NDA Specialist

The Role

The role of an NDA Specialist offers you the chance to join our highly experienced, innovative, and client-centric team. You'll work within a range of offices, ensuring that knowledge, resources, processes, and technology are deployed effectively to support our clients.

At our Newcastle Delivery Centre, you’ll be part of a well‑established paralegal support team with a wide range of seniority and specialisms. As an NDA Specialist working at Senior Paralegal level, you will collaborate closely with Paralegals, Apprentice Paralegals, Senior and Supervisory Paralegals, Managing Paralegals, Operations Managers, Legal Technology Advisors and Process Architects.

You are likely to have direct contact and communication with Associates, Lawyers and Business Professionals based in other offices around the world.

Job Overview

The Corporate team assist with Non-Disclosure Agreement reviews. This is either on a hotline basis for a number of Private Equity clients or on a sell side situation as part of a wider deal.

Working in a team who support this work, you will be specifically required to fee earn to support all aspects of the delivery of the NDA work for other CC offices. You may also assist with other work on an as and when required basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Carrying out NDA reviews, both initial mark ups and subsequent negotiations
• Helping with the management of the NDA hotlines
• Helping with managing NDA Sell Side projects
• Assist in Quality Control and training on NDAs
• Ensuring your work is accurate and thorough at all times
• Accurately updating internal tracking systems
• Being proactive about continuous improvement, systems and processes
• Integrating legal technology into our processes and advancing your skills in this area as much as possible
• Working efficiently and effectively within a team
• Providing timely updates as to work progress  
• Communicating effectively at all times
• Playing a role in developing and representing the culture of the Newcastle Office and ensuring that we offer a diverse and inclusive workplace that is welcoming and supportive to all

What you will do

You will undertake a multitude of tasks for a range of practice areas, as mentioned above, including but not limited to;

• Reviewing/drafting of buy side and sell side NDAs to ensure they are in line with client requirements
• Understand Client Playbook and negotiation positions to assist while reviewing NDAs.
• Ensure trackers are updated as required
• Providing timely updates to stakeholders
• Assist colleagues with quality checks on their work, giving feedback and advice.
• Assist with the management of hotlines or projects

You may also be required to support on other non-NDA related work, including but not limited to:

• Due diligence
• Drafting transaction documents and letters
• Preparing transaction bibles
• Proofreading/checking cross-referencing
• Redacting
• E-disclosure
• You will use the latest legal technology for service delivery including Kira, High Q, Relativity and Contract Companion
• Other administrative tasks as and when required

How we will support you

From your first day with us, you will have varied opportunities to continuously grow and development your skills and knowledge. From formal training, informal coaching and mentoring through to skills-based and technical training and on the job learning.

You will be given the opportunity to get involved in a range on internal training which covers:

• Legal Technology
• Process Improvement
• Various online training specific to the role of a paralegal, lawyer, manager etc.
• Legal Training

Your career experience so far

You will possess the following skills:

Essential:

• Experience of carrying out NDA reviews and a genuine interest in this type of work.
• Flexible and effective verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent research capabilities with the ability to follow detailed instructions and produce complex findings
• Proactive and forward thinking
• Flexible and have desire to learn
• Organised and efficient - ability to meet; daily, weekly and monthly deadlines
• Proficient in applying and using a range of technology
• 2 years or more relevant experience as a paralegal
• Excellent attention to detail
• Very good team player

Desirable:

• Fluent in a European language, particularly French, German or Italian

The Newcastle Legal Delivery Centre, located in Clifford Chance's Newcastle office, is one of two such centres, with the other in Delhi. These centres work together to support global lawyer teams by effectively utilising knowledge, resources, processes, and legal technology to serve clients. The Newcastle Delivery Centre is made up of a range of practice areas, including Global Financial Markets, Corporate, Real Estate, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, and Tax, Pensions & Employment.

What we offer including our broad range of benefits and working environment

When you join Clifford Chance, you will have access to a broad range of benefits to support you across many aspects of your personal and professional life including financial, wellbeing, lifestyle, and family friendly benefits. For more information on what we offer specifically in Newcastle, please visit our What We Offer page on our career site. 

About the Firm

As a global law firm our work spans jurisdictions, cultures, and languages – and so do our people.

Our culture is collaborative and inclusive — where diverse perspectives are recognised and valued. Where performing to your highest ability, unlocks equal access to opportunities to learn, thrive and grow. 

We combine deep legal expertise and commercial intelligence to grow, transform, protect, and defend our clients' businesses, across every critical moment.

We operate in the sectors and regions that matter to our clients. With forward-thinking insights and innovative, tech-enabled solutions that combine deep knowledge of their sectors and markets.

You’ll build connections and work with colleagues as one global team. You’ll unlock opportunities for clients, across borders, cultures, legal and commercial disciplines.

Join us to work with colleagues as one global team – empowering each other to be exceptional and create advantage for our clients.

Work Pattern & Hybrid Working

Monday – Friday 35 hours per week. Core office hours are 09:00 - 20:00  

We have a hybrid working policy in place and the expectation for this role is that at least 50% of your time is spent in the office.

Equal Opportunities

At Clifford Chance, we forge an inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives are recognised and valued. It’s a culture where everyone has equal access to opportunities to thrive and succeed. We are guided by our values-based Code, which sets high standards of conduct and has a principle focused on being inclusive.

We comply with the law and regulations in every location where we operate and we are committed to delivering fair and equal access to all applicants and employees irrespective of background. This applies across all aspects of employment from recruitment and selection to development, progression, and day-to-day working life.  

Our global network of affinity, faith and support groups are open to all. These communities help to create an environment where everyone at the firm can feel they belong and can reach their full potential.

Find out more about our inclusive culture here