Sr. Analyst, Research & Competitive Intelligence
About The Position
The Sr. Research Analyst provides research expertise to support the California offices, practice areas and business development efforts, including research related to markets, industries, and competitors. This role will craft alerts, assist in attorney training and provide feedback on new research tools. Weil seeks the best and brightest talent to join our Administrative Staff team. Our employees are the future of Weil so we invest in their training and development. Our environment embraces and encourages positive-minded professionals who seek to be challenged and acquire knowledge and skills in an atmosphere built on teamwork. Highly skilled and knowledgeable Administrative Staff assist our attorneys in successfully meeting and exceeding client needs and are vital to the overall success of the Firm. With approximately 1,100 lawyers in offices on three continents around the world, Weil operates according to the “one firm” principle, allowing us to bring the right mix of firm-wide skill and local-market presence to deliver the coordinated legal advice necessary to help our clients achieve their sophisticated goals and objectives.
Requirements
- Substantial research skills and a deep understanding of research strategies
- Strong reference skills; ability to use a range of legal and non-legal resources
- Litigation, IP and corporate research experience
- Familiarity with the firm's portfolio of content such as Lexis Advance, Westlaw, Intelligize, Fastcase, Bloomberg BNA, PacerPro, Wolters Kluwer Cheetah, Capital IQ
- Demonstrated teaching ability
- Strong writing skills and the ability to distill and present research work product in a concise, professional manner
- Evidence of teamwork, strong work ethic, creativity, and flexibility
- Master’s Degree in Library Science required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with AI tools a plus
Responsibilities
- Retrieve, package, and present information in response to requests from attorneys and colleagues in research function as well as other departments in the Firm.
- Manage a high volume of routine and complex research requests across all practice areas in addition to document retrieval requests, requests to mine websites and other sources, and requests to populate spreadsheets with specified data.
- Create alerts for ongoing monitoring of clients, industries, and events.
- Investigate and aid in the implementation of new technologies and systems relevant to research services.
- Participate in learning programs and orientation cycles for new attorneys, Summer and Fall Associates.
- Any additional responsibilities as required by management.
Benefits
- competitive compensation package comprised of base pay and discretionary year-end bonus for eligible employees
- medical
- dental
- vision
- disability coverage
- life insurance
- flexible spending plan
- 401K plan
- generous paid time off
- holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
