Legal Coordinator – Mass Civil Litigation

Viseu Advogados

Legal Coordinator managing operations in mass civil law to ensure efficiency and quality at Viseu Advogados. Leading teams and improving processes while engaging with clients and technology.

Posted 6/27/2026full-timeRecife • 🇧🇷 BrazilMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Coordinate the legal operation of the Mass Civil Litigation area, ensuring organization, efficiency, technical quality, and compliance with deadlines.
Manage a high-volume case portfolio, monitoring workflows, deadlines, hearings, pleadings, settlements, appeals, closures, and performance indicators.
Lead legal and operational teams, providing technical guidance, performance monitoring, feedback, and professional development.
Allocate tasks strategically, taking into account volume, complexity, productivity, team capacity, and client priorities.
Track operational and legal KPIs such as SLA, productivity, success rate, settlements, adverse judgments, contingencies, deadlines, quality of pleadings, and volume per professional.
Drive continuous improvement of internal workflows, proposing adjustments to reduce rework, errors, operational risks, and inefficiencies.
Ensure technical and operational standardization of deliverables, maintaining consistency across the team’s work.
Support the creation of dashboards, controls, management reports, and client and internal leadership materials.
Interface with clients to present results, action plans, risks, improvement opportunities, and operational developments.
Identify bottlenecks in the operation and propose practical, sustainable, data-driven solutions.
Participate in the implementation and improvement of legal systems, automations, bots, digital workflows, and control tools.
Promote the use of technology, innovation, AI, and LegalOps to increase productivity, quality, and predictability.
Provide technical support to the team on strategic matters, sensitive issues, and important portfolio decisions.
Collaborate with internal areas such as technology, operations, finance, controllership, LegalOps, and client management.
Contribute to building a culture of high performance, collaboration, organization, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active OAB registration (Brazilian Bar Association).
Strong experience in high-volume civil litigation.
Experience managing high-volume case portfolios.
Experience leading legal and/or operational teams.
Knowledge of Civil Procedure.
Experience managing deadlines, hearings, pleadings, settlements, appeals, and reporting.
Familiarity with legal and operational KPIs.
Ability to analyze data, identify risks, and propose action plans.
Strong understanding of processes, workflows, productivity, and operational efficiency.
Experience with legal systems, controls, spreadsheets, dashboards, or management tools.
Good communication skills for interaction with teams, clients, and leadership.
Organized, analytical, practical, and results-oriented profile.
Ability to work autonomously with a strong sense of priorities and responsibility.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote work allowance
Bonus
Employee discount club

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Hard Skills & Tools

high-volume civil litigationcase portfolio managementCivil Procedurelegal systemsdata analysisoperational efficiencyKPI managementreportingworkflow managementlegal automation

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationorganizationanalytical thinkingresults-orientedautonomycollaborationstrategic task allocationproblem-solvingcontinuous improvement

Certifications

Active OAB registration