Jenna Coad

Knowledge lawyer

Jenna is a knowledge lawyer in the commercial dispute resolution team in Oxford and London. She facilitates knowledge sharing within the department by organising training, writing articles, drafting precedents, and helping to implement strategy.

As a litigator in the team, Jenna specialises in group actions and professional negligence. As a knowledge lawyer, she practises general commercial litigation, with particular expertise in civil procedure, legal technology, and innovation. Jenna also works with the firm’s best practice and central teams to improve firmwide processes and systems. She qualified into the commercial disputes team in 2018 after joining the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2016. Prior to this, she worked as a knowledge management paralegal in professional and financial disputes at an international law firm.

My aim as a knowledge lawyer is to ensure that our solicitors are equipped with all the information, resources and technologies they need to provide exceptional client service.

Jenna Coad, Knowledge lawyer

The Legal 500 has described her as ‘efficient, easy to deal with and never miss[ing] a beat.’ She is a member of the Association of Litigation Professional Support Lawyers.

Recent work highlights

Implementing new technologies

Advancing use of litigation technologies within the department, including group actions software and costs budgeting software.

Training schedules

Organising the 2025 training schedule for the dispute resolution division to cover the lifecycle of a dispute, from pre-action through to enforcement.

Updates for litigators

Preparing monthly current awareness updates for firmwide litigators, along with other knowledge team members.