Senior eDiscovery Counsel

UBS

Zürich, Switzerland

Your role

Are you eager to expand your eDiscovery expertise working on complex and global matters and developing global and regional policies, procedures and practices for effective and defensible data handling within an international bank? Are you excited about working with stakeholders in Group Investigations, Legal, Compliance, Technology, and other eDiscovery teams globally to deliver high quality service to our clients?

In your role as Senior eDiscovery Counsel, you'll:

manage eDiscovery in a portfolio of complex and global litigations & investigations;
advise legal, compliance and group investigation stakeholders on eDiscovery issues & strategies that comply with the relevant policies, laws and regulations arising in connection with litigation, internal investigations, and regulatory inquiries;
report directly to the Switzerland Regional Head of eDiscovery;
work with other global eDiscovery service and technology team members, including in-house and outside counsel, compliance officers, privacy and security specialists, information technology partners and external service providers;
contribute to the oversight and execution of process improvements to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and to meet existing and future demands;
advise on options for cost management; resolve matter related issues;
serve as a subject matter expert on eDiscovery topics -help with the on-boarding and training of new and existing customers and serve as a regional representative on cross-divisional meetings and working groups;
work closely with other eDiscovery team members and IT partners on regional and global matters and projects to ensure alignment of processes.

Your team

The Global eDiscovery team advises Legal, Group Investigations & Compliance on eDiscovery issues in connection with litigation, investigations, and regulatory inquiries. We also assist with the development and implementation of sponsored eDiscovery initiatives regionally and globally. Our team works collaboratively with other business partners to ensure consistent and effective strategies are employed, such as in-house and outside counsel, compliance officers, privacy and security specialists, technology partners and external service providers.

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Your expertise

a law degree or law degree equivalent;
minimum of five years of experience in eDiscovery either at a law firm or in-house;
deep understanding of current eDiscovery law and jurisprudence, eDiscovery processes and current & evolving eDiscovery technologies;
demonstrated understanding of eDiscovery practices, including the relationship between eDiscovery and related disciplines (eCompliance, Records, Information Governance, IT, Data Privacy/Protection, Data Security);
demonstrated ability to proactively identify continuous improvements in policies and processes and execute on those improvements;
strong written and verbal communication skills;
detail-oriented, analytical, technical, flexible, self-motivated, big-picture minded and a change agent.

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