Paralegal - Data Law

Are you an experienced Paralegal interested in developing a great career and looking for a new challenge? If so we’d love to hear from you!

We can offer you:

• A culture of trust and empowerment with responsibility and autonomy over your work and the freedom to manage when and how you do it
• The support and encouragement of a great team behind you and friendly partners who all want to help you thrive
• Exposure to excellent development and collaboration within your team
• A competitive package with amazing benefits!

The opportunity:

Our MLS team is growing rapidly and as a result we have a number of new roles for enthusiastic and driven Paralegals. This role’s primary focus will be large document review projects. Additionally, there will be opportunities to provide support in other areas within the MLS team as and when needed.

There are truly amazing and real career opportunities for you if you are looking to gain broad ranging experience that will help develop your legal career. You will support the team in carrying out timely audits on behalf of the client. If time permits, you will also assist with other duties within the wider Managed Legal Services team.

This role would suit someone with a tenacious and resilient approach to problem solving, who enjoys and works well in a fast pace environment. You will have exposure to hands-on work from day one, and will play a key role in a thriving team who provide a high quality service at all times.

What you will be doing:

• Using legal technology to complete large document review and analysis
• Managing responses to Data Subject Access Requests including redaction in relation to any exemptions under the UK GDPR, tagging and collation of data and maintaining audit records for clients of the process conducted
• Scoping project requests from clients and providing fee estimates for the same
• Creation of checklists, playbooks and guides and training of other fee earners in the team
• Proofreading and reviewing to ensure consistency across contracts and schedules
• Summarising and tracking key terms within contracts
• Analysing and inputting legal data
• E-discovery using litigation support software
• Redaction and pagination
• Lifecycle contract management
• Basic drafting, negotiation and amendments of documents such as NDA’s (non-disclosure agreements) etc

What you will need:

• A minimum of 6 months’ previous experience in a similar role
• Previous experience dealing with Large Document reviews / e-Disclosure
• A good working knowledge of the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR
• Previous experience using a case management system is preferred, but not essential
• Strong IT skills and accurate typing ability
• Ability to manage and meet deadlines
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail, with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A high degree of flexibility and initiative along with excellent organisational and prioritising skills; the ability to adapt and manage priorities at short notice is essential
• The ability to manage multiple stakeholders at all levels
• Strong business and commercial acumen is desirable
• Enthusiasm, drive and commitment and to be a strong team player
• Experience/interest in project work in e-disclosure, property or corporate would be desirable

Benefits, Agile Working and Additional information:

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work. We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.

We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Stratford upon Avon & Tunbridge Wells.

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Meet the Team:

The Managed Legal Services team supports Shakespeare Martineau, Lime Solicitors and Corclaim with legal process management, paralegal support, client discovery, due diligence, data intelligence, knowledge management and client management services. The role of this team is to help improve efficiencies and the client experience by supporting our fee earning teams.

Additional information: Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward. Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted.

Equal opportunities:

Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.