Competition Paralegal - Manchester

THE FIRM We stand out for our consistently excellent advice: we provide technical excellence, experience and crucially, we demonstrate real insight into our clients and what matters to them. Our knowledge of our chosen sectors and markets, and our investment in our client relationships set us apart. We are a natural choice for FTSE100 and other high-profile clients.

THE TEAM Launched in 2010, our well-established, high performing and busy Transaction Services Team (TST) help Addleshaw Goddard deliver a world class service to its clients. We were the first team of its kind in the UK and continue to innovate by delivering work in the most efficient way, saving our clients time and money. We are now one of the Firm's biggest teams, with our team being made up of apprentices, paralegals, managers and solicitors. Our team members focus on tasks that are found in a wide variety of legal assignments, but which do not necessarily need to be done by qualified lawyers, including process elements of transactional, advisory and contentious work. We are supported using technology and play a key role in enabling Addleshaw Goddard to respond to client demand for more innovative and better value services. Aside from a competitive salary and flexible benefits package, you'll get fantastic opportunities to support some of the UK's largest businesses, as well as the potential for exciting internal and client secondments. With our focus on continuous development and progression, we created a career development framework and training programme specifically for the TST. As part of that framework, you'll have the opportunity to have a career conversation every 4 months to ensure we're supporting you to meet your development goals and to discuss your progression. In addition, you'll have access to our internal training contract application process, legal qualification sponsorship and management or technical development programmes.

THE ROLE The work that comes into the team is varied and each member of our team is assigned to an aligned sub team. Whilst predominantly carrying out work for your sub team, you can expect to work on a variety of assignments from across all the Firm's Groups, which gives you a good insight into the workings of a commercial law firm. The specific Competition assignments you will be working on can include the following:

• Due diligence – supporting with the review of corporate documents, providing advice on Competition aspects of corporate transactions, and redacting documents in line with client instructions.
• Regulatory filings – supporting with research and the preparation of a range of regulatory filings, predominantly concerning merger control filings to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and to the Investment Security Unit (ISU).
• Investigations – supporting clients in respect of regulatory investigations initiated by the CMA or EU (or other competent regulator), with support ranging from document collation and review, to drafting formal documents in response to the regulator's questions.
• Research – conducting legal research and providing analysis on UK and EU competition law.
• Client training – supporting with the creation and delivery of training sessions to clients across a range of industries on all aspects of competition law.
• Internal know-how and development – assisting the team's Knowledge Lawyer with internal know-how updates and delivering internal training to the team, particularly to new starters.
• Administrative tasks – supporting fee earners with administrative tasks, such as billing, document management, and file management sites.
• Providing transactional support on corporate projects, including managing virtual data rooms, uploading and ordering documentation, and liaising with third parties.
• Checking and proofreading documents for quality, consistency and content.
• Drafting and producing legal documentation and standard forms.
• Providing support to our clients on-site, where needed.
• Any additional tasks as required by the business.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED (BESPOKE TO ROLE) Due to the dynamic nature of the work we do and the clients we seek to serve, the role is not an ordinary "9-5" job. For the right person, this role provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to our proven success by utilising a wide set of skills essential to a career in the TST. Any successful applicant will need the following skills and competencies:

• Experience of working as a Competition Paralegal is desired but not essential.
• A high level of attention to detail.
• Effective personal, organisational and time management skills, and the ability to juggle multiple demands.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, demonstrating an ability to communicate with colleagues at all levels.
• A positive, enthusiastic and proactive approach to work.
• A strong work ethic and a desire to develop and succeed.
• The ability to work to tight timescales with a sense of urgency.
• Common sense, commerciality and the ability to exercise sound judgment.
• An interest in, or experience of, using technology to deliver work.