Litigation Support Lawyer: Document Review Specialist

Linklaters; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Linklaters is seeking a Support Lawyer to bolster its Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations practice in London. The role emphasizes document review, disclosure, and matter management on high-profile disputes and investigations.

You should have 2+ years in a large law firm as a paralegal or support lawyer and strong MS Office skills. The role involves drafting chronologies and managing evidence, performing legal research, and supporting teams on admin tasks.

Qualifications

• UK-qualified lawyer with 2+ years as paralegal or support lawyer in a large law firm.
• Experience in document review, bundling, trial/hearing preparation, and matter management.
• Strong MS Office skills (Word/Outlook/Excel/PowerPoint).
• Experience with document review or eDiscovery platforms is beneficial.
• Ability to manage large volumes of documentation for litigation, arbitration and investigations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct document review exercises and assist with disclosure and evidence management processes.
• Draft and maintain chronologies, witness files and other matter management materials.
• Undertake legal research and prepare summaries of findings.
• Manage and organise matter documentation, including indexing, filing, archiving and data room administration.
• Review and redact documents using eDiscovery platforms such as Relativity.
• Support matter teams on administrative and project-based tasks.

Skills

Document review

Legal research

Matter management

Chronology creation

Witness files

Education

UK qualified lawyer

Tools

Word

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Linklaters is seeking a Support Lawyer to bolster its Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations practice in London. The role emphasizes document review, disclosure, and matter management on high-profile disputes and investigations.

You should have 2+ years in a large law firm as a paralegal or support lawyer and strong MS Office skills. The role involves drafting chronologies and managing evidence, performing legal research, and supporting teams on admin tasks.