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.

• 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.