Legal Support Officer

Currently, we are looking for talented resources for one of our listed clients. If interested please reply to me with your updated resume or feel free to reach out to me for more details at (949) 889-0336

Hybrid role - 2 days Onsite and 3 days Remote

Job Description:

• The Legal Support Officer is a non-attorney role providing essential support to the Client HR Legal team.
• This position requires a proactive and detail-oriented individual with a strong understanding of legal processes and a commitment to supporting the team's objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Provide legal support activities related to legal operations, including litigation, discovery, settlements, and negotiations.
• Execute, review, process, and track legal documentation and records. Complete varied work requests, often with tight deadlines, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
• Participate in legal programs and projects aimed at process improvement and enhanced legal support solutions. Collaborate with other business functions to support these initiatives.
• Gather information from internal and external stakeholders, including interacting with peers and management, to contribute to the development of legal solutions.
• Stay abreast of regulatory changes, new regulations, internal policy updates, and legal developments.
• Provide legal support for Significant Events, maintaining the Significant Event tracker, organizing related files, and compiling quarterly control documentation.
• Assist in ensuring team compliance with internal investigation standards and minimum ethics office requirements, including timely updates in the Case Management System (CMS), uploading investigation plans and reports, etc.
• Support risk and control initiatives by assisting with the development and maintenance of HR Legal guidelines, ensuring timely invoice approvals, Matter Cost Allocations (MCA), self-identified issue reporting, and Passport updates.
• Support the implementation of Global Legal Solutions (GLS) initiatives within Legal Matter Coordination (LMC) teams.
• Provide paralegal support for non-litigation matters handled by outside counsel, such as opening matters and managing document exchange.
• Maintain and distribute the team's coverage chart to relevant partners.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of a repository of globally accessible templates, key HR documents, etc., to promote global consistency where possible, considering local laws.
• Assist in maintaining a repository of arbitrator feedback.
• Compile centralized reports of employment law matters from Passport to provide visibility for HR Legal leadership.
• Support cross-Legal communications, including gathering updates for the weekly bulletin and contributing to HR Legal website content.

Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of relevant experience, preferably including experience in a legal support role. Financial services experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex documentation with strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and project management skills.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with colleagues at all levels.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
• Knowledge of the financial services industry is beneficial.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree

About us:
At our organization, we take our mission and values to heart! We are on a mission to offer more and better jobs all over the world! Our goal is to care for you while you care for our clients and get you paid the highest pay possible. All our associates working with us are expected to embrace our RACE values: R - Results Matter, A- Approachable, C - Care, and E - Emergency i.e. work with a sense of urgency.

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