cross-selling and business development
Finance and Practice Management
Finance management and understanding of the business
Project management: ensuring projects are delivered
Knowledge sharing
Personal Effectiveness
Communication
Clarity of thinking
Personal contribution
This is the job description as constituted at present; however, the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.