Legal Researcher

Global law firm with fantastic offices in a sought-after London location is seeking to hire a new Legal Researcher. Acting as a trusted adviser, the postholder provides judgement-based research support and helps colleagues navigate an increasingly complex digital and AI-enabled research landscape, and contributes to the ongoing development of the firm’s research, knowledge and information capabilities.

• To £45,000
• Hybrid working (3 days in the office)
• Excellent employee benefits

Legal Researcher Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver high-quality legal research support, including case law, legislation, regulatory materials and authoritative commentary, monitoring developments through judicial, legislative and parliamentary processes.
• Provide business, industry and sector research, including company profiling, market and competitive analysis, client and contact intelligence, press and media research.
• Summarise and present research findings in clear, concise, decision-ready formats tailored to the needs of lawyers and business teams.
• Support high-value and complex research enquiries, advising on scope, sources, methodologies, research risk and cost-effective approaches.
• Develop, maintain and refine legal and sector-specific current awareness products, including daily legal updates and tailored alerts.
• Set up and manage ongoing monitoring for clients, sectors, industries and regulatory developments.
• Continuously review and enhance content quality, relevance and delivery formats to reflect evolving user needs, priorities and working patterns.

Legal Researcher Skills & Requirements:

• Significant experience delivering legal and business research within a professional services or legal environment.
• Strong knowledge of legal information sources, research methodologies and current awareness tools.
• Proven ability to analyse and synthesise complex information into clear, practical outputs.
• Experience designing and delivering training, with an emphasis on user-focussed and digital learning approaches.
• High level of digital literacy, including research platforms, intranets and content management.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience supporting or evaluating AI-enabled research tools in a legal or information context