Information Governance Specialist – eDiscovery, Compliance

🕒 March 11

🏢🏡 New York City – Hybrid

💵 $100k - $120k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🚔 Compliance

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1884

💸 Finance

🏠 Real Estate

📋 Compliance

Finance • Real Estate • Compliance

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is a leading global law firm providing a wide range of legal services to businesses and institutions. The firm specializes in areas such as litigation, banking and credit, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, private funds, and more. With a history of over 140 years, it serves clients from its offices in major cities around the world, including New York, London, Tokyo, and São Paulo. Simpson Thacher is known for its work in financial services, private equity, and infrastructure, advising clients on major transactions and regulatory matters.

📋 Description

• Coordinate internal eDiscovery processes, with a focus on preservation efforts. • Serve as the primary contact for internal legal hold-related questions. • Identify and implement Firm legal holds for relevant custodians and data sources, ensuring that information required for legal holds, regulatory investigations, or other legal matters is preserved and exempted from routine disposition. • Coordinate legal hold processes, ensuring custodians are notified and appropriate actions are taken. • Maintain records related to legal holds, including notice issuance, hold release, and other tracking. • Support Practice Technology and Information Technology with eDiscovery collection, review and production efforts. • Update processes for the Firm’s eDiscovery, legal, compliance, and business requirements. • Stay informed about industry best practices and emerging technologies in eDiscovery. • Provide guidance across the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) lifecycle, including automation of legal hold processes. • Assist in developing and delivering training materials and standard operating procedures for eDiscovery and Information Governance. • In collaboration with the Sr. Manager, support wider Information Governance initiatives by implementing and managing policies and procedures and providing recommendations for risk mitigation and compliance improvements. • Participate in continuing education, research, networking, and professional organizations to advance competencies. • Perform other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in eDiscovery, with a strong understanding of the entire EDRM lifecycle. • Prior experience implementing legal holds in Microsoft Purview eDiscovery. • Familiarity with other eDiscovery and legal hold software tools (e.g. Relativity, Encase, Exterro). • Working knowledge of data collection, data storage, and chain of custody standard methodologies. • Strong technical proficiency with an understanding of data formats, metadata, and document management systems. • Knowledge of search term analysis and search term reporting. • Demonstrated ability to maintain confidential and sensitive data. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Rigorous organizational skills and attention to detail. • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, manage multiple projects, and meet timely deadlines. • The ability to confront unexpected problems quickly and effectively. • Ability to work independently while using sound judgment, initiative, and discretion. • Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to interact with individuals of all levels. • Intermediate to advanced proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

🏖️ Benefits

• Industry-specific certifications preferred • Technology-specific training and/or certifications preferred