Tax Knowledge Lawyer, APAC

This is an opportunity for an experienced tax lawyer to step into a regional knowledge role with broad visibility across the Asia-Pacific practice. Working closely with practice leadership, you will lead thought leadership initiatives, develop lawyer capability, drive knowledge and training programmes, and support the adoption of AI and legal technology. The role offers the chance to influence how the practice operates, shares expertise and delivers value to clients across the region.

Main responsibilities:

• Knowledge and expertise: Draft, develop and maintain tax precedents and other legal content, including automation; support standardised documentation and tools to improve efficiency and quality.
• Current awareness: Use primary subscriptions, research tools and technology to monitor key legal, regulatory and market developments across all areas of tax; provide regular, structured updates to keep the practice group informed.
• Client alignment: Apply understanding of key clients' industries and businesses to all knowledge activities, ensuring outputs are relevant, practical and commercially focused.
• Lawyer support: Coordinate training on internal systems and research tools; respond to ad hoc enquiries; develop practical tools such as checklists, comparison tables and playbooks to support consistent cross-border advice.
• Know-how management: Ensure effective collection and input of know-how into the global knowledge repository; identify gaps and coordinate content development.
• Training: Identify practice group training needs, plan and deliver training initiatives, leveraging the firm's resources and technology.
• Client-facing knowledge: Oversee development of client alerts, thought leadership reports and other content; support planning and delivery of regional tax client conferences.
• Innovation: Drive adoption of AI and legal technology to improve efficiency, knowledge sharing and content development; collaborate with technology teams and practice innovation lawyers.

About the candidate:

• Qualified lawyer with a law degree and a current practising certificate (or eligibility to obtain one).
• Strong technical expertise in tax law, ideally with cross-border or APAC exposure.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to work effectively in a multicultural, multi-jurisdictional environment.
• Demonstrated experience engaging with senior stakeholders on strategic initiatives.
• Highly organised with strong time management skills; able to prioritise competing demands.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Experience with, or strong interest in, knowledge management systems, document automation, AI tools and other legal technologies.

• Qualified lawyer with a law degree and a current practising certificate (or eligibility to obtain one).
• Strong technical expertise in tax law, ideally with cross-border or APAC exposure.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a multicultural, multi-jurisdictional environment.
• Demonstrated experience engaging with senior stakeholders on strategic initiatives.
• Highly organised with strong time management skills; able to prioritise competing demands and consistently meet deadlines.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Experience with, or a keen interest in developing expertise in, knowledge management systems, document automation, artificial intelligence tools and other legal technologies.