Paralegal (Legal Assistant)

The Opportunity:

Hitachi Energy is recruiting a Paralegal (Legal Assistant). In this capacity, you will be part of our Legal Operations Team. You will actively support the Global Legal & Integrity Team, which includes the Office of Special Investigation (“OSI”).  As an organizational talent, you take care of our customers in the background, handling documents and urgent matters. 

How You´ll Make an Impact:  

• Assist lawyers in the preparation of documents including the drafting, reviewing and amending materials such as contracts, memorandums and non-disclosure agreements. 

• Assist in editing and proofreading various contracts and draft legal correspondence. 

• Identify and mitigate risks and opportunities, ensuring delivery of a document with high quality. 

• Summarize key provisions from contracts. 

• Be part of the further development of services towards the legal & integrity function. 

• Support OSI/Compliance global team in their investigations: interview note taking & preparing statements. 

• Provide support in conflict resolution cases (non-integrity) and HR-referred cases. 

• Quality assurance on a selection of cases. 

• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business. 
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures and guidelines.

Your Background:  

• Bachelor's degree in Law.

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in related work area, focusing on contracts/NDAs. Experience in international contracts is desirable. 

• Experience with compliance investigations and tools like Navex, Relativity, Zylab etc, is a plus. 

• Proficient with Microsoft O365, specifically, MS Lists, Teams, Word, and Excel. 

• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously, manage time-sensitive documents and have exceptional organizational skills in a fast-paced environment. 

• Great attention to detail. 

• Excellent organizational skills and excellent understanding of contracts and legal terminology. 

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is mandatory (interviews will be done in English). Spanish is also highly desirable. 

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