Details of the Organization

DWF is a leading global provider of integrated legal and business services.

Details of the Job/Internship

DWF is hiring an Associate with experience of 3 to 5 years to join their office in Pune.

Role and Responsibilities

• Maintain a high level of quality in work and always meet the service level commitments made to the client.
• Quickly grasp the subject matter fundamentals of the project and raise questions on the project matters to accurately understand the client's requirements.
• Write insightful subject matter escalations in a client-ready manner to help the project team get aligned with the client’s approach.
• Ensure consistent target attainment across all projects.
• Assist the team in reaching project milestones.
• Foster a healthy competitive spirit within the team.
• Demonstrate adaptability and scalability by seamlessly performing at the highest level across different practice areas, such as Litigation Investigations, Contract Management, Compliance, Legal Research, and Cyber Security Incident Response.
• Work with flexible approach to accommodate shifts in workload priorities.
• Perform administrative tasks assigned by the project managers and assist Senior Associates by sharing their workload.
• Be updated with the latest trends in the legal services industry.
• Generate ingenious ideas to streamline project processes.
• Think creatively and challenge the status quo.
• Timely complete all mandatory organizational and skill-based training.
• Successfully clear the project screening assessments designed to evaluate understanding of the subject matter.
• Proactively upskill by leveraging DWF’s wide database of self-driven pieces of training.

 

Eligibility

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in law.
• Proficient in analyzing and evaluating diverse documents, such as contractual agreements (for summarization and redlining), communications (for relevancy and privilege), compliance-related files, and confidential personal information.
• 3 - 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Working knowledge of industry-leading Legal Technology platforms used for eDiscovery, Contract Lifecycle Management, Compliance, Legal Research, or Cyber Incident Reviews.
• Candidates with additional certifications may have an edge- - E.g. Certification for any recognized Legal Technology, Certification in Basics of Six Sigma, Certification for business use of MS World Applications (Excel/PPT/Word)
• Experience in creating Boolean searches, Keyword Searches, QC workflows, etc.
• Sound understanding of the eDiscovery process--
• Basic contract redlining skills.
• Experience working on contractual clauses paraphrasing / summarization/abstraction.
• Sound understanding of due diligence, legal research, and compliance requirements.
• Expertise in identifying and handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI), along with a comprehensive grasp of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ensuring adherence to privacy laws and regulations.

Salary/Stipend

Compensation details will be finalized during the interview process with the selected candidate.

Type of Opportunity

Fulltime

Country

India

State

Maharashtra

City

Pune

Address

Survey No 65, 701/801, Gera Commerzone, Building No 6 (R4, Kharadi, Pune, 411014.

Application and Registration Details

Once you apply, the next steps in the application process will be sent to you via e-mail.

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