LECG is currently seeking an Associate for the Securities Litigation practice group in its New York, NY office.
Company Overview LECG, a global expert services firm, provides independent expert testimony and analysis, original authoritative studies, and strategic consulting services to clients including Fortune Global 500 corporations, major law firms, and local, state and federal government agencies around the world.
Securities Litigation Practice LECG securities experts balance regulatory, business, and legal demands of litigation.
Todays securities litigation require companies to rely on trusted, experienced experts who can balance the regulatory, business, and legal demands of such cases.
LECG securities experts are ex-SEC prosecutors, forensic accountants, discovery experts, damages and valuation experts, and nationally known economists who have balanced demands for some of the largest securities matters in the last decade.
LECG securities experts conduct independent analysis in legal disputes including corporate governance matters, insider trading allegations, market manipulation, stock price manipulation, and mergers and acquisitions disputes.
Our experts transform raw data on the behavior of markets, corporations, and consumers into clear and concise reports.
We give objective opinions with solid economic and statistical testimony.
Position Description Associates work on teams with economists, consultants, and experts on a wide variety of assignments in many industries.
This affords Associates not only the opportunity to expand their experience and knowledge into many industries, fields, and methods of analysis, but also the opportunity to work side-by-side with colleagues who are renowned experts in their field.
The Associate position is demanding and offers many intellectual challenges.
The responsibilities of an Associate include the collection, synthesis, and analysis of financial and economic data and academic research; the creation and programming of spreadsheets, databases, charts, and graphs; and the development of regression and other statistical analyses.
Major Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities · Develops and maintains electronic databases and spreadsheets.
· Organizes case documents; creates and maintains hard copy and electronic libraries for documents and retrieves documents from libraries as necessary.
· Performs detailed research; gathers literature and data from client databases public and commercial databases, and specialized industry resources; reviews and summarizes relevant case data.
· Performs detailed and accurate analyses of relevant data.
· Prepares technical written work product and presentation materials including graphs, charts, and summaries of third party or other literature (affidavits, reports, trade press, etc).
· Performs computer modeling, including the development of detailed and complex spreadsheets.
· Audits own work product and work product of others to assure quality.
· Understands rules of discovery.
Prepares for, and responds to, discovery requests.
Creates and organizes binders of critical source documents.
· Prepares time and expense reports according to LECG policy.
· Participates in practice group or office meetings.
· Performs other tasks as assigned by the case manager.
· Working outside normal business hours is expected and travel may be necessary.
· Previous experience is a plus.
Requirements: Education · A Bachelors degree in economics, finance, accounting, engineering, math or statistics, preferably with related work experience.
Experience · 2-4 years of related experience Other · Experience using spreadsheets, statistical software, databases, and/or graphic software.
· Ability to gather data and other types of information from discovery documents, depositions, public sources, databases and trade press, summarize these materials either visually or in writing, and explain these materials to other members of his or her case teams.
· Basic proficiency using general software packages such as spreadsheets, databases, word processing and presentation software and to develop proficiency with one or more of these programs.
· Ability to use computer software and other analytical tools to analyze data and to develop and relay information to others.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
Knowledge of SAS, SPSS and Access is a plus.
Compensation and Benefits LECG offers a competitive compensation and benefits package which includes Medical/Dental/Vision/Life, 401(k), Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Benefit, and Employee Assistance Program.
How to Apply Please apply online.
LECG is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
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Associate – Securities Litigation Job in New York City 10019, New York US