Knowledge Lawyer – Health, Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology and Medical Device and Technology Regulatory Practices

KNOWLEDGE LAWYER – Health, Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology, and Medical Device & Technology Practice Groups

Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms.  Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach. Hogan Lovells has around 2,500 lawyers on six continents. With a presence in the world's major financial and commercial markets, we provide first class, business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

Knowledge plays a vital role at Hogan Lovells. The strategic purpose of the Knowledge Management team is to ensure that all those involved in delivering legal advice to clients have access to the knowledge and information they require to deliver a technically excellent, efficient service; to devise new and innovative ways of sharing that knowledge with clients as part of client relationship management; to input knowledge into the firm’s continuous process improvement initiatives around legal service delivery; and to ensure that the firm is harnessing new technology to support those objectives.

Reporting

Direct line reporting is the Health, Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology and Medical Device and Technology Practice Group leadership and a dotted line into the Regional Head of Knowledge.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

Knowledge Strategy:

• Lead the development, implementation and communication of the knowledge strategy for the groups, working closely with the practice groups and Regional Head of Knowledge to ensure progress as against those strategic priorities.
• Identify and drive efficiencies within the group’s practice of law, e.g., explore and pilot relevant legal technology/AI products, assist with legal process improvement to improve the group's ability to service its clients efficiently and in a cost-effective manner.
• Be a visible and active driver of a "knowledge-first" culture within the groups and promote the sharing and dissemination of know-how within the team.
• Represent the practice groups in global, firm-wide knowledge projects and initiatives as and when required.

Current Awareness and Thought Leadership:

• Identify, draft and coordinate the development of high-value thought leadership publications. 
• Identify key legal developments and “hot topics” that provide an opportunity to showcase the firm’s experience and insight via client alerts, pitches, directory and award submissions, webinars, seminars, article submissions, opportunities to pitch to the press and other client-facing collateral; provide the legal research and legal technical content needed to produce such products.
• Research, monitor, analyze and report to the groups on legal, market and industry developments and trends, considering how they will affect the group's practice and its clients.
• Assist with the groups’ efforts to find innovative ways of using its knowledge to add value to key client relationships by providing timely material to facilitate frequent interactions with clients.
• Help the groups to develop new legal products, identify possible new services and innovative and efficient ways of working.

Legal Knowledge:

• Lead the collection, drafting, maintenance, automation and updating the group knowledge, driving, specifically, the development of a comprehensive, best-in-class library of model documents across the Biotechnology practice groups.             
• Strengthen pathways to collect and curate the groups’ highest-value legal knowledge, ensuring that the groups’ knowledge repositories surface consistent, relevant, high-quality starting points for all lawyers.
• Develop training materials for internal and external clients, by drafting, delivering and capturing training on different substantive areas of the three practice groups.

Legal Training:

• Develop, implement and deliver training to associates, partners and external clients within the health, pharmaceuticals & biotechnology and medical device areas and on core topics.
• Devise and implement training strategy for the groups to support future needs; arrange for associates and partners and third parties to develop and deliver courses.

Relationship Building:
Lawyers

• Develop relationships with lawyers who have experience relevant to the groups and facilitate the sharing of quality knowledge and experience.
• Respond to queries from lawyers and track queries to identify knowledge and training