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About Herbert Smith Freehills

We are a leading global law firm with a strong presence in the digital legal delivery space. Our team of experts provides premium quality, full-service legal advice to clients across various industries.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an eDiscovery Executive to join our Digital Legal Delivery team. As an eDiscovery Executive, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality eDiscovery services to our clients. You will work closely with our legal teams, clients, and other stakeholders to ensure the successful execution of eDiscovery projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and understand client needs, executing the recommended technical solutions and delivering an effective solution throughout the life of a matter.
• Help set accurate budgets for costs and timescales for cases, ensuring that such work is completed within budget and to agreed standards and deadlines.
• Develop project management plans for each matter, including evidence tracking, resource management, preparing and reporting on cost proposals, risk management, risk mitigation, and status reporting.
• Maintain project files, including preparing file notes, memoranda, minutes of meetings, instructions, and communications with the legal teams and clients.
• Liaise with other team members to ensure that correct solutions and processes are implemented at a cost-effective level and work is delivered on time.
• Work collaboratively with team members, including supervising tasks delegated to analysts, executing tasks on cases with a high level of attention to detail, and taking the lead on individual cases, reporting to and updating managers on a regular basis.
• Assist in the preparation of presentations to internal and external audiences, conducting presentations when required, participating in post-case reviews, and system implementation and support.
• Document review software expertise, including troubleshooting problems and liaising with software providers to resolve issues, working with third-party partners, and advising on eDiscovery processes and protocols.
• Knowledge capture and process improvement, contributing to the continuous improvement of relevant business processes and protocols, including case-specific process manuals.

Requirements

• Graduate (2:1 or above) or equivalent or a post-graduate qualification with a minimum of 3 A levels (ideally B grades and above) with minimum 2 years' experience in a similar industry.
• Expertise in Document Review Platforms such as Relativity, Recommind Axcelerate, or similar.
• Experience working within a similar team at the required level.
• Expertise in supporting document reviews and case work.
• Proficiency in technical skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Capable of articulating technical concepts effectively.

About Us

At Herbert Smith Freehills, we strive to create a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus, and highly engaged people are our differentiator. We recognize that our future success depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market, as well as on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.