Collaboration

At this stage of your career your responsibilities will be as follows:

• Apply legal principles relevant to commercial, contract and other relevant law.
• Give technically accurate, commercial advice, taking the client’s perspective into account.
• Use the firm’s legal sources and research tools to produce comprehensive research, identifying and analysing issues correctly.
• Produce grammatically accurate documentation of the highest quality.

• Develop an understanding of business dynamics and the market in which your client operates and keep up-to-date with developments in client organisations.
• Respond promptly and appropriately to client requests, adapting your style and approach to suit the client’s preferred ways of working.
• Promote the firm externally (e.g. support recruitment events and CSR activities) and contribute to marketing publications and pitches.
• Develop your network with internal colleagues and your external peer group.

• Take personal responsibility for understanding your brief and for delivering on time and to exceptional standards.
• Manage and file documents effectively, keeping accurate records and attendance notes.
• Maximise your productivity by keeping yourself occupied with client or other activities and by using all the firm’s resources.

• Actively involve and encourage others to participate and to share their opinions, questioning and listening to what colleagues have to say.
• Establish constructive and collaborative working relationships.
• Act in line with our values; showing respect and courtesy to others, acting with integrity and bringing positivity and enthusiasm to the team.
• Communicate clearly, calmly and concisely, without using technical jargon.
• Raise new ideas, embrace continuous improvements and technological advancements.

• Utilise the firm’s know-how and precedents effectively and intelligently and contribute to the firm’s knowledge bank by helping with research and writing knowhow documentation.
• Take responsibility for developing your own expertise and engage colleagues to support your career development.
• Seek and act on feedback and give continuous and constructive feedback to others.