Consultant (Litigation)

The role

Working for Clifford Chance Business Services Private Limited in our office in Gurgaon (near Delhi, India), you will provide transactional and case support to our client Clifford Chance, a leading global law firm (see www.cliffordchance.com for further information).

Who you will work with

You will have the opportunity to work for teams of lawyers in London and some of Clifford Chance's other offices around the world.

What you will be responsible for

The specific transactions you will work on may vary, but are likely to be related to finance, capital markets, corporate and commercial litigation. All the transactions and cases you will work on will be international in scope, although you will not work on Indian matters, and you will not be giving Indian or other legal advice.

The support you will provide to our client will be within a defined set of processes and tasks, and regular review and supervision will take place. However, you will be required to use your knowledge and experience to identify, analyse and address problems or issues within these processes.

You will also be expected to be self-sufficient and well-organised in planning your own time, particularly when taking on tasks with a high volume of documents as input or output.

Your decisions will have a direct impact on your Clifford Chance client contacts. As such, you will need a good understanding of each client contact's needs and expectations, as well as the transaction on which he or she is working.

You will also communicate effectively with others, sharing appropriate information, actively listening and clarifying enquiries through the use of questions. In doing this you will build effective and constructive relationships with your client contacts and colleagues.

What you will do

• assisting in the preparation of documentation based on templates or previous deal documents.
• providing transaction support on large, multijurisdictional transactions, such as updating and organizing documentation for litigation matters, and redacting documents.
• reviewing documents for specific provisions and preparing summaries of key terms.
• reviewing, collating and indexing documents.
• researching and summarizing specified case laws.
• utilizing internal legal technology tools and Gen AI to support Clifford Chance teams effectively and efficiently.
• reviewing and amending agreement based on client guidelines.
• managing difficult clients and performing and managing work under the pressure of tight deadlines.
• carrying out specific pieces of research; and managing different phases in a transaction.
   

Your experience

Although you will not be practising Indian law, you will be required to be qualified as an Indian Advocate in order to ensure that you have received relevant background training to enable you to understand the work of our client.

Once qualified, you will be expected to apply your technical knowledge across the fields supported by the Global Delivery Centre. In addition, you will be expected to gain knowledge of the processes and procedures carried out in these fields.

You will be IT literate, and familiar with Microsoft Word and Outlook.

The support you will provide to our client will be within a defined set of processes and tasks, and regular review and supervision will take place. However, you will be required to use your knowledge and experience to identify, analyse and address problems or issues within these processes.

You will also be expected to be self-sufficient and well-organised in planning your own time, particularly when taking on tasks with a high volume of documents as input or output.

Your decisions will have a direct impact on your Clifford Chance client contacts. As such, you will need a good understanding of each client contact's needs and expectations, as well as the transaction on which he or she is working.

You will be required to communicate in a clear, concise and logical manner, and be proficient in both written and spoken business English. Documents produced need to be clear and well written.

You will have outstanding attention to detail.

You will promote openness and trust within the team, encouraging feedback and self-development. You will also share best practice with the team, developing a knowledge sharing approach.

You will also communicate effectively with others, sharing appropriate information, actively listening and clarifying enquiries through the use of questions. In doing this you will build effective and constructive relationships with your client contacts and colleagues.

How we will support you

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