Associate

• Maintain a high level of quality in work and always meet the service level commitments made to the client
• Quickly grasp subject matter fundamentals of the project and raise questions on the project matters to accurately understand the client 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 trainings
• 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 trainings

What will help you succeed in this role

• Bachelor s or master s degree in law
• Proficient in analysing 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 of creating Boolean searches, Keyword Searches, QC workflows etc
• Sound understanding of eDiscovery process-- Basic contract redlining skills
• Experience of working on contractual clauses paraphrasing / summarization / abstraction
• Sound understanding of due diligence, legal research, 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