Legal Analyst

WCL Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 62,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

WCL Group in Houston, Texas seeks a Legal Analyst to join our Legal Services team onsite. You will support attorneys across regulatory, technology, commercial, governance, and compliance matters, manage documents, and help prepare summaries for review.

You will research and analyze legal and business information, track matters from intake to closure, and use approved AI-enabled tools to improve workflows while handling confidential data.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience involving legal support, regulatory matters, technology-related matter, commercial transactions, compliance, corporate governance, or matter management.
• Ability to learn new subject areas, processes, systems, and stakeholder environments quickly and adapt to changing assignments.
• Ability to analyze complex information, identify relevant facts and issues, and communicate findings clearly and objectively.
• Ability to analyze and communicate legal and business issues across broad functions and org levels.
• Demonstrated discretion, integrity, and sound judgment with confidential information.
• Digital fluency including Microsoft 365 and AI-enabled tools to improve workflows.

Responsibilities

• Provide adaptable legal support across different practice groups and projects, quickly learning new subject areas and stakeholders.
• Prepare, review, revise, and organize legal and business documents using templates and attorney direction.
• Analyze and summarize legal, regulatory, technical, commercial, and business information for attorney review.
• Conduct legal and factual research and prepare concise, objective summaries of findings.
• Support matter intake, organization, tracking, reporting, and document management from start to finish.
• Coordinate with attorneys and partners to obtain information and ensure timely delivery of legal services.
• Identify risks and escalate questions to supervising attorney.
• Maintain accurate information in approved matter-management systems and collaboration platforms.

Skills

Legal research

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Proving proofreading

Editing

Research

Matter management

Oral communication

Written communication

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree / Paralegal certificate / Law degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

Power BI

Job description

CLIENT HIGHLIGHT

The client you will be working for is a Fortune 100 Oil and Gas Company. This opportunity will give you experience in the energy sector in the United States with a company that is a globally recognized leader in energy production and one of the biggest companies in the US.

LOCATION Houston, Texas, 77002

COMPENSATION $45.00–$51.00 per hour

TERM 1 year contract with a high likelihood of extension or conversion to full time

SCHEDULE Monday-Friday, 40 hours Onsite

POSITION OVERVIEW – Legal Analyst

You'll be a flexible member of the Legal Services team, supporting attorneys across different practice groups, such as regulatory, technology, commercial, corporate governance, and compliance. Assignments change with workload, so you'll learn new subject areas quickly. You'll prepare and organize legal and business documents, research and summarize information for attorney review, track matters from intake to closure, and keep records accurate in the team's systems. You'll also use approved AI and automation tools and suggest ways to simplify routine work. Discretion matters, since you'll handle confidential and privileged information.

• Provide adaptable legal support across different practice groups, matters, and projects, quickly learning new subject areas, processes, stakeholders, and systems as assignments change
• Prepare, review, revise, and organize legal and business documents using approved templates, guidance, and attorney direction
• Analyze and summarize legal, regulatory, technical, commercial, and business information for review by attorneys and authorized stakeholders
• Conduct legal and factual research and prepare clear, concise, and objective summaries of findings
• Support matter intake, organization, tracking, reporting, document management, and follow-up from assignment through completion
• Coordinate with attorneys, business partners, subject matter experts, outside counsel, and staff to obtain information, address open items, and support timely delivery of legal services
• Assist with regulatory, technology, commercial, compliance, governance, and other cross-functional legal matters and projects based on business needs
• Identify relevant facts, issues, dependencies, deadlines, and potential risks, and elevate questions or concerns to the supervising attorney
• Maintain accurate, complete, and timely information in approved matter-management systems, collaboration platforms, trackers, and repositories
• Multi-task and prioritize assignments to consistently deliver high-quality work while managing varied deadlines, competing priorities, and changing assignments
• Exercise discretion, sound judgment, and professionalism when handling confidential, privileged, personal, technical, and business-sensitive information
• Use approved technology, AI-enabled tools, automation, analytics, and digital solutions responsibly to improve legal analysis, matter management, reporting, and workflows
• Recommend practical opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, or eliminate repetitive and non-value-added activities
• Communicate clearly, simply, and directly, both in person and through virtual collaboration tools

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience involving legal support, regulatory matters, technology-related matters, commercial transactions, compliance, corporate governance, matter management, complex document review, or comparable work
• Demonstrated ability to learn new subject areas, processes, systems, and stakeholder environments, and to transition effectively among different assignments
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex information, identify relevant facts and issues, recognize gaps or inconsistencies, and communicate findings clearly and objectively
• Ability to analyze and communicate legal and business issues across broad functional and organizational lines
• Ability to maintain high-quality work while managing varied deadlines, competing priorities, and changing workload demands
• Strong organizational, analytical, proofreading, editing, research, and matter-management skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills, and demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions and organizational levels
• Self-starter who works well independently and contributes to a collaborative team environment by sharing knowledge, offering support, and owning shared goals
• Demonstrated discretion, integrity, and sound judgment in safeguarding confidential, privileged, personal, technical, and business-sensitive information
• Demonstrated digital fluency, including proficiency with Microsoft 365 and the ability to learn and use new technologies and approved AI-enabled tools to improve workflows
• Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset and ability to identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, automation, or elimination of non-value-added work

PREFERRED

• Experience supporting more than one legal practice area, business unit, or type of legal work
• Experience supporting regulatory, technology, commercial, compliance, corporate governance, privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, or other cross-functional legal matters
• Experience reviewing and summarizing legal, regulatory, technical, commercial, or business documents and information
• Experience with matter-management, reporting, analytics, document-management, or collaboration technologies such as Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power BI, or comparable tools, including experience applying AI, automation, analytics, or process improvement solutions
• Bachelor's degree, paralegal certificate, law degree, or other relevant education or professional training; equivalent combinations of education, training, certifications, and experience will be considered