Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Legal Analyst
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Legal Analyst
Legal Analyst – Digital Legal Delivery (Disputes) role
About Digital Legal Delivery
Digital adaption is presenting businesses with efficiencies and opportunities at pace – Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is no different. Continuing to support our clients with this rapid change, we have created a team of the best analytical legal minds, backed by investments in cutting-edge technology and technologists within our Digital Legal Delivery (Digital) practice.
Bringing together legal, process design, and technology expertise, our Digital group supports businesses needing innovation from their legal advisors. Leveraging experience to map where people and tech intersect to deliver results, this team helps companies undergoing digitisation projects and those seeking to eliminate manual, inefficient legal service delivery.
Experienced in high-volume, complex legal services, we are specialists in data-intensive mandates. Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer’s Digital Legal Delivery team is implementing state-of-the-art technology solutions today while continuously scanning the horizon for emerging innovations.
Legal
The Legal team shapes how the firm delivers legal matters, renowned for bold thinking about law and driving efficiency at scale. With deep expertise across multiple sectors, we handle:
- Contract management
- Document review
- Managed legal services (including volume claims and remediation)
- Due diligence
Collaborating with colleagues across the firm, we blend expertise in law, process design, and technology to deliver tailored legal solutions—orchestrating complex efforts through strategic legal project management for flawless, efficient delivery.
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Legal Technology
The Legal Technology team deploys advanced firm systems robustly and efficiently to support client matters and projects. Our specialty areas include:
- Document automation
- Custom development
- eDiscovery
- Data analytics
We work collaboratively across disputes, transactions, and wider projects.
Advisory
The Advisory team advises our clients on cutting-edge legal operations and emerging technologies, helping sectors across the board. We guide businesses—and our own teams—through transformative changes, mapping out the future of legal work.
The Role
Legal Analyst – Disputes (Digital Legal Delivery) A dynamic position in the Digital Legal Delivery Disputes team, supporting highly experienced senior Disputes lawyers at the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Belfast office. This role offers a rare opportunity to work at the nexus of disputes law, data, and technology. Legal Analysts won’t just deliver thoroughly legal work—they’ll shape and enhance how disputes are handled through digital, data-driven, and AI-enabled approaches.
Location: Primarily based in Belfast but collaborating closely with a global Digital Legal Delivery team. Business trips and potential secondments to London may arise periodically.
Committees & Learning Opportunities
The Belfast office fosters community through networking groups (Social, Charity, Arts, Business, Diversity, LGBT, Women in Business, and Sports). New team members are encouraged to join.
The practice offers regular Learning & Development sessions, covering:
- Legal training
- Soft skills (drafting, presentation techniques)
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Key Responsibilities
As a Legal Analyst, you’ll:
- Contribute to fee-earning work under the supervision of senior Disputes lawyers, handling large-scale contentious matters. Responsibilities include:
- Analysing and reporting on documentary evidence
- Supporting efficient management of large-scale claims and investigations
- High-quality, consistent analysis aligned with productivity and quality benchmarks
- Stay current with advisory law developments relevant to the Digital Legal Delivery Disputes practice.
- Ensure financial compliance while managing matters, including accurate time-recording.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience
Essential
- Degree-level qualification in law (2:1 + or equivalent), or postgraduate legal study requiring ≥3 A-Levels (ideally B grades +).
- Strong ability to review, analyse, and organise documentary and evidentiary materials with meticulous attention to detail—get it right the first time.
- Adaptability to master legal software and IT applications.
- Innovative mindset, with an interest in applying AI (including generative AI) and legal technology to improve efficiency in service delivery.
Desirable
- Internship or 6–12 months’ work experience in an office-based environment.
- Fluency in a second language with the ability to translate legal documents into English. Western European languages provide an advantage; high-demand languages include Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, and Russian.
Closing Date
Applications close at midday, 16 July 2026.
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