It’s Time

Allen & Overy is a leading global law firm operating in over thirty countries. By turning our insight, technology and talent into ground-breaking solutions, we’ve earned a place at the forefront of our industry. Our lawyers are leaders in their field – and the same goes for our support teams. Ambitious, driven and open to fresh perspectives, we find innovative new ways to deliver our services and maintain our reputation for excellence, in all that we do.

The nature of law is changing and with that change brings unique opportunities. With our collaborative working culture, flexibility, and a commitment to your progress, we build rewarding careers. By joining our global team, you are supported by colleagues from around the world. If you’re ready for a new challenge, it’s time to seize the opportunity.

Advanced Delivery & Solutions

A&O is transforming the services it offers clients as well as the way it delivers those services. Our teams enhance cost efficiency, speed, transparency and data-driven decision making. By harnessing technology and alternative resource models, we help clients identify and seize opportunities whilst staying ahead of emerging threats. Our clients face constant pressure to strike the optimal balance of cost, quality and risk. Exciting and innovative, the solutions we develop will help them overcome that challenge. Together, we’re harnessing the power of digital to create technology that sits at the cutting edge of our industry. Our unique offering encompasses Advanced Delivery Legal, Fuse, Peerpoint, aosphere, our Project Management Office, Legal Tech, eDiscovery and A&O Consulting. This is a bustling, forward-thinking hub that’s taking on an ever more important position in our firm.

Overview of Role & Departments

Recode the legal world. The legal industry is evolving. From artificial intelligence to data visualisation, the way we use digital is transforming our world – and the pace of change is increasing rapidly. As a Lawtech graduate, you’ll redefine the role technology plays in the future of law.

Key relationships

Head of Project Management & wider team
Head of E-discovery & wider team
Head of Legal Tech & wider team
Head of Market Innovation Group & wider team
Head of Fuse & wider team
HR Manager for Advanced Delivery

What will you do?

The Lawtech programme comprises four six-month seat rotations across Fuse, Markets Innovation Group, eDiscovery, Legal Project Management and our Legal Tech team. Alongside the four seat rotations, you will also have the opportunity to participate in projects with the other Advanced Delivery & Solutions teams when required, and work closely with the global legal teams.

Markets Innovation Group

One of the firm’s newest practice areas focusing on developing specific legal solutions using new technology, drawing where necessary on other aspects of the firms AD products and services:

Work with lawyers to design and develop end to end legal solutions using technology to reduce and remove legal risk for our clients.
Act as a liaison between the operational and data teams at our clients and the data specialists within A&O.
Assist clients in identifying and solving business challenges using technology.
Get first-hand knowledge of how our clients, such as financial institutions, benefit from the technology products and the drivers behind what creates the need for new tech products.
Test new technologies to identify potential use cases for client solutions.
Gain insight into the ways in which financial institutions and corporates operate and the role that the firm plays in advising our clients on legal and other areas of concern for our clients

Project Management

The PMO provides legal project management tools, training and support to our lawyers, enhancing the delivery of our legal work and setting us apart from our competitors. Supporting us on our most complex matters, the PMO is an essential resource that makes change possible:

Work directly with lawyers from each of our core practice groups and across our network of offices, understanding their role on matters and how they work.
Have a supporting role on the largest, most complex matters in the firm.
Discover and rethink the way our legal teams work on projects.
Design new legal project management tools to support specific matters.
Utilise industry leading technology on matters to drive efficiency.

Legal Tech Team

In recent years, technology has played a far more disruptive role in our firm and changed the way we deliver legal services. The speed of evolution in this area has increased dramatically in the last 12 months. In diverse fields such as AI, data extraction, data visualisation and rules-based analysis, technology is creating new ways for our clients to solve problems:

Drive business change programmes that inculcate new technologies.
Work with clients and lawyers to combine knowledge and solve problems.
Work in diverse fields such as data-extraction, AI and rules-based analysis.
Scan the market for new opportunities and build a reputation as innovators.
Coordinate and present technology demonstrations.

eDiscovery

Data populations associated with litigation, arbitration and investigation matters are getting more complex and growing in volume. To enable our lawyers to make informed and rapid legal decisions, we have embedded legal technology solutions directly into our working practices in order to better help us interrogate structured, semi-structured and unstructured data sets related to our clients’ matters. A&O's technology and working practices include the adoption of the RelativityOne platform with its advanced eDiscovery tools and features including concept analytics and Continuous Active Learning (CAL):

Work directly with our lawyers and clients to manage data-related challenges, from matter inception through the review process and onto disclosure and production.
Provide RelativityOne support including: user access and security permissions, data processing, review workflow set-up and support, application of search logic and text analytics features and creation of native and/or tiff productions for disclosure.
Deliver end-user training sessions.

Fuse

We bring together A&O lawyers, clients and start-ups in a specially-designed space in our London office to develop and implement technology-enabled solutions. We are solving some of the most intractable challenges faced by companies, financial institutions and law firms today:

Conduct research on and evaluate the suitability of emerging LegalTech, FinTech and RegTech start-ups.
Draft memos on A&O/Fuse related matters, for review by senior management.
Liaise with A&O teams (legal and non-legal) in London and across the A&O network to understand technology needs and potential integration of software and products developed by past and present cohort members.
Manage engagement with the cohort; on-boarding; induction; coordination of mentors; tracking and driving activity between clients / A&O management and the cohort.
Manage events in Fuse, ensuring all meetings, events and visits are professionally organised (including advance coordination with visitors, organising the programme for the event and attendance of relevant A&O and cohort guests).
Track and drive opportunities with clients (including liaising with partners in London and across the A&O network to identify A&O and client needs and potential interactions with Fuse).

Training & Support

You'll undergo a two-year development programme designed to equip you with the technical knowledge, industry awareness and variety of project experience needed to qualify in to one of the areas. A&O will also support and fund recognised training and qualifications as you rotate through the four areas, including (but not limited to): project management (PRINCE2), Strategyser and RelativityOne Review Pro.

Key Requirements

A-levels – minimum AAB
Degree subject – various but ideally STEM or Economics
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Additional Skills

Research & Analytical
Ability and enthusiasm to learn and understand complex legal processes
An interest in project management
Aptitude for financial management
A keen interest in the latest innovations in FinTech and technology
Adaptability and resolve in high pressure, fast-paced environments
Ability to work with both initiative and independence
Desire to understand how to build effective relationships with key stakeholders
High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite Ability to learn new systems and tools
An interest in the regulatory environment
Highly collegiate attitude and ability to take direction from multiple stakeholders.

You will know within 7 working days whether you have been successful between interview stages.

Thank you very much for your interest in the Graduate Analyst role. Please note that applications are screened on a first come, first served basis and we recommend applying as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application.

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