eDiscovery Senior Analyst

at  Ashurst LLP

ABOUT ASHURST ADVANCE:

Ashurst Advance is Ashurst’s NewLaw division that utilises market-leading technology, refined processes, and subject matter expertise in a wide array of technology-enabled legal and eDiscovery services that works alongside Ashurst’s legal experts to solve our clients’ business problems through optimal efficiency, cost effectiveness and digitally innovative legal service delivery. Our market leading offering has been globally recognised including:

• Band 1 ranking for Law Firm LPO, Alternative Legal Service Providers (Chambers Global, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), the only Law Firm in Australia to have this ranking
• Most Innovative Law Firm, APAC & Europe (FT Innovative Lawyer Awards 2023)
• Most Innovative Firm Headquartered outside Asia-Pacific (Financial Times APAC Innovative Law Awards, 2022 and 2024)
• Innovation in the Business of Law: New Solutions (Financial Times APAC Innovative Law Awards, 2022)

To find out more please visit our website.
About the role:
Ashurst Advance Delivery provides dynamic solutions to our clients’ efficiency challenges, focusing on three key areas of legal service delivery: people, process and technology. Our platform includes high quality and subject matter experts, process specialists encompassing qualified legal teams, legal analysts , and a team of legal technologists and eDiscovery experts using the latest legal technology. We combine each of these elements with our legal subject matter experts in the relevant field in a fully integrated team to offer our clients legal excellence with efficient delivery.
Wherever possible, we adopt a ‘follow-the-sun’ approach to resourcing - ensuring matters and projects are supported across all states in Australia, and our London office.
As a result of ongoing growth and a new agenda of service expansion we are looking to hire an eDiscovery Senior Analyst in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne or Perth.

Reporting to one of our eDiscovery Managers you will work as part of a national team providing cutting edge eDiscovery services to our clients and internal practice groups. Daily responsibilities include:

• Assisting with efficient, cost effective and quality delivery of eDiscovery services across litigation, regulatory notices, investigations and transaction projects
• Assisting with discrete components of matters, and supporting multiple matters during any given period
• Assisting with all aspects of evidence managed tasks within Nuix Workstation, Nuix Discover, Reveal and RelativityOne as required, ensuring quality control and audit processes are followed
• Basic understanding of CAL workflows and using AI review methodologies, and workflow tools
• Assisting with document productions, ensuring deadlines are met, and compliance with agreed protocols
• Assisting with evidence preparation including witness statements, expert reports and tender bundles
• Collaborating effectively with a range of stakeholders and team members, and contributing as a member of the global eDiscovery team

For more detail on the role and what we are looking for please review the job description attached to the role on our careers site.

About you:

• Minimum of 3 years eDiscovery experience working in a professional services firm, law firm or government agency
• Proven ability to troubleshoot technical and non-technical issues that arise during a project,
• Good understanding of eDiscovery applications such as Nuix Discover, Workstation, Reveal and Relativity
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, solutions focused environment with strict and short deadlines
• Excellent communication skills, specifically the ability to communicate technical solutions to a non-technical audience in a clear and concise manner
• Exceptional attention to detail, and ability to develop quality assurance practices into all facets of work
• Ability to assess, prioritise and where appropriate delegate requests
• A general understanding of document processing and Evidence handling workflows
• Flexibility and willingness to undertake additional work outside of core hours, (sometimes weekends) and/or interstate travel when required
• Tertiary qualifications in either Law, Computer Science, Commerce, or software engineering
• Demonstrated self-learning attitude with industry certifications

• Assisting with efficient, cost effective and quality delivery of eDiscovery services across litigation, regulatory notices, investigations and transaction projects
• Assisting with discrete components of matters, and supporting multiple matters during any given period
• Assisting with all aspects of evidence managed tasks within Nuix Workstation, Nuix Discover, Reveal and RelativityOne as required, ensuring quality control and audit processes are followed
• Basic understanding of CAL workflows and using AI review methodologies, and workflow tools
• Assisting with document productions, ensuring deadlines are met, and compliance with agreed protocols
• Assisting with evidence preparation including witness statements, expert reports and tender bundles
• Collaborating effectively with a range of stakeholders and team members, and contributing as a member of the global eDiscovery tea