Job Description

Group / Team

Alternative Legal Services

Working pattern

Full Time

The opportunity

ALT Disputes

We are experienced in complex large scale document review, sensitive and time critical investigations and regulatory matters, consumer claims management and large scale remediation schemes. Our teams work closely with and provide support to other Herbert Smith Freehills practice groups and we are continually expanding our service offerings. We are experts in complex review elements including legal professional privilege, commercial sensitivity and data protection working across all industry sectors including financial services, energy, retail, TMT and construction.

The Role

Lawyers will be part of our legal team, working closely with Managers, Senior Lawyers, Lawyers, Trainees and Legal Analysts.

Note that limited travel, to the Herbert Smith Freehills offices or to clients, may be required from time to time.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducting document review, due diligence or other practice area-specific fee-earning work (there will be target average daily chargeable hours)
• Undertake Quality Control and provide constructive feedback to reviewers to ensure that output is consistent with HSF quality standards
• On appropriate projects, as required, working directly with other HSF practice groups in our global network to deliver high quality support to clients and HSF legal teams
• On appropriate projects, as required, supervising Legal Analysts in relation to individual matters, dealing with complex legal matters or generally as directed by Senior Lawyers, Managers or Senior Managers of the Disputes practice group
• As and when required, conducting claims management for major corporate entities.
• As and when required, conducting case assessments in respect of claims arising out of Group Litigation Orders and Remediation schemes
• Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of areas of law relevant to the practice
• Ensuring compliance with financial disciplines on matters (e.g. daily time recording).
• Providing any other assistance to the business on client matters and related tasks as required.
• The responsibilities outlined above cannot totally encompass or define all tasks that may be required of the post-holder. The outline of responsibilities given above may, therefore, vary from time to time

Skills, experience and qualifications

Qualifications, skills and experience

Essential

• Admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa (but other major common law jurisdictions may be considered).
• Minimum of 2 years' PQE gained within a commercial litigation.

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of legal work for the Disputes practice group, for example large scale document review, with the ability to project manage the process from instruction to completion.

Please note, applications close on Friday 6th October at 17:00PM SAST

Group / Team description

The Alternative Legal Services business delivers high quality, cost-efficient legal services for document or information intensive, defined process work.
The team works in a complementary and seamless way, offering a combination of legal expertise, process efficiency and client technology solutions to our clients.
The key products and services of our Alternative Legal Services business include document review, regulatory claims assessment, due diligence, verification commercial contracts, funds' repapering, client technology services (including advisory and document review software) and asset management for real estate clients.

Role type

Legal professionals/Practice Group

Contract type

Permanent

Diversity & Inclusion

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

Herbert Smith Freehills