Paralegal - Maritime, Trade and Offshore Finance

What we will offer

We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us, you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can gain early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you, The Deal, between the firm and its employees.

You can expect

• A competitive salary and a host of family friendly policies
• Life assurance, private health and dental care for you and your family.
• We support the causes you care about, by giving you one day per year off to volunteer with any charity that you are involved with outside of work.
• A wellbeing strategy that focuses on preventative measures to maintain overall health, and tools and support for when our people experience physical or mental difficulties. The strategy focuses on four pillars: physical, emotional, financial and social aspects.
• Most of our roles are hybrid, meaning that colleagues benefit from working in our office and remotely. We are happy to discuss this and other flexible working arrangements with you as part of the application and interview process.
• We are an equal opportunity organisation, committed to having a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation , culture, or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives Team structure

This role is working within our Maritime, Trade and Offshore Finance team.

Main responsibilities

• Enthusiastic and takes ownership of tasks delegated; clarifies scope, deadlines and delivers effectively
• Takes instructions from supervisor and others
• Observes and takes full and accurate notes of any meetings/calls, completes clear follow up file notes
• Drafting, amending & updating documents maintaining effective version control
• If required, able to produce/amend initial clear and precise draft documents and able to use standard precedents
• Document management - including review and/or analysis of legal precedents, contracts, etc
• Assist in company, bankruptcy, etc searches
• Assistance in preparing/compiling court/transaction bundles
• Summarising documents and producing chronologies
• Reviewing/proof-reading, checking format and numbering, cross references and using consistent terminology across all relevant documents
• Liaising with clients and updating team members on development of matters
• Verifies information as required, including checking that existing information on file is up to date
• Acquires, develops and applies knowledge of the processes relating to the role
• Supports fee earners in maintaining efficient housekeeping and file management practices
• Develops own profile by delivering quality work and contributing fully to the needs of the practice group and the wider firm
• Seeks and acquires an understanding of the group’s strengths and how that fits in to the firm's broader strategy and selling points.
• As appropriate, willingly assists with profile raising activities, research/preparation of pitches and/or writing legal articles
• Understands the basics of the billing process
• Supports fee earning teams in effective legal project management of matters
• Identifies risk issues/conflicts of interest in own work and escalates accordingly
• Keeps supervisor informed about workload and proactively seeks more work, volunteers and readily responds to requests for help + Records/posts time on a daily basis, accurately and fully
• Understands firm procedures and regulatory obligations including identifying and reporting conflicts of interest
• Carries out administrative tasks efficiently, managing own time and willing to accept changing priorities
• Ensure time is entered daily

Attributes / Skills required

• Works effectively with secretarial and business services staff, trainees and other paralegals
• Proactive and receptive to receiving feedback and takes ownership to develop or adjust performance and/or behaviour accordingly
• Willingly contributes towards know-how, innovation, pro-bono, team or firm-wide initiatives and delivers as agreed
• Proactive and resilient
• Works collaboratively and inclusively

This job description is indicative only and does not represent an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The firm reserves the right to alter or change the responsibilities at any time, in line with the firm’s strategy and business needs.