Paralegal
- Recruiter
- Clifford Chance
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
- Salary
- Competitive + Excellent Benefits
- Posted
- 12 Dec 2018
- Closes
- 02 Jan 2019
- Ref
- 180000W6
- Job Title
- Paralegal
- Practice Area
- Corporate, Financial Services, Litigation
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Paralegal
Newcastle
Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise. The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the three key markets of the Americas, Asia and Europe and focuses on: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance and banking; real estate; tax; pensions and employment; and litigation and dispute resolution.
In February 2018 Clifford Chance (CC) acquired the Newcastle business of CAS, Carillion Advice Services, an award-winning provider of paralegal and commodity managed legal services. The team in Newcastle is the perfect complement to the firm's work, ensuring that knowledge, resources, processes and technology are deployed effectively to support our clients. Their skills and expertise are already in great demand, so we are looking to recruit additional people to join the highly experienced, innovative and client-centric team in Newcastle.
Working in a team of paralegals and senior paralegals who work on a range of transactions, you will be required to give support on all aspects of the delivery of the project to support the referring practice from CC London.
Key Responsibilities:
As a Paralegal you will work under the supervision of the instructing lawyer and the departments Senior Paralegals and Operations Managers. You will undertake a multitude of tasks for several practice areas including Finance and Capital Markets, Corporate, Real Estate, and Litigation and Dispute Resolution including:
- Preparing precedents
- Verifying prospectuses and investor presentations
- Drafting transaction documents and letters
- Pre and post-completion work and due diligence
- Assisting with collation and preparation of conditions precedent
- Contract reviews
- Scheduling and bibling
- Proofreading/checking cross-referencing
- You will be using the latest legal technology to support service delivery including Kira, High Q Relativity and Contract Companion
- Other administrative tasks as and when required
To be considered for this role, you will possess the following skills:
- Strong academics and ideally will be a graduate
- Ideally previous paralegal experience or experience of working within a legal environment
- Familiarity with UK and EU law, or the ability to become familiar
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good research capabilities and detail oriented
- Proactive and forward thinking
- Flexibility and willingness to learn
- Organised and efficient - ability to meet a daily publication deadline
- Proficient in applying and using a range of technology
1st stage - Video interviews
2nd stage - Assessment centre to be held 21st - 23rd January 2019