Working with us
As specialists in our area of law, and given our success in complex cases, often against high-profile and well-resourced opponents, we are justifiably proud of our ability to provide high quality advice to clients who are at the top of their field.
At the centre of our ethos is our committment to treat clients fairly, act with integrity and add real value. To achieve this, we consistently seek to ensure our team is made up of people who are not just technically excellent, but also personable and emotionally intelligent.
BDBF is a dynamic business, with a collegiate atmosphere. We all stem from different backgrounds, but share the same goals: to make BDBF a great place to work and to make a real difference for our clients.
Employees at all levels are encouraged to share knowledge and ideas. We believe that every person who works at BDBF should feel as committed to the success of the firm and our values as the founders are. To ensure that we are all aligned, everyone who works in the firm is entitled to their own allocation of the firm’s profits and participates in the firm’s decision making. Importantly, each person in the firm has the opportunity to help shape the business and its strategy.
Current vacancies
Knowledge Lawyer role
Location: Hybrid working with some office attendance in London required.
Full/part-time: Part-time, 2.5 – 3 days per week
Supporting our Principal Knowledge Lawyer with the following tasks:
Team focused tasks
- Staying on top of relevant legal developments and communicating them to the team in a timely and accessible way.
- Updating existing precedents and guidance notes and preparing new ones as required.
- Promoting the contribution of know-how and adding contributions to the Knowledge area of our intranet.
- Assisting fee-earners with technical and research queries in connection with their client matters.
- Devising, drafting and delivering technical training sessions to the team.
- Liaising with partners, other fee earners and Counsel on the delivery of training to the team and managing the training calendar for the year.
- Assisting with the management of our fortnightly know-how meetings.
- Assisting fee earners identify suitable external training sessions to meet their development needs.
- Identifying and implementing innovative approaches to help streamline our work and assisting with trials of new products.
- Working with the Partners and Head of Operations to ensure our firm’s compliance with new employment laws.
Business development-focused tasks
- Drafting articles and case summaries for our monthly client newsletter.
- Drafting commentary, articles and thought leadership pieces for external publications and media outlets.
- Devising, drafting and delivering client webinars.
- Assisting with the delivery of in-person client seminars and round table events.
- Drafting, preparing and delivering bespoke training sessions for clients (including for in-house lawyers, HR professionals and line managers).
- Drafting speaking notes, conference papers and slide decks for Partners speaking at external conferences.
- Drafting technical content for our website and keeping it up to date.
- Collaborating with our Marketing Manager to identify and deliver thought leadership opportunities and preparing content to support such initiatives.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Excellent academic credentials.
- Admitted as a solicitor in the UK.
- Minimum 5 years’ post qualification experience as either a practising employment lawyer or knowledge lawyer.
- Excellent verbal and written English language skills.
- Excellent legal research and drafting skills.
- Experience of delivering training and presentations.
- Self-starter with strong time-management skills.
- Able to multi-task and move different projects along at the same time.
- Innovative and client-focused.