Head - Litigation - LLB

Head - Litigation

You will be responsible for leading a team of legal professionals and ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of litigation support services to clients. Your primary focus will be on handling complex litigation matters, providing strategic guidance, and maintaining high-quality standards in all deliverables.

Responsibilities:

1. Team Leadership and Management:

- Supervise a team of litigation professionals, including attorneys, paralegals, and support staff.

- Assign tasks, monitor workloads, and provide guidance and feedback to ensure high performance and productivity.

- Foster a collaborative and positive work environment, promoting professional development and growth within the team.

2. Legal Research and Drafting:

- Conduct in-depth legal research and analysis on various litigation topics, including case law, statutes, regulations, and legal precedents.

- Prepare and review legal documents, including pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery requests, and responses.

- Ensure the accuracy, quality, and compliance of all legal documents and submissions.

3. Document and Evidence Management:

- Oversee the collection, organization, and management of litigation documents and evidence.

- Implement and maintain document management systems and processes to ensure efficient retrieval and storage of case-related materials.

- Coordinate with the e-Discovery team to facilitate electronic document review and production.

4. Client Relationship Management:

- Interact with clients to understand their needs, objectives, and expectations.

- Provide regular updates on case progress, milestones, and potential risks.

- Collaborate with clients to develop and implement litigation strategies aligned with their business goals.

5. Quality Assurance and Compliance:

- Ensure compliance with legal standards, ethics, and regulations in all litigation activities.

- Conduct quality checks and review work products to ensure accuracy, completeness, and adherence to client requirements.

- Implement and maintain quality control processes to continuously improve service delivery.

Requirements:

- Strong Leadership experience in Client Services Management with law firms and corporate clients along with New client engagements

- Excellent experience in running Production services for E-discovery, contracts management, process management including optimization, operational strategy to optimize cost efficiencies.

- Proficient in Sales engagement for developing and submitting proposals and concept notes, budgets, databases, RFPs, RFIs, RFQs.

- Adept in handling Client interactions through client calls/video conferencing, performing on- site work as well as experience leading project teams, with scheduling/ monitoring the progress of projects, and providing regular updates/status reports.

- Familiarity with e-Discovery tools and document management systems and experience on various document databases such as, Relativity, Stratify, Xerox, Kroll OnTrack, and Concordance.

- Law degree from an accredited law school with minimum 15 years' experience in a LPO environment in a leadership role with relevant experience in litigation support services.

- Strong knowledge of civil and/or criminal litigation processes, legal principles, and procedures across USA and UK Litigation support services

- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

- Proficient in legal research, writing, and drafting.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

- Demonstrated leadership and team management abilities.