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Job Title
Legal Engineer
Office Location
London or Paris
Department
IT – Legal Engineering
The Legal Engineering team works on client specific billable matters and operates under the direct supervision of the firm’s CIO. The team is responsible for developing, and maintaining custom-made coding solutions for the firms’ clients and lawyers in relation to legal documentation and related workflows. The team primarily build solutions using Contract Express, UiPath, C#, SQL, SharePoint Online, but also integrate various technologies for a specific client matter or project. These projects are critical in enabling our legal professionals to best leverage the full breadth of the firm’s global capabilities in service to our clients.
Working Hours
- 35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required.
- We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns.
- Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.
Role Overview
The Legal Engineer will support the team with managing the life cycle and delivery of custom-made coding solutions and related legal technology projects. The role will provide first line support to our lawyers, clients and gain exposure to a variety of legal technology. There will also be the opportunity to trial new products.
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Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with legal subject matter experts to code / automate legal documents written in various languages using Contract Express.
- Develop bespoke coding solutions for specific legal projects and cases.
- Maintain and update coding in existing documents and custom-made automations.
- Provide user training and induction sessions.
- Manage client sites including configuring new sites, user access and adhere to the firm’s data retention policies.
- Maintain and update user guides.
- Assist with testing new software features and upgrades.
Skills & Experience
Qualifications & Training
- A solid legal background (lawyer’s degree in any jurisdiction, paralegal, legal specialist, previous work experience at a law firm).
- Experience and knowledge of working with legal documents (drafting, editing, updating, and formatting).
- Advanced language skills, especially in German, and English. Must be proficient in both reading and writing. Further foreign / native language capabilities (French, Italian, Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese) strongly desirable.
- A good knowledge of Contract Express coding language, any experience with any programming languages (C#, Python), automation or logic-based systems desirable – if no experience, full training will be provided but must have the right mindset (clear logical thinking and highly focused attention to details) and desire to learn to code.
- Experience with AI tools, defining / securing prompts, working with agents desirable.
- A strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Microsoft Outlook.
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General Attributes
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
- Able to demonstrate the ability to learn new concepts and new products.
- Have an interest in the future direction of legal technology and technology in general.
- Client, delivery and deadline focused.
- Excellent attention to detail and delivery of high-quality work.
- Self-management and excellent organisation skills.
- Highly effective as part of a wider team.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- A self-starter with a proactive approach to work, planning workload and solving client requirements.
Equal Opportunities Statement
It is the policy of Hogan Lovells Cadwalader to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion. Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of racial or ethnic origin, religion, sex, gender and gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy or disability.
Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.
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