Posted by Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management, and wealth management services. The Firm’s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries.
About the Opportunity
Morgan Stanley is seeking to hire for the job role of Associate for their Global Litigation department with 0-2 years of post-qualification experience. It is a Hybrid intake Team role, in Mumbai.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Tracking Litigation and Regulatory matters and Subpoenas as they are received by the Firm;
- Checking for previous related matters in matter management system
- Running searches in Firm systems using various criteria
- Creating a new record for such matters in the Firm’s matter management system;
- Maintaining lifecycle of arbitration, regulatory, advisory and subpoena in the matter management system
- Assist in accurately distributing incoming matters within and outside of the groups
- Running reports in the Firm’s matter management systems
- Collecting relevant information from the attorneys in the Litigation group in order to create such matters;
- Monitoring mailboxes for newly served arbitrations, litigations and/or subpoenas
- Reviewing Subpoenas, performing searches in various MS systems and applications
- Review and processing of Legal documents
- Communicate with assigned attorney regarding matter
- Support ad-hoc and new BAU activities and projects that may be offshored to Mumbai LCD
Eligibility
- Qualified lawyer LLB (LLM will be an added advantage)
- 0-2 years’ post qualification experience
- Solid track record working in a professional environment
Knowledge and Competencies
- Familiarity with identifying legal documents and separating them from other correspondence
- Basic understanding and exposure of US Law and terminologies will be preferred
- Should exhibit comfort working with technology and the ability to learn and display proficiency on Firm’s systems and programs
- Proficient with MS Office (Excel proficiency is required – specific focus on excel macros)
- Understanding of legal documents and terminologies
- Knowledge of document automation, contract analysis and other legaltech software an advantage
Skills and Qualities
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills – ability to effectively correspond with various groups and senior professionals over email and the telephone
- Pragmatic and analytical problem solving skills – candidate needs to consistently apply sound judgment
- Attention to detail
- Have the ability to effectively handle a fast paced environment
- Experience in stakeholder management with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with colleagues across regions and Business Units
- Team player who can successfully manage multiple projects and priorities
- Ability to think independently, form opinions and make decisions
- Ability to anticipate ahead of time and escalate issues as appropriate
- Ability to identify and recommend process efficiencies
- Must be able to maintain a high level of organization under pressure
- Successfully meet established deadline requirements – display efficient time management skills
- Possess the ability to research and resolve issues independently
- Have the ability to effectively handle a fast-paced environment
How to Apply?
- Click on the link given at the end of this post.
- Then, click on the ‘Apply Online’ button given on the landing page through the link given in this post.
Location
Mumbai. Maharashtra
Click here to apply for the role.
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