Legal Analyst

Description

The General Counsel’s Organization (GCO) team in India, includes the legal and compliance functions that support Ameriprise Financial and its subsidiaries. The team plays a major an important role in mitigating and managing legal, compliance risks for the firm.

We are seeking to identify a qualified candidate for the “Legal Analyst - Litigation” position within the eDiscovery team. The eDiscovery team is a part of the GCO team in India; and it provides support to our GCO function in the U.S.

Key Responsibilities

A successful “Legal Analyst - Litigation” candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Conducting substantive reviews and analyses of documents sets as part of the e-discovery process in US-based litigation, arbitration, and regulatory matters.
• Communicating with paralegals, project managers and attorneys to identify the scope of work, objectives, and protocols for various e-discovery projects.
• Facilitating discussions with and trainings for the team to ensure understanding of project objectives and protocols as well as the timely execution of e-discovery reviews.
• Managing multiple, changing priorities and expectations by working closely with the business partners and the team members in a focused and responsive manner.
• Conducting legal research and summarizing various rules and regulations or other relevant documents.
• Fulfilling other ad hoc functions or roles to support the larger Litigation / Regulatory Affairs team and the mission of the GCO team in India.

Required Qualifications

• Law Graduate with 3-5 years of experience in e-discovery processes.
• Experience with Relativity or Ringtail e-discovery platforms is beneficial.
• Relevant legal experience, including but not limited to experience summarizing litigation cases, analyzing case documents, drafting pleadings, and providing end-to-end litigation support to onshore attorneys.
• Must demonstrate excellent understanding of legal language and use of analytical skills.
• Excellent English language skills – both written & spoken.
• Excellent interpersonal skills as the role involves regular communication with counterparts within and outside the U.S. GCO.
• Moderate to high-level experience in Microsoft Office products (specifically Word and Excel).

In-Office Collaboration

We are a client-centric, relationship-based business. Working together, in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face-to-face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders — clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least three (3) days per week, with flexibility to work from home two (2) days per week. Some roles may require additional in-office time or different in-office expectations, and specific requirements will be discussed during the hiring process.

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full time

Timings

(4:45p-1:15a)

India Business Unit

AWMPO AWMP&S President's Office

Job Family Group

Legal Affairs