Knowledge & Innovation Lawyer

CMS is a future-facing law firm. With more than 90 offices in over 45 countries and 7,200+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep local market understanding with a global perspective. Active in Luxembourg since 2011, CMS Luxembourg now counts more than 70 lawyers, recognised genuine experts in their respective fields. The Firm provides comprehensive legal support to local and international clients, both for their Luxembourg transactions and their day-to-day operations. The role Our Investment Funds team advises leading market participants on complex transactions, structures and regulatory matters. In a fast-changing environment, the ability to mobilise expertise, capture knowledge from matters and use Legal Tech and artificial intelligence effectively is central to delivering consistent quality, greater efficiency and added value for clients. We are looking for a Knowledge & Innovation Lawyer to help shape and deliver the practice’s knowledge strategy. Embedded within the team, you will work closely with partners, counsels and lawyers to develop high-quality legal resources, connect people and expertise, and turn matter experience into reusable knowledge and practice intelligence. You will also work closely with our Innovation department, which leads the design, implementation and governance of Legal Tech and AI solutions. You will provide the legal content and practice insight required to assess and deploy relevant solutions, and play a leading role in their adoption across the Investment Funds team. The role may be offered on a full-time or part-time basis, depending on the candidate’s profile. Your responsibilities Knowledge strategy and resources
• Develop and maintain the practice’s models, precedents, clauses, forms, checklists, playbooks and other substantive know-how, ensuring that content is accurate, current and easy to access.
• Act as a trusted resource on legal, regulatory, market and practical issues, helping lawyers identify and use the most relevant knowledge.
• Monitor legal, regulatory and market developments and translate them into practical guidance, updates, publications and client content.
• Connect lawyers and experts across Luxembourg and the international network, and turn informal know-how and lessons learned into reusable resources. Matter data and practice intelligence
• Establish practical processes for capturing relevant matter information, positions, documents and data, while ensuring quality, confidentiality and timely updates.
• Use matter and experience data to support benchmarking, trend analysis, post-matter reviews and informed decision-making.
• Work with the relevant teams to develop reports, dashboards and visual materials that surface useful insights for internal and external audiences.
• Ensure that matter profiles and experience records accurately support knowledge sharing, pitches and business development. Knowledge sharing and client value
• Work with lawyers and Human Resources to identify training needs and deliver practical training, workshops, communities of practice and matter reviews for lawyers, trainees and, where relevant, clients.
• Ensure that knowledge priorities reflect the needs of the practice, its clients and the Luxembourg investment funds market.
• Contribute to thought leadership, client seminars, pitches and engagement materials, working with Marketing & Business Development to draw on the practice’s experience, data and content.
• Capture and share relevant client preferences and protocols so that lawyers have the right information at the right time. External positioning and industry engagement
• Identify, with partners and counsels, developments and topics that can strengthen the practice’s market position and contribution to industry debate.
• Prepare and coordinate technical input for regulatory consultations, working groups, industry forums and professional associations.
• Support partners and counsels in exchanges with public authorities, regulators and professional bodies, and feed resulting insights back into the practice’s knowledge and tools. Legal Tech, AI and sustainable delivery
• Work with the Innovation department to identify practice needs and evaluate Legal Tech, AI and client-facing solutions that can improve matter delivery and efficiency.
• Provide the legal content, knowledge structure and business requirements needed for document automation, assisted drafting, research, due diligence and AI-enabled workflows.
• Participate actively in pilots and rollouts by preparing and validating models, playbooks, knowledge sources, prompts and workflow steps.
• Act as the practice contact for deployed solutions, helping lawyers select and use the right tools through demonstrations, concise guidance and hands-on support.
• Monitor adoption and value, capture user feedback and relay legal and operational requirements to Innovation for continuous improvement.
• Help embed simple matter routines and maintain process documentation so that knowledge capture and approved workflows remain effective over time.

Your profile
• A qualified lawyer, ideally with 5 to 6 years’ experience in investment funds, financial services or a comparable transactional or regulatory practice.
• Strong legal research, analytical and drafting skills, together with sound judgement as to the reliability and practical value of technical content.
• A practical understanding of matter management, legal documentation and the operational realities of a demanding legal practice.
• The ability to structure complex information and translate it into clear resources, training, workflows and actionable insights.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to connect experts, engage contributors and build a lasting knowledge-sharing culture across levels and teams.
• Strong client and commercial awareness, with the ability to link knowledge and innovation initiatives to quality, efficiency and client value.
• A genuine interest in Legal Tech, generative AI and document automation. Coding expertise is not required.
• A proactive, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach, with the credibility to advise partners and support teams through change.
• Excellent written and spoken English. French, German or Luxembourgish would be an advantage.

What we offer
• A high-impact role embedded in a leading Investment Funds practice and close to complex, strategic work.
• The opportunity to shape how knowledge, matter data and technology are used to improve client service.
• Close collaboration with partners, counsels, lawyers, our Innovation department and the firm’s wider business teams.
• An international environment that values legal expertise, collaboration, curiosity and initiative.
• A role that will evolve with the practice, client expectations and the adoption of Legal Tech and AI. If you are interested please send us your CV to HR@cms-dblux.com. CMS Luxembourg does not work with recruitment agencies or headhunters for this position. Candidates interested in joining CMS Luxembourg should apply directly. Please note that, in the event of recruitment, a recent extract from a criminal record (casier judiciaire) will be required.