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London, England, United Kingdom

Research and Analysis: Conduct research at the highest level in commercial litigation and arbitration across the USA legal market, with overall responsibility for the quality of research, rankings and editorial in my specialism. Develop in-depth knowledge drawing on a range of sources, including interviews with key players and unmatched depth of data and insights drawn from the research team's thousands of lawyer and client calls conducted during the research cycle.Internal Knowledge Sharing and Cross-Team Collaboration: Communicate developments and trends within the US disputes market. Conduct internal seminars and knowledge sessions, provide guidance on best practice and assist in developing training materials to support our over 200 strong research team across the organisation. Assess and oversee our research and rankings coverage across state and nationwide sections, providing feedback to researchers and highlighting opportunities to expand or improve our coverage.Commercial Responsibilities: Demonstrate commercial awareness on where and how we can improve current or develop new products to best serve our users. Act as ambassador and internal/external reference point for my area of specialism. Share knowledge with the market through webinars and articles.

London, United Kingdom

Research: Researching major practice areas and jurisdictions across the US and UK through interviews with lawyers and clients. Pursue research leads such as new developments at law firms and changes in the wider legal market. Accurately log communications with interviewees and compile informative debriefs.Analysis: Analyse data collected during the research cycle, including law firm submissions and over 100 interviews to create accurate and impartial ranking tables. Seek out and act on new developments and opportunities to expand the areas of research.Editorial: Produce high quality, clear, grammatically and factually accurate editorial that clearly explains departments' and individual attorneys' strengths and areas of focus in a particular sector. Involves sub-editing, fact-checking, SEO and condensing research.Time Management: Ensure that research is conducted as thoroughly as possible in the time allowed. Meet deadlines for ranking and editorial set by the Research Manager. Self-manage work schedule, including arranging calls, emailing clients, producing debriefs, rankings and editorial within the timeline of the research cycle.Mentoring and Teamwork: Support new starters through work shadowing, listening in on calls and providing feedback and guidance on best practice. Take on additional areas of work to support team success and research goals where needed.Sector/Practice Area expertise includes: Commercial Litigation, Energy & Projects, Product Liability, White-Collar Litigation & Investigations, Employment, Administrative & Public Law, Inquests & Inquiries Law, Insurance.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Writing/Publishing: Authored four articles, one hitting over 6,500 views in one day. Shared byline in the newspaper with the Deputy News Editor. Wrote a two-page spread for the travel section. Transcribed an interview for a feature published online by the Deputy News Editor.Research: Researched alternative finance and peer to peer lenders for the Deputy Business Features Editor. Involved searching companies’ websites, annual reports and related news articles to compile key details to be used for an online public database. Researched newly released apps applicable to the paper’s target demographic and produced short bios to be featured in the paper.Correspondence: Contacted banks and companies to request candidates to be put forward for City AM’s Power 100 Women list for the Digital Editor.

London, United Kingdom

Communication, leadership and organisation: Liaised with various levels of the university, from students to department staff and management. Collect and collate student feedback, lead discussions in meetings with staff on student issues and decide best course of action. Redirected students to the appropriate services to help them.

Master Of Laws - Llm, Law, Distinction, Awarded Outstanding Performance Prize

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Sociology And Anthropology, 1St Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Departmental Student Co-ordinator for Anthropology, Departmental Representative on Students' Union Assembly.

A-Levels, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Local Amnesty group - wrote to political prisoners and politicians.

Gcse, Sociology