Location: India
Title: Subject Matter Expert – Litigation
ID: PRO00008832
Description
This position will be based in India- Mumbai or Delhi
Primary Objective(s)
The ideal candidate will assume a leadership and training role in assisting in the management of Pangea3’s India-based Litigation teams on some of the highest profile cases facing US based Fortune 500 companies and financial services firms. Document review experience (preferably at a US AmLaw 100 firm), in the context of U.S. litigations and/or regulatory matters is required. Experience with one or more e-discovery platforms (e.g. Relativity, XLS/Xerox, Kroll, Autonomy, Stratify, Documatrix, Ringtail, CaseLogistix) is a plus.
Division/Group/Role
Pangea3 (a Thomson Reuters company) is the global leader in legal outsourcing services recognized as Best LPO in the 2011 and 2012 New York Law Journal Reader Rankings, awarded LPO of the Year by India Business Law Journal for the last three years in a row (2009-2011) and also ranked as a Top 5 Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) provider in each of their award categories besides getting recognized as a best managed company by Inc. Magazine. We are a high-growth, fast paced, exciting group of lawyers, engineers, and business professionals working together to achieve excellence as a globally recognized legal services provider in the newest frontier of professional services outsourcing from India. We are revolutionizing the way lawyers around the world practice law and we are having a tremendously fun time doing it. This is an ideal opportunity for a large law firm lawyer to take his / her career in a dramatically new and exciting direction
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and manage individual document review projects at our Mumbai or Delhi offices. In connection with this role, you will be expected to serve as an escalation point and facilitator/guide on questions pertaining to the responsiveness and privilege review protocol; other issue codes; search strategies on the e-discovery platform; other services on the project (e.g. preparation of privilege logs; memoranda; and witness binders); and general questions of law and industry practice; and will also be expected to develop training materials in connection with each project.
- Teach India-based members of the litigation and/or corporate teams (i.e. in a non-project specific context) on industry specific terms of art, business practices, and domain specific areas of US law.
- Ensure that all work product generated is client ready and will meet highest U.S. standards.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, while balancing stringent deadline, cost, and budgeted effort considerations.
- Support business development activities, including participating in client phone calls and meetings as and when needed.
- Participate in the appraisal process to evaluate team members.
We are the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.
Qualifications
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills
Ideal candidates for this position should demonstrate the following:
- J.D. from a well-reputed law-school
- Solid experience and a demonstrable acumen to communicate with and successfully manage teams.
- A minimum of five years' litigation-related and/or document review experience; experience with e-discovery platforms is a plus.
- A desire to relocate to Mumbai or Delhi, India.
- Excellent verbal and writing skills.
- Strong inter-personal skills / outgoing.
- Proficient Internet and PC skills, including PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
- Proficiency with at least one e-discovery platform (e.g. Relativity, XLS/Xerox, Kroll, Autonomy, Stratify, Documatrix, Ringtail, CaseLogistix)
- Comfort with, and ability to, communicate with C-Level executives and law firm partners.
- Capable of working under pressure.
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously; and maintain high levels of confidentiality.
- Attention to detail and strong follow-up skills.
- Good judgment and initiative.
- Team management experience preferred.
At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.
To learn more about what we offer, please visit careers.thomsonreuters.com.
More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com.
Job: Professional & Consulting Services
Primary Location: India
Organization: L CC P3
Schedule: Full-time
Education Level: Doctorate Degree (over 19 years)
Job Type: Standard
Job Segments: Consulting, Business Development, Law, Intellectual Property, Technology, Sales, Legal
