Professional Support Lawyer - Banking & Finance and Corporate

Application Deadline: 16 October 2026

Department: Knowledge Management

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Cayman

Reporting To: Head of Knowledge Management

Compensation: $130,000 - $240,000 / year

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare the Banking & Finance and Corporate service line precedents, practice notes and client briefings, in conjunction with the Head of KM and Cayman partners, Business Development and Marketing to ensure fee earners and clients are kept up-to-date with applicable legal and regulatory developments, including research and drafting responsibilities as appropriate;
• Review current procedures and practices with practice partners, to improve and standardise transaction processes including facilitation of process mapping of core service line business;
• Remain current with all relevant service line / jurisdictional, legal, regulatory and case law changes (making changes to client briefings / documents / precedents and practice notes where applicable);
• Maintain an effective system for the collection of know-how including managing precedent pipelines and developing strong relations with the Partners / fee-earners and assessing and capturing KM content from client transactions;
• Keep under regular review relevant jurisdictional / service line content of the Firm’s KM intranet.

• Manage maintained know-how for the Banking & Finance and Corporate service lines, with an associated precedent bank, drafting notes, policies and guidance;
• Deliver precedents of the highest quality to suit all types of client needs/standards;
• Identify, review and prepare documents for automated document assembly.

• Prepare and deliver training to all fee earners on KM documents and practices, as required;
• Contribute to, and assist with the co-ordination of, the Banking & Finance and Corporate know-how meetings and assist with the delivery of the Firm's legal development programme;
• Run the weekly Banking & Finance and Corporate Cayman meetings.

• Drive adoption of approved AI and legal technology tools within the Service Line; 
• Develop, test and maintain prompts, playbooks, agents and other AI-enabled workflows to support legal work and knowledge delivery; 
• Identify, evaluate and help implement opportunities to improve efficiency, quality and client service through AI;
• Provide training, guidance and support to fee earners on the effective and responsible use of AI tools;
• Work with KM, IT, Risk and business stakeholders to support AI governance, implementation and continuous improvement;
• Act as a key point of contact between the Service Line, KM and technology teams, providing user feedback, testing new functionality, contributing to pilot programmes and supporting the rollout of new tools and features.

• Actively contribute to a culture of valuing and leveraging the firm’s knowledge; 
• Contribute to assessment of fee earner participation and return on investment in respect of KM resources;
• Work in collaboration with the wider PSL / KM Team (pan-jurisdiction) to support an alignment in the KM support model across the Firm and provide regular updates to partners;
• Other discreet projects as may arise and as agreed.
  
  

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Qualified Cayman Islands corporate / banking and finance lawyer with at least 4 years’ PQE; 
• LLB (Hons) from a reputable tertiary institution and strong academics, all with a minimum grade of 2:1 (or equivalent); 
• AI and legal technology experience desirable;
• Experience in private practice;
• Good communication skills;
• Excellent technical detail drafting skills;
• Some experience or knowledge of the delivery of knowledge management systems an advantage;
• Enthusiasm for developing knowledge systems, improving access and understanding amongst the business; 
• Responsiveness to the needs of fee-earners and support staff where knowledge access is concerned.

Benefits