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eDiscovery Specialist

Employer
Allen & Overy LLP
Location
England
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
25 Jun 2019

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Vacancy Type
Legal Support
Contract Type
Permanent
Practice Area
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Experience Level
Officer / Analyst / Engineer / Executive / Coordinator
Role Classification
Other Professional

Job Details

It's Time
Allen & Overy is a leading global law firm operating in over thirty countries. Embracing new trends and harnessing decades of experience, we've earned our place at the forefront of the legal industry. Our partners are recognised as leaders in their field and our deals and cases often make headline business news. As a result, we've developed a reputation for delivering excellence, in all that we do. Today, we're continuing to break new ground. By embracing new ways of thinking and integrating technology into our everyday work, we've been named as the Most Innovative Law Firm in Europe by the Financial Times five times.

Join our team and you'll be part of a flexible, inclusive culture underpinned by openness and acceptance. We're driven by the belief that, to perform, people need support and space to collaborate. By combining those values with an ambitious outlook, we can give you the opportunity to thrive.

Department purpose
A&O Litigation are uniquely positioned within the firm to offer data services externally to our clients and internally to other departments as well as offering our core services to the Litigation team. The ability to provide professional and innovative eDiscovery services is a key part of the Litigation Data Services strategy going forward. The ability to combine our legal expertise with data-driven solutions to our clients is a compelling story to tell.

Role purpose
The eDiscovery Officer/Specialist is responsible for providing excellent client service and technical eDiscovery support in accordance with A&O's best practices. This role works under the guidance of the regional delivery manager and/or EMEA delivery lead.

Key relationships

  •  Internal A&O clients requiring eDiscovery services
  •  Fellow eDiscovery team members

  • Key responsibilities

  • Delivering high-quality customer service
  • Applying A&O best practice policies and guidelines to all assigned tasks
  • Satisfying internal client expectations and requirements proactively
  • Contributing towards the continuous improvement of departmental working practices
  • Assisting client/lawyers in expediting data transfer utilising media devices/SFTP including data logging
  • Providing Relativity support including: user access and security permissions, review workflow set-up and support, application of search logic and text analytics features and creation of native and/or tiff productions for disclosure
  • Delivering end-user training sessions
  • Maintaining and increasing industry-specific knowledge through software training, A&O courses and attendance at software demonstrations and other industry events

  • Key competencies

  •  Excellent customer-oriented service ethos
  •  Experience with data processing tools such as Relativity or Nuix
  •  Experience with Relativity document review platform
  •  Understanding of forensic data preservation tools and techniques
  •  Experience utilising SQL
  •  Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Company

    With over 5,600 people in over 40 offices, Allen & Overy is a business doing work of global significance.

    Our success is built on the work of talented and motivated people who thrive in a supportive and collaborative environment, dedicated to delivering an exceptional standard of work for our clients. We’re ambitious and forward-thinking, committed to growing our business and meeting the future head-on. We’re not afraid of change, and we believe in challenging the status quo.

    What we do goes beyond delivering an outstanding service. We lead the market by creating new solutions for our clients’ most complex legal and business challenges, helping them grow, innovate and thrive. By thinking creatively and entrepreneurially, we challenge expectations, push boundaries and build for the future. We draw on a world-leading network of expertise and a unique platform – such as our Advanced Delivery services and our network of Peerpoint consultants, to set the highest standards for our industry.

    Global coverage in today’s market does not simply mean having offices in important cities around the world. For us, it means combining our global resources and sector expertise to work on matters that cross international boundaries with our culturally and geographically diverse teams. For you, it means that wherever you work, you’ll find a culture of inclusion and support – feeling confident to bring your whole self to work every single day. We have developed a culture in which difference is positively valued, and our people are free to be themselves.  At A&O, you're not only valued for what you do, but for who you are. 

    We are in every sense one global team; supportive and collaborative, but also ambitious and driven.  Our capacity to combine these qualities and provide a setting in which our people can thrive is what makes us different.

    Company info
    Website
    Telephone
    +44 (0) 20 3088 0000
    Location
    One Bishops Square
    London
    E1 6AD
    GB

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