Senior Knowledge Lawyer

Who we are

We are one of the largest international law firms in the world. With over 30 offices across the globe, we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, providing them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, which combines the firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise.

Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages. We offer our clients a truly international perspective. We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating - full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That’s why we’re so proud of our inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work.

Our one firm global strategy is focused on targeted growth led by the needs of our core clients, those who we can best support with the breadth and depth of Clifford Chance expertise, across the sectors and geographies, which matter most to them.

You’ll find our clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations. But no matter who they are or why they’ve reached out to us, we provide a world-class service every step of the way. And that’s possible thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach to work that you’ll find across all of our teams.

Whichever area of the business you join, you’ll become an integral part an innovative, diverse and ambitious team of people. Clifford Chance is a place where the brightest minds and the best of colleagues meet.

The Role

Legal & Regulatory Knowledge Management

• Proactively monitor, analyse, and summarise legislative and regulatory developments across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including guidance from key regulatory authorities.
• Lead the dissemination of critical updates to fee-earners and practice groups, ensuring relevance and clarity.
• Conduct in-depth legal research and produce high-quality internal briefings, analysis, and strategic insight reports.
• Maintain and enhance local knowledge repositories and intranet pages to ensure timely access to relevant knowhow.
• Drive the categorisation, curation, and uploading of knowledge materials into global knowledge platforms (e.g. Bound Volumes, ACKCs).

Training & Induction

• Design and deliver legal inductions for all new joiners, including lawyers, trainees, and secondees in Riyadh.
• Identify training needs and implement bespoke legal and regulatory training for internal teams and, where appropriate, external clients.
• Partner with the global Clifford Chance Academy team to ensure Riyadh lawyers are integrated into firm-wide learning programmes.
• Oversee and facilitate monthly regulatory update and in-depth sessions, coordinating closely with partners. Identify training requirements and deliver tailored legal and regulatory training for lawyers

Templates, Precedents & Tools

• Take ownership of developing, maintaining, and updating Saudi law-specific templates, standard form documents, and practice notes in collaboration with the wider fee earner teams
• Ensure consistency, quality, and accessibility of legal documentation across practice areas.
• Support the development of checklists, toolkits, and knowhow to drive efficiency and legal excellence

Thought Leadership & Strategic Initiatives

• Collaborate on global and regional thought leadership initiatives including newsletters, legal briefings, ESG, FinTech, Hydrogen, and other emerging legal trends.
• Author or contribute to client publications, white papers, and internal legal horizon scanning pieces relevant to the Saudi market.
• Play an active role in global knowledge transformation projects such as Knowledge Reimagined.

Collaboration & Advisory Support

• Act as a trusted legal advisor and internal consultant to lawyers across the Riyadh office, supporting transactional work with technical legal insight.
• Respond to complex legal or knowledge queries and escalate matters when required.
• Build strong relationships with Knowledge & Information (K&I) teams across the Middle East and Clifford Chance’s global network.
• Support knowledge infrastructure growth, including library services and legal content subscriptions in KSA.

Your Experience

Skills & Experience

• Qualified lawyer with at least 4–6 years of post-qualification experience, ideally gained within an international law firm or a top-tier legal environment.
• A strong grounding in one or more of AS&H Clifford Chance's core practice areas including corporate/M&A, general banking, Islamic finance or capital markets is desirable
• Demonstrated ability to analyse and communicate complex Saudi Arabian legal and regulatory developments.
• Proven experience in legal research, drafting, training, or professional support work.
• Exceptional communication, organisational, and stakeholder management skills.
• A collaborative, proactive, and solutions-focused approach to legal operations and knowledge sharin

Qualifications

• Law degree and strong academic credentials are essential.
• Fluency in English (spoken and written) is required.
• Proficiency in Arabic is highly desirable.

Key Attractions

• You will be joining AS&H Clifford Chance, the market-leading law firm in Saudi Arabia.
• Be part of a high-performing and innovative K&I team with access to global best practices.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders and contribute directly to the strategic development of our KSA knowledge infrastructure.
• Gain exposure across practice areas and global knowledge initiatives.
• Access to the firm’s award-winning global learning and development platform, the Clifford Chance Academy.

Equal Opportunities

At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society.

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age.  This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.

We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm. 

Find out more about our inclusive culture here.