NDA Specialist

About the Firm

As a global law firm our work spans jurisdictions, cultures, and languages – and so do our people.

Our culture is collaborative and inclusive — where diverse perspectives are recognised and valued. Where performing to your highest ability, unlocks equal access to opportunities to learn, thrive and grow.

We combine deep legal expertise and commercial intelligence to grow, transform, protect, and defend our clients' businesses, across every critical moment.

We operate in the sectors and regions that matter to our clients. With forward-thinking insights and innovative, tech-enabled solutions that combine deep knowledge of their sectors and markets.

You’ll build connections and work with colleagues as one global team. You’ll unlock opportunities for clients, across borders, cultures, legal and commercial disciplines.

Join us to work with colleagues as one global team – empowering each other to be exceptional and create advantage for our clients.

The Newcastle Legal Delivery Centre

The firm currently has two Legal Delivery Centres, one in Newcastle and one in Delhi. The two centres work together to support lawyer teams across the globe.

The Newcastle Legal Delivery Centre is based in Clifford Chance 's Newcastle office.  The Legal Delivery Centres play a key role in ensuring that knowledge, resources, processes, and legal technology are deployed effectively to service our clients. Our skills and expertise are widely used across the firm. 

The Newcastle Legal Delivery Centre is made up of teams which support a range of product groups:

• Antitrust & Trade

• Capital Markets

• Corporate Transaction & Advisory

• Debt Finance

• Disputes

• Funds & Asset Management

• Private Equity

• Project Development & Finance

• Real Estate

• Restructuring & Insolvency

• Structured Finance

• Tax, Pensions, Employment & Incentives

18 - month FTC

Job Overview

The role of an NDA Specialist offers you the chance to join our highly experienced, innovative, and client-centric team. You'll work within a range of offices, ensuring that knowledge, resources, processes, and technology are deployed effectively to support our clients.

We assist with Non-Disclosure Agreement reviews. This is either on a hotline basis for a number of Private Equity clients or on a sell side situation as part of a wider deal.

Working in a team who support this work, you will be specifically required to fee earn to support all aspects of the delivery of the NDA work for other CC offices. You may also assist with other work on an as and when required basis.

Whilst this role will be fully remote once the 15:00 to 23:00 shift becomes operational, there will be some Newcastle Office based attendance requirement during normal office hours (09:00 to 17:00) during the period of shift mobilisation (November to February). This will include, but is not limited, to role specific training and recruitment for the other team members. Travel and accommodation costs will be covered for in office attendance where needed.

Who you will work with

You will work regularly alongside colleagues in our Newcastle and Delhi Delivery centres as part of a well‑established paralegal support team with a wide range of seniority and specialisms. As an NDA Specialist working at Senior Paralegal level, you will collaborate closely with Paralegals, Apprentice Paralegals, Senior and Supervisory Paralegals, Managing Paralegals, Operations Managers, Legal Technology Advisors and Process Architects.

You are likely to have direct contact and communication with Associates, Lawyers and Business Professionals based in other offices around the world.

What you will be responsible for

• Carrying out NDA reviews, both initial mark ups and subsequent negotiations
• Helping with the management of the NDA hotlines
• Helping with managing NDA Sell Side projects
• Assist in Quality Control and training on NDAs
• Ensuring your work is accurate and thorough at all times
• Accurately updating internal tracking systems
• Being proactive about continuous improvement, systems and processes
• Integrating legal technology into our processes and advancing your skills in this area as much as possible
• Working efficiently and effectively within a team
• Providing timely updates as to work progress  
• Communicating effectively at all times
• Playing a role in developing and representing the culture of the Newcastle Office and ensuring that we offer a diverse and inclusive workplace that is welcoming and supportive to all
• Working positively and collaboratively with colleagues in Delhi and across other Clifford Chance offices

What you will do

You will undertake a multitude of tasks for a range of practice areas, as mentioned above, including but not limited to;

• Reviewing/drafting of buy side and sell side NDAs to ensure they are in line with client requirements
• Understand Client Playbook and negotiation positions to assist while reviewing NDAs.
• Ensure trackers are updated as required
• Providing timely updates to stakeholders
• Assist colleagues with quality checks on their work, giving feedback and advice.
• Assist with the management of hotlines or projects

You may also be required to support on other non-NDA related work, including but not limited to:

• Due diligence
• Drafting transaction documents and letters
• Preparing transaction bibles
• Proofreading/checking cross-referencing
• Redacting
• E-disclosure
• You will use the latest legal technology for service delivery including Legora, Kira, High Q, Relativity and Contract Companion
• Other administrative tasks as and when required

Your career experience so far

You will possess the following skills:

Essential:

• Experience of carrying out NDA reviews and a genuine interest in this type of work.
• Flexible and effective verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent research capabilities with the ability to follow detailed instructions and produce complex findings
• Proactive and forward thinking
• Flexible and have desire to learn
• Organised and efficient - ability to meet; daily, weekly and monthly deadlines
• Proficient in applying and using a range of technology
• 2 years or more relevant experience as a paralegal
• Excellent attention to detail
• Very good team player

Desirable:

• Fluent in a European language, particularly French, Spanish, German or Italian

Location

This is a 100% remote role subject to occasional in-office days as specified below. The candidate must be physically present in the United Kingdom.   

Work pattern

This role is 100% remote based, and you will be supported to work remotely. However, there is an expectation of occasional in office days during Core Office Hours, 09.00-18.00 Monday-Friday for things such as training, management collaboration days and appraisals. The overall number of in office days will be determined based on business need. Advance notice will be given.

35 hours per week, 15:00-23:00 Monday-Friday

How we will support you

From your first day with us, you will have varied opportunities to continuously grow and development your skills and knowledge. From formal training, informal coaching and mentoring through to skills-based and technical training and on the job learning.

You will be given the opportunity to get involved in a range of internal training which covers:

• Legal Technology
• Process Improvement
• Various online training specific to the role of a paralegal, lawyer, manager etc.
• Legal Training

This is an opportunity to further develop the successful candidate's operational and management skills and be involved in designing and implementing the pilot of the Newcastle Delivery Centre's Evening Shift. We will support you to get this experience during the fixed term.

Equal opportunities

At Clifford Chance, we forge an inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives are recognised and valued. It’s a culture where everyone has equal access to opportunities to thrive and succeed. We are guided by our values-based Code, which sets high standards of conduct and has a principle focused on being inclusive.

We comply with the law and regulations in every location where we operate and we are committed to delivering fair and equal access to all applicants and employees irrespective of background. This applies across all aspects of employment from recruitment and selection to development, progression, and day-to-day working life.

Our global network of affinity, faith and support groups are open to all. These communities help to create an environment where everyone at the firm can feel they belong and can reach their full potential.

Find out more about our inclusive culture here.

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