About Legal 500
Legal 500 is a global legal market research, data and intelligence business. Our research helps corporate clients make informed decisions about legal representation and gives law firms insight into their market position, performance, and clients.
Beyond research, we’re building a growing data, benchmarking, market-intelligence and subscription service offering. We bring the legal market together through a global programme of events - awards ceremonies, conferences and roundtables that convene leading law firms, in-house teams and their advisers. And through Legal Business, our journalistic title, we deliver independent news, analysis and commentary on the business of law and the strategy, performance and leadership of the world’s leading law firms.
We are a growing, multi-site organisation, with colleagues working across research, data, technology, product, journalism, commercial and events in London, Leeds and Bristol.
Role information:
Hybrid workplace - 3 days a week in office, 2 days remote
This role is based in Leeds (Aire Street)
Working hours are 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
The salary for this role is £27,000 per annum
About the role:
Research analysts are at the centre of our interaction with firms and the market, conducting comprehensive research into the legal market to benchmark law firms. The role involves interviewing lawyers and assessing quantitative and qualitative data to produce accurate rankings and insightful editorial content.
We are looking for people who have an excellent command of spoken and written English and must be able to manage time effectively and work to deadlines. Knowledge of the legal sector is preferable but not essential. Much of the law covered by the Legal 500 guides around the world is commercial so an interest in business and the City would be helpful. For an insight into the content of our products, please see www.legal500.com
What you'll be doing:
Gathering details of law firms' recent work, through the collection of written submissions and interviews with senior-level lawyers
You'll analyse quantitative and qualitative data to accurately assess and benchmark firms by practice area and country
Applying rankings methodology consistently and accurately
You will maintain live documents of ranking notes documenting decisions made for firms and individual lawyers and the rationale, applying the methodology consistently
You'll be writing comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the leading law firms in certain key practice areas
Building rapport / relationship with law firms at BD and partner level
You'll be owning your own workload in order to meet staggered and final deadlines for interviews, rankings and editorials
What we're looking for:
Professional and confident approach to speaking with external senior decision-makers at major law firms
Excellent written communication skills
An energetic self-starter
Ability to build relationships across the business with internal stakeholders
Highly organised with exceptional planning skills and the ability to manage work to deadline
Adaptable to change
Comfortable working independently
Skills Required
- Excellent command of spoken and written English
- Professional and confident communication with senior decision-makers
- Excellent written communication skills
- Strong time management and ability to meet deadlines
- Energetic self-starter
- Ability to build relationships with internal stakeholders and law firms
- Highly organized with exceptional planning skills
- Adaptability to change
- Ability to work independently
- Knowledge of the legal sector
- Interest in business and the City
What We Do
Legal 500 is a global legal market research, data and intelligence business. Its AI-optimised platform benchmarks, informs and connects buyers and providers of legal services across more than 100 countries. The company uses trusted research and client-supplied data to evaluate law firms and lawyers, offers benchmarking and market-intelligence services, convenes events, and publishes independent legal-business news, analysis and commentary.
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