Knowledge Management at Matheson
Matheson’s Knowledge Management team provides research support and information services for staff and clients, ensuring access to current legal developments and resources. As part of our services we provide legal horizon scanning, current awareness, bespoke research in specialized areas, and information support across the firm’s practice areas. Our Knowledge Hub provides a platform for webinars and podcasts on a range of topics.
Our Head of Knowledge Management leads both the Knowledge Management Team and the Professional Support Lawyer ("PSL") Faculty in delivering firm wide knowledge management solutions and thought leadership initiatives. The Knowledge Management Team also works closely with the following business service departments: Learning and Development, Practice Management and Business Development, and the Digital Services Group. The team includes Ruth Fegan, Library and Information Services Manager, Annika Tomson, Knowledge Management Administrator, in addition to the following lawyers, Dr. Juliette Casey, Knowledge Management Lawyer, Robyn Ellis, Knowledge Management and Legal Research Support and Laura Hyland, Knowledge Management and Innovation Lawyer.
The KM team works with the PSL Faculty in achieving central firm objectives including:
- Monitoring of Irish and EU legal and regulatory developments;
- Producing client focussed thought leadership and horizon tracking reflecting cross practice collaboration and specialist, sectoral expertise in the firm;
- Strategic management of modern internal know how processes including the smart use of technological solutions;
- Contributing bespoke support in relation to knowledge and knowledge management to Strategic Clients;
- Producing excellent Matheson training supporting Learning and Development at Matheson.
The Professional Support Lawyer Faculty
The Faculty brings together our Professional Support Lawyers ("PSLs") from practice areas across the firm to enhance a firm wide approach to knowledge sharing, collaboration and innovation at Matheson, supporting our lawyers and our clients. The PSL Faculty is comprised of highly qualified and experienced partners, solicitors and barristers who have many years of first-hand experience managing transactions and client relationships, as well as in-house experience working with global organisations. Their considerable expertise in practise and legal knowledge serves to support the provision of quality advice to our clients.