Legal Assistant - HSBC Jobs
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009HSBC Global Resourcing is the largest, captive, banking & financial services offshoring organisation in the world. It has more than 32,000 skilled professionals operating out of 15 Group Service Centres present in five countries in Asia, including India, China, Malaysia, Philippines and Sri Lanka.
Legal Assistant
(National Capital Reg - Commonwealth, Quezon City)
Responsibilities:
Provides assistance and support in legal research and litigation activities and prepares routine legal documents for law department.
Impact on the Business
• Provide business-related advice and guidance to management based on guidance from internal counsel.
Customers / Stakeholders
• Handle procedural aspects of law for counsel, including provision of service, court filing, county docketing and preparation of court forms. Assist in trials and the appeal process.
Leadership & Teamwork
• Provide assistance to counsel in representing the Company, its subsidiaries or Group affiliates in litigation in the US. Confer with Company employees, customers and internal, external and opposing counsel on various legal matters and on-going cases.
• Retain external counsel and monitor cases assigned to them; audit and review invoices and legal fees for external counsel to ensure their accuracy.
• Draft, review and revise legal documents and proceedings involving Company or customer interests; compile, review and analyze Company records and organize them in response to subpoenas and discovery demands. Complete legal research to support activities.
• Complete other responsibilities, as assigned.
Requirements:
* Minimum of three years proven and progressive experience as a paralegal in a law firm or corporate law environment, or equivalent.
* Minimum of an Associate’s degree and certificate of completion/diploma from paralegal studies program (preferably ABA approved), or equivalent work experience.
* Good organizational, analytical, project management and written and verbal communication skills.
* Understanding of substantive legal concepts, court practices and procedures, legal research and documents, procedures and terminology.
* Proficiency with personal computers and pertinent mainframe systems and software packages.
* Must be willing to work in shifting schedules
* Must be willing to work in Commonwealth, Quezon City
Company Name :
HSBC Electronic Data Processing (Philippines) Inc.
Industry :
Call Center / IT-Enabled Services / BPO
Type of Company :
Private Limited Company, Foreign Based Company
Location :
2/F 5150 North Bridgeway, Northgate Cyberzone Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang Muntinlupa City -
WebSite :
http://recruit.hsbcglobalresourcing.com/AppForm.aspx?jobid=148