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Start of employment:
Our fast-paced journey to becoming a global technology-driven information service provider has been built upon the values we hold close: rewarding excellence, providing meaningful work on our leading brands, and fostering an inclusive environment that is diverse, connected, and supportive.
By doing this, we have grown together and achieved global success. Join us and be a part of a journey where your contributions are valued, your impact is significant, and your growth is our priority.
Job Description
Associate Research Analyst
Application Deadline: 18 June 2026
Department: Content Editorial & Research
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: London
Reporting To: Sophie Storrs
Description
We are looking for a highly organised, inquisitive, and commercially aware individual to join the research team responsible for leading global reports that recognising the world’s top professionals and firms.
This is a research-driven role suited to someone who enjoys speaking directly with senior legal professionals, uncovering market insight and using emerging technologies to support high-quality analysis and editorial output. Interviews sit at the heart of our research methodology, and successful candidates will be confident engaging with partners, in-house counsel and industry leaders across global markets.
As the research process continues to evolve, we are particularly interested in candidates who are curious about how AI and new technologies can enhance research, workflow efficiency and insight generation, while maintaining rigorous editorial standards and human-led analysis.
The successful candidate will play a key role in gathering, analysing and validating market intelligence across the international intellectual property sector.
Key Responsibilities
- Collect law firm submissions and client feedback, and use public sources to support rankings and editorial content.
- Become fully proficient in all research systems, workflows, and data management protocols.
- Conduct structured interviews with lawyers and corporate contacts under supervision, ensuring accurate and complete notes transcription where possible.
- Track, organise, and process law firm submissions for assigned jurisdictions or practice areas in line with required deadlines.
- Draft law firm and individual analysis summaries and data-driven insights for inclusion in rankings and profiles, with guidance from senior team members.
- Use AI tools to improve efficiency and quality of output, including in relation to editorial content production.
- Produce clear, insightful analysis of research findings and draft high-quality content for rankings and profiles.
- Support the team at conferences and events as required.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
- Strong organisational and planning skills with high attention to detail.
- Excellent written English and clear verbal communication.
- Ability to follow structured processes and meet deadlines.
- Basic research and writing experience; willingness to learn.
- Team-oriented mindset and adaptability.
- Initial familiarity with LLMs and generative AI tools.
Why LBR?
An amazing market position, enviable growth, collaboration and wonderful people are just some of the reasons to further your career with Law Business Research. Our culture is shaped by our core values that promote equality, agility, and respect in everything we do.
Law Business Research has been selected as a winner for the 2024 Inspiring Workplaces Awards. We’re proud of our inclusive and inspiring culture here at LBR and we remain committed to creating a positive workplace for all our employees
We are happy to share that we have partnered with Business Disability Forum to help us on our journey to becoming a more inclusive employer and achieving Level 2 Disability Confident Accreditation.
Law Business Research has been selected as a winner for the 2024 Inspiring Workplaces Awards. We’re proud of our inclusive and inspiring culture here at LBR and we remain committed to creating a positive workplace for all our employees
We are happy to share that we have partnered with Business Disability Forum to help us on our journey to becoming a more inclusive employer and achieving Level 2 Disability Confident Accreditation.
We also take our place in this world of ours very seriously and engage in a wide variety of charitable and community based initiatives. We work extensively with Swawou School in Sierra Leone, which we established to provide education for 120 girls, and on an ongoing basis we underwrite the school’s costs.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, gender identity/expression or reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.
Benefits
Our people are our most valuable asset, as such, we offer a wide range of benefits to help ensure that all are supported:
Start of employment:
- Eye care
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A day off for your birthday
After 3 months employment:
- Pension (4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution)
After 4 months employment:
- Life assurance
After probation:
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- £350 annual wellbeing allowance to contribute to gym memberships or fitness classes
- Puregym access
- Perks at work platform access
After 1 year service:
- Private healthcare
Additional Perks:
- Company socials
- Access to Employee Affinity Networks
- Mentoring scheme
- Volunteering Day
- Mortgage Advice
- Work from anywhere (2 weeks)
- Generous parental leave
We are committed to making our organisation an inclusive, respectful & engaging place to work with a culture shaped by our core values that promote equality, collaboration & respect in everything we do. We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident Scheme, meaning we are committed to being inclusive and accessible, which starts with our application and recruitment process. If you do require any reasonable adjustments to be made, please let us know as part of our application page.
At Law Business Research, we believe in the power of growth and the importance of nurturing talent. We have learned that building the right team delivers extraordinary results.
At Law Business Research, we believe in the power of growth and the importance of nurturing talent. We have learned that building the right team delivers extraordinary results.
Our fast-paced journey to becoming a global technology-driven information service provider has been built upon the values we hold close: rewarding excellence, providing meaningful work on our leading brands, and fostering an inclusive environment that is diverse, connected, and supportive.
By doing this, we have grown together and achieved global success. Join us and be a part of a journey where your contributions are valued, your impact is significant, and your growth is our priority.