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Morrison Foerster Llp
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London, Greater London
Research Analyst: London
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Morrison & Foerster LLP, an Am Law 50 law firm with 17 offices worldwide, has an opening for a Research Analyst within our Research Services Department in our London office. The Opportunity It's an exciting time to join MoFo's growing Research Services team! The Research Analyst works as part of a firmwide team to provide timely, high quality research expertise for client work and business development efforts, deliver current awareness services, and assist in managing the firm's print and online research resources. * As part of a firmwide research team, provide research expertise to support the firm's practice areas and business development efforts, including carrying out straight-forward legal and business research independently, dealing with requests for articles and company searches, producing bio sheets and company overview reports, and assisting with information gathering for strategic research related to markets, industries, and competitors. * Assist with creating current awareness tools, and curating newsletters and alerts for ongoing monitoring of legal developments, clients, industries, and events. * Demonstrate strong writing skills and the ability to distill and present research work product in a concise, professional manner. * Proactively assess research requests and ensure that research meets stated and anticipated needs, consulting with senior team-members when needed. * Ensure that library and research services are effectively promoted to attorneys and timekeepers. * Help to educate and advise attorneys, paralegals, and staff on sources and strategies for research, including delivering new joiner orientations and vacation scheme training, organizing training sessions, and assisting with preparation of training materials. * Provide assistance with print and online collection development, maintenance and administration, including book acquisitions, cataloguing, serials management and circulation, day-to-day maintenance of our London print collection, organizing database logins, and assisting with renewals, contract reviews, product evaluations, and other tasks as assigned. * Participate in projects that increase the value of library and research services to the Firm. * Develop project management skills and coordinate/lead small-scale projects. * Track and record billable and non-billable time spent providing research services to library clients according to the Firm's library billing policy. Close time notes on a daily basis. Ideal Candidate * Master's degree in Library Science or Information Science, undergraduate degree in Library or Information Science or Law, or equivalent qualification strongly preferred (or candidates working towards a postgraduate degree in Library or Information Science) plus a minimum of one to two years' experience in a research/information service in a law firm, finance, or professional services environment, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience. * Familiarity with key UK legal materials and databases including Practical Law UK, Westlaw UK, and Lexis Library UK, along with strong online search and retrieval skills. * Experience with company and business research sources such as Nexis.com, Companies House, Filings Expert, Capital IQ, Hoovers, and Intelligize is highly desirable. Experience with carrying out news searches and using one or more current awareness services, such as Vable is also desirable. Training will be provided as needed. * Experience using a library management system, particularly EOS. Training will be provided as needed. Who We Are At Morrison & Foerster, our culture is defined by our deeds. We're passionate about what we do. We're equally passionate about how we do it. We resist hierarchies and operate within a model of respect - for our colleagues, their ideas, and the differences that make us stronger. We encourage you to learn more