Junior Researcher

Watson Farley & Williams was established in London in 1982 and is an international law firm dedicated to client care, legal excellence and investment in its people.  The firm has offices in Athens, Bangkok, Dubai, London, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome and Singapore.

The firm has seen rapid expansion in size and geography.  Having started as a maritime law firm, in which it remains pre-eminent, the firm is today recognised for its specialist focus on five core sectors: Energy & Infrastructure, Maritime, Natural Resources, Real Estate and Transport in which it provides a full suite of services including finance, corporate, dispute resolution, tax, employment and regulatory.

The team comprises: Head of Information & Research, Senior Researcher, Researcher and Junior Researcher.

To provide a legal and business information service to fee-earners and Business Development in all WFW offices, promote good knowledge management practice and encourage knowledge sharing. 

Post & newspapers

• Process and distribute post for the department 

• Ensure daily newspapers are delivered and distributed within the London office.

• Claim any missing items and process the invoices

Journals

• Check-in journals on Bailey LMS and distribute

• Claim any missing issues and ensure receipt

Books

• Re-shelving of books and general housekeeping

• Regular book collections and monthly check for missing items

• Cataloguing of new editions and legal reference works as directed

Looseleaf management

• Check in looseleaf updates on Bailey LMS

• Claim any missing issues and ensure receipt

• Assisting external looseleafer – providing a list of titles and ensuring volumes are available for filing

• Filing of urgent looseleaf updates

• Processing of PAYG looseleaf invoices

Law Reports & Court Listings

• Produce and distribute daily list of new & relevant law reports from Lawtel & All England Reporter

• Respond to request from fee earners

• Distribution of daily court listings to litigation department

Current awareness

• Maintain tracks on specific topics and clients on Nexis and other sources

• Regular review of tracks to ensure they remain relevant and useful

Companies House

• Responsible for requests for documents from Companies House and overseas registries

• Process the Companies House monthly invoices and ensure client matter codes are included

• Provide Companies House training to new joiners

• Maintain the Companies House training guide

Knowledge management

• Cataloguing and updating of material on Bailey LMS as required

• Distribute LSLC event information and ensure presentations are added to Bailey LMS

• Obtain materials from other relevant industry events / conferences attended by fee-earners and updating them to Bailey LMS

Legal & business research

• Basic enquiries

• Assist with larger projects as directed by other team members

Ad hoc

• Holiday cover for other colleagues as required

• Other projects as required by the business

• To be considered for this role you will have a library / information management qualification or have started a relevant course

• A positive and enthusiastic attitude with an interest in working in the legal profession

• Experience of SharePoint and Excel

At Watson Farley & Williams we value diversity and promote a culture of respect for each individual. We encourage workforce diversity at all levels and in all aspects from recruitment and selection to appraisal and promotion. All decisions relating to employment practice will be objective and based on merit and ability.