Senior Practice Support Project Analyst

About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.

About the Role

The Senior Practice Support Project Analyst is an integral part of Latham’s Practice Support Services (PSS) team. This role will be responsible for providing an expert level of service in project management, consulting, and support in the areas of litigation and internal matters, while serving as a liaison and a primary point of contact between the Information Governance teams, Office of General Counsel, Data Privacy, case teams, and the Practice Support Center (PSC) regarding internal matter projects including designing databases, processing data, and executing productions and exports. This role will be located in either our London or Manchester office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Other key responsibilities include:

• Demonstrating expert level project management and consulting skills, including determination of project scope, preparing specifications, documenting project details, delegating tasks, and ensuring projects conform to specifications and deadlines
• Providing high level support and consulting to colleagues, within PSS, on data processing workflows, automation technology, and document review strategies
• Providing expert level data analysis services in the areas of searches, review, and analysis of client data, filtering, and culling for case team review
• Collaborating with team members on designing new automation workflows
• Consulting and guiding the firm’s attorneys, staff, and clients, as well as colleagues in the PSC, regarding best practices in the use of eDiscovery and contract analysis tools technology to support the litigation and due diligence processes

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Demonstrate excellent project management skills, including organising, planning, consulting, and follow-through
• Possess sound understanding of UK/EU e-discovery/disclosure law and practice
• Have experience in most, if not all areas of the EDRM

And have:

• A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent; directly relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Combined Paralegal or Legal Technology experience
• Experience in Project Management, preferably

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit programme which includes:

• Health insurance as well as group income protection and life assurance
• A pension plan
• Wellness programs
• Employee discounts
• And more!

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world’s leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are.

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