eDiscovery Manager (Legal) - ALG Solutions

The team

An excellent opportunity exists for an enthusiastic and experienced lawyer to join our ALG Solutions practice group. Our ALG Solutions group is the largest group of its kind in Ireland with over 65 dedicated full time professionals. ALG Solutions is a key component of ALG's innovation strategy and is committed to delivering forward-looking solutions to our client's legal challenges in an increasing digital world.

ALG Solutions use state of the art technology to ensure the efficient and on-time delivery of solutions to our clients in new and creative ways. A&L Goodbody understands the needs of our clients are changing and that some legal challenges require more than just legal advice, ALG Solutions is a central part of our firm's strategy to continue to innovate and evolve in a changing market.

The role

The candidate will be the primary point of contact between advisory teams, clients and ALG Solutions on multiple mandates simultaneously. They must have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and the ability to multitask and prioritise tasks.

The successful candidate will also be responsible for the management of a team and will excel at encouraging the professional growth of the people they manage and help drive the growth of ALG Solutions as a whole. The successful candidate will also be responsible for ensure excellence of output for the work product of their team and an overall excellent client experience.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A passion for legal innovation.
• An exceptional knowledge of litigation life cycle, impressive understanding of the EDRM, best practice discovery standards, familiarity with Irish privilege and Data Protection laws would be beneficial but not essential.
• Previous experience managing an eDiscovery or litigation support team.
• Familiarity with eDiscovery platforms such as Relativity is an advantage.
• Excellent presentation and client facing communication skills.
• Experience in managing a team of people and coordinating and managing the assigning and supervision of tasks and reporting to all key stakeholders.
• A high degree of initiative with leadership skills.
• An ability to multi-task and take ownership of the end-to-end delivery of a task.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Inspires confidence in them and their team.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to prioritise work effectively.
• An ability to work effectively within a team.
• A flexible and cheerful outlook towards work.

Other requirements

• A legal qualification is essential.
• Relevant 3rd level Degree/Diploma in Law, Business, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Commensurate experience working in law firm or consultancy.
• Familiarity with eDiscovery software preferred but not essential.
• Strong general administration skills with strong word processing skills and experience with document management systems.
• This role may suit a solicitor or barrister returning to the work force after a career break.

The Firm

A&L Goodbody (ALG) is a leading Irish law firm with five international offices in Dublin, Belfast, London, New York and San Francisco. There are currently 115 partners and over 900 employees. The strong international and domestic business community in Ireland forms a valuable part of the ALG client base. ALG is incredibly proud to be recognised as the leading Irish law firm in the Chambers and Partners Europe 2024 Guide with the highest number of Band 1 practice area rankings. ALG is also ranked as a 'top tier' law firm in The Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2024 and the IFLR1000 Guide 2023. The firm is consistently ranked number one in the Irish market and on a European level.

A sample of other recent notable awards include:

• Law firm of the year – Republic of Ireland 2023 at The Lawyer European Awards
• Irish Law Firm of the Year 2023 at the Chambers Europe Awards • One of the top 50 most innovative law firms in Europe 2023 by the Financial Times
• Future of Legal Services Innovation Award winners 2024 • Best client support 2023 by the Managing Partners Forum
• Business Working Responsibly Mark 2023 • Ireland's top 25 best places to work by LinkedIn's Top Companies list for 2022
• Most Popular Graduate Recruiter in Law 2023 by GradIreland (for 12 consecutive years)

ALG has a reputation for leading the way in continuously developing its service to clients and internally to its business. This is delivered through the use of new processes, ways of working, innovative use of technology and marketing-leading business service teams.