Commercial Lawyer - Legal Operations focus in City of London

Job description

About Konexo and Eversheds Sutherland

Eversheds Sutherland is a global law firm with 74 offices across 35 countries worldwide committed to delivering client service excellence. As a full service law practice, Eversheds Sutherland acts for many sectors across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the US providing legal advice to clients in each of its practice areas including Real Estate, Corporate Finance, Commercial Advisory, Labour and Pensions, Litigation and Dispute Management.

Konexo is an established alternative legal services division of Eversheds Sutherland, created to meet client demand for high quality, interim legal, HR and compliance professionals. Konexo Legal Resourcing is a well-established and fast growing team created to meet demand for high quality interim lawyers, paralegals and legal project managers to support both clients and internal Eversheds Sutherland teams.

Commercial Lawyer – Legal Operations Focus

Konexo Legal Resourcing is seeking a skilled Commercial Lawyer with demonstrable experience in legal operations. This is a dynamic role offering exposure to global legal processes, project management, and operational transformation across EMEA and APAC regions..

We are keen to speak to qualified commercial lawyers 2 years PQE up to senior level lawyers.

What you should have:

• Qualified as a commercial lawyer with proven experience in legal operations.
• Strong project management skills, including experience managing trackers, updating playbooks, and researching local laws.
• Familiarity with contract processing systems and ability to liaise effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience supporting legal panels and managing professional relationships.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office or Google Workspace to build and maintain internal databases and hub sites.
• Ability to create playbooks, visualisations, and process flows for internal workflows.
• Experience generating reports and management information (MI) for leadership.
• Working knowledge of Legal Tracker and other eBilling tools.
• A proactive and adaptable approach to providing ad hoc support across regional legal operations teams.
• Experience working within the Technology sector is essential. .

The benefits of joining Konexo Legal Resourcing:

• Our flexible resourcing model means you can choose how and when you work. People approach us for a whole range of reasons - they might be seeking a better work-life balance, the ability to develop their legal career whilst also having the time to pursue other interests, or they may simply want a way of working that offers greater control and flexibility that more traditional models don't provide.
• You will have access to high quality legal work, helping to consolidate on your experience and develop your career.
• We have full time, part time and more flexible ad-hoc hourly opportunities, with many of our roles offering hybrid or remote working.

What you get:

• The backing and support of a leading global law firm.
• Access to Partner support and other subject matter expert support within the firm throughout the placement.
• Access to the firm's knowledge systems, CPD training and webinars.
• Access to online know-how resources, such as PLC.
• You will be invited to Konexo's in-person and virtual networking events, in addition to firmwide webinars and events.

We are one of the first law practices to enter the flexible legal resourcing market, we have a wealth of experience in placing legal professionals both with Eversheds Sutherland teams and with international clients across a variety of sectors.

If you want to take charge of your career, work with a global law firm and some of the best companies in the world, then we would love to hear from you!

Due to the volume of responses we receive, unfortunately if you have not heard back from us within 4 weeks of applying, we are not progressing your application. Please feel free to review our vacancies at

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Casual / Part Time Jobs

Published at

09-10-2025

Profession type

Logistics jobs

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English