Legal Counsel for US Disputes & Litigation

Role Demands:
Assist in all facets of litigation, including pre-disputes, fact investigation, drafting legal responses, responding to subpoenas and other discovery requests, preparing witnesses for testimony, and negotiating and drafting settlements
Perform legal work in-house whenever possible
Interact with outside counsel, including, budgets and invoices, compliance with outside counsel guidelines, and work product
Draft succinct, practical legal advice
Identify, review, analyze, manage and resolve pre-disputes
Implement, and enforce company policies on eDiscovery

Roles & Responsibilities:

Respond to dispute and pre-dispute demand letters
Counsel business and stakeholders on legal dispute best-practices
Analyze case files, contracts, documentary evidence, and carry out litigation strategy
Conducting interviews, gather documents and electronic records
Coordinate and schedule depositions, hearings, trials, conferences and meetings
Summarize calls, set action items, follow through to closure
Verify information, locate evidence and exhibits
Manage budgets, billing and invoices
Negotiate rates and contracts for legal services vendors
Maintain a case management database
Obtain copies of company and court documents

Qualifications:

Experience and skill set required:
The ideal candidate will be a law graduate with 3-4 years’ experience
At least one year Disputes experience.
At least one year inhouse at an IT services company.
US law or Canadian law experience is a bonus.
The Legal Counsel will be part of the US Geo Legal team and be expected to deal with a variety of matters. This role would suit a detail oriented professional with good organizational skills and excellent English writing and oral communication skills who works well with a very diverse range of functions and is comfortable with uncertainty.
Very strong people skills.
Able to work independently
Law graduate. LLM from US or Canada is a bonus.