Innovation & Change Senior Associate – Finance & Projects

An exceptional opportunity to join a market-leading Finance & Projects Group as an Innovation & Change Lawyer, working at the intersection of law, technology and client delivery. You will help design and implement technology-enabled solutions for some of the firm's most significant clients, combining client-facing advisory work with cutting-edge automation and AI-driven initiatives.

Working alongside lawyers, technologists and innovation specialists, you will deliver transformative solutions across legal technology, automation and AI. Your focus will be on high-profile projects in the finance and infrastructure sectors, helping clients reimagine legal processes, streamline complex workflows and unlock new ways of delivering legal services.

Key Responsibilities

• Work directly with clients to design and deliver innovative, technology-enabled legal solutions
• Identify opportunities to improve service delivery through automation, process optimisation, data insights and new delivery models
• Collaborate with lawyers, innovation specialists and technology teams to scope, build, test and deploy new solutions
• Support the delivery of AI-enabled legal services, including due diligence, document review and workflow transformation programmes
• Contribute to client proposals, pitches and business development initiatives involving innovative service offerings
• Drive adoption of legal technology and new ways of working through training, stakeholder engagement and change management activities
• Build trusted relationships across the Finance & Projects Group and act as a key advisor on innovation opportunities
• Support the firm's broader innovation, automation and AI strategy through research, pilots and continuous improvement initiatives

About the Team

You will join a collaborative Innovation & Change Team working across client and firm-wide initiatives. The team partners closely with Finance & Projects lawyers, Knowledge and Technology Services, business development teams, and innovation and legal technology specialists to help clients embrace new technologies and optimise legal processes.

What We Offer

• High-quality, intellectually stimulating work with market-leading clients
• A supportive, inclusive and collaborative culture
• Clear and transparent opportunities for development and progression
• Flexible and agile working

We are committed to building an inclusive, fair and supportive workplace and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

Qualified lawyer with legal expertise, commercial awareness and a strong interest in technology, innovation and AI.

• Experience in client-facing advisory work, ideally within finance, projects or a related practice area
• Familiarity with legal technology, automation, document automation and AI-driven solutions
• Strong stakeholder management and change management skills
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent communication and business development skills