Legal Technician - Johannesburg, South Africa - Herbert Smith Freehills

Description

JOHANNESBURG

THE OPPORTUNITY

• Supporting the Legal Operations Manager within the Transactions Team across the UK and EMEA region (the " Region") including:
• Building, updating and maintaining HighQ and/or SharePoint deal rooms and data sites
• Branding and designing sites to support transaction management of large and complex matters
• Developing user support materials
• Providing desk side user support to the practice groups
• Designing monitoring and managing automated workflows
• Design of data visualisations
• Managing user groups, site security and access
• Integrating automation and workflow solutions using Contract Express, Neota Logic or Kira
• Supporting in the delivery of structured legal project and transaction management
• Assisting in our response to pitches and requests for proposals to deliver legal mandates using legal technologies

Working with the Legal Operations Manager to manage document automation or AI projects and serving as immediate stakeholder and interface to the transaction team


SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• An organised and practical mindset with the ability to see the big picture
• Excellent personal time management principles
• Determination, resilience and persistence
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Empathy and situational awareness
• 3 years plus working experience (law firm environment preferred) or a strong but untested technical background or qualification
• Strong technical skills (experience with Excel and Word essential; experience with Sharepoint or HighQ required)

Competencies

Personal Leadership

• Positively impacts those around them, makes quality decisions and develops themselves both personally and professionally
• Adapts their interpersonal style to suit different audiences in a genuine way

Builds Authentic Relationships

• Treats people with respect and in a fair and consistent way
• Recognises when colleagues are under pressure and volunteers to assist them where possible

Collaborates with others

• Works within teams and across boundaries to share knowledge and achieve results
• Identifies and builds relationships required to achieve the best outcomes for the firm
• Generously shares their time, knowledge, expertise and talent to support others' success

Enhances the Client Experience

• Behaves consistently with the firm's values in their interactions with others
• Conducts themselves in a way that reflects positively on the firm's brand, both inside and outside the firm

Achieves Results

• Maintains focus and drive to achieve quality outcomes
• Anticipates responses and plans their approach accordingly
• Looks for the most effective way to achieve outcomes
• Maintains perspective and optimism when faced with setbacks

GROUP / TEAM
Corporate Services


GROUP / TEAM DESCRIPTION

Legal Operations

In response to the needs of clients, we have combined specialist skills that provide a range of critical business support services for our clients and their in-house lawyers, notably legal project management, pricing, research, innovation and contract automation services.

This single integrated team, called Legal Operations, is a 'single place' where our clients and partners can go to access these services.

As well as aligning to the needs of our clients, we aim to provide clients with greater certainty on commercial outcomes in matters (price, budget) and greater efficiency in delivery (time, cost and scope).

Additionally, we bring innovation, automation and process improvement in our service to clients, both to drive efficiency and build opportunities to transform the client's business and operating environment.

Our goal is to make Legal Operations easy to access for our clients and partners, give them a consistently positive experience, and provide exceptional service that meets and anticipates their needs.

ROLE TYPE
Business Services


CONTRACT TYPE
Fixed Term Contract


WORKING PATTERN
Full Time


DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator.

People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us.

We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work.

We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.

Herbert Smith Freehills