eDiscovery Analyst

About Herbert Smith Freehills

As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.

We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.

The Opportunity

Key Responsibilities
Working under the direction of the eDiscovery Managers and Senior Executives and Executive, eDiscovery Analysts will be expected to identify, understand, and service client needs by implementing technical solutions. On a daily basis this will include being responsible for:

Maintaining the integrity of client and firm data, including evidence handling, processing, and data tracking.

Review database administration:

Processing data (in Relativity and/or Nuix)

Ingesting data into Relativity

Running searches across Relativity workspaces

Creating review batches and coding layouts in Relativity

Building conceptual and structural analytics indices

Building search indices

Providing Relativity training to legal teams that aligns with best practices

Preparing productions and exports from Relativity

Collaborating with team members to ensure solutions are implemented on time and within budget.

Instructing and managing external eDiscovery vendors, when appropriate.

Executing with extraordinary attention to detail and consistency.

Adherence quality control processes.

Ensuring tasks are executed in accordance with project guidelines.

Reporting on the progress of assigned tasks in a concise and timely way.

Participating in post case reviews.

Assisting with the reporting, billing, and other team administration tasks.

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 without materially changing either the character or level of responsibility or grade.

Skills and Experience

Essential

A thorough understanding of eDiscovery deliverables including load files, images, natives, text files, etc.

Knowledge of the EDRM and the matter lifecycle including the ability to communicate about both to technical and non-technical teams.

A solutions-oriented, "can-do" approach to problem solving and service delivery.

Ability to prioritize deadlines in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.

The ability to quickly identify a problem and develop sound, defensible solutions.

Exceptional attention to detail.

Desirable

Experience processing data in Nuix or Relativity within a law firm, eDiscovery vendor, or consultancy an advantage but not essential.

RPMS, RCP, RCU, or RCA preferred.

Language skills advantageous.

Closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 1st March 2024

Team

Working Pattern

Location

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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.