Legal Analyst

**JOHANNESBURG** **THE OPPORTUNITY** At Herbert Smith Freehills, we are always looking for talented law graduates to join our Alternative Legal Services (ALT) team in Johannesburg. Legal Analysts are part of our legal team, working closely with highly experienced qualified lawyers on the delivery of client work. You will benefit from exceptional learning and development opportunities working in a team of highly ambitious and collaborative fee-earners. You will gain exposure to a full range of international clients, sectors and industries, and you’ll work with some of the very best legal minds around the world as you partner with our practice teams to deliver cutting-edge ALT services to our clients. Our _Respond_ team members are fixed term contract employees of the Johannesburg office who work on a full-time basis for the duration of their contract. The ALT team is located in our Johannesburg office, however, there is flexibility to deliver your role remotely within South Africa, if preferred. We are currently recruiting Legal Analysts to work on a 4 month fixed-term contract basis on Disputes matters, however you may also have the opportunity to be exposed to Corporate matters as detailed below, dependent on business need: **Dispute Resolution**: ALT Disputes is experienced in complex large scale document review, sensitive and time critical investigations and regulatory matters, consumer claims management and large scale remediation schemes. Our teams work closely with and provide support to other Herbert Smith Freehills practice groups and we are continually expanding our service offerings. We are experts in complex review elements including legal professional privilege, commercial sensitivity and data protection working across all industry sectors including financial services, energy, retail, TMT and construction. **Corporate**: ALT Corporate works closely with HSF's Corporate practice as it guides the world's commercial organisations through all stages of their corporate development, including M&A, capital markets, investment funds, commercial contracts, corporate restructurings and regulatory matters. We also work directly with many of the firm's key clients, supporting them with day-to-day "business-as-usual" legal work, often as a seamless extension to their in-house legal teams. **Key Responsibilities**: - Legal Analysts work closely with Lawyers, Legal Managers and Senior Legal Managers and primary responsibilities will include: - Conducting work, under the supervision of senior lawyers, on large-scale legal matters. - Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of relevant areas of law to the Alternative Legal Services practice. - Ensuring compliance with financial disciplines on matters (e.g. daily time-recording). - Carry out activities as specified by the project team to ensure the matter and/or project is delivered in an efficient and timely matter. - Providing general support to the Legal Managers and Lawyers. 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, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS** **Skills and Experience** - Law graduate (LLB or equivalent) and/or a post-graduate (LLM or equivalent) qualification. - Ability to review, analyse and organise documentary and factual evidence. - Excellent attention to detail; aims to get it right first time. - Good verbal and written communication skills.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. **Eligibility**: **Competencies**: Personal Leadership**: - Professional integrity - Self development - Builds resilience - ** Technical Capability**: - Legal ability - Produces high quality work - Delivers outcomes - ** Contributes to Team and Firm** - Teamwork and communication - Build networks - Contributes to firm - ** Enhances the Client Experience** - Understands the client context - Innovates to support the firm **GROUP / TEAM** Alternative Legal Services **GROUP / TEAM DESCRIPTION** Herbert Smith Freehills is one of the world’s leading professional services businesses, bringing together the best people across our 27 offices, to meet our clients legal services needs globally. Our Alternative Legal Services (ALT) is a fully-integrated and integral part of Herbert Smith Freehills’ internal network. We offer innovative, market-leading solutions in respect of high-volume, document-intensive legal work. By combining cutting-edge technology with legal expertise, we have created a cost-competitive, bespoke offering which is tailored to our clients' requir