eDiscovery Specialist in Manchester

As well as a qualified Solicitor/Associate, this role would suit an experienced Paralegal or eDiscovery Project Manager. While you will be affiliated with a DACB office, we are flexible as to your location for this position. DACB Discover is an eDiscovery, early case assessment, and disclosure solution that enables the seamless use of established document review platforms without the need to separately instruct a third-party provider. It allows our fee-earners to ingest, process, review, and create productions for multiple data types and can be used as a principal depository and review platform for evidence and unused material in various matters. We’re seeking an entrepreneurial and dynamic Solicitor/Associate to support in the continued commercial growth of DACB Discover and associated eDiscovery services, as well as providing advisory support for the range of eDiscovery projects we manage in the UK and elsewhere. As part of our wider Professional & Commercial Risk (Commercial Dispute Resolution - CDR) team, this position offers ample scope for development and career growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Support DACB Discover lead fee earner with product, service and operational development (adoption of new AI capabilities within the discovery platforms) and internal adoption.
• Attending business development meetings as required and interfacing with third party providers and internal stakeholders, identifying and developing opportunities for growth.
• Development working knowledge of the commercial model and monitoring project budgets.
• Support other fee earning staff by providing legal project management and advisory support in respect of:
• Forensic collections scoping calls.
• Document review.
• Searching and reporting, including disclosure issues.
• Provide additional fee earning support to the wider commercial litigation practice as required.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Significant experience of managing or involvement with disclosure and mid-large scale document review projects using eDiscovery tools (self-service or third-party led).
• A working understanding of civil procedure rules, particularly as regards disclosure.
• Excellent and demonstrable interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• An entrepreneurial attitude and a strong and demonstrable desire to expand eDiscovery, project management and/or legal tech skills (including the use of AI based solutions in relation to investigations & discovery).
• Technical expertise and experience in one of the following key areas would be desirable (commensurate with experience): White collar criminal defence, business crime and internal investigations.

About DAC Beachcroft

We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we’re market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders. We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.

At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities. We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.