Paralegal

At Gallagher, we help clients face risk with confidence because we believe that when businesses are protected, they’re free to grow, lead, and innovate. You’ll be backed by our digital ecosystem: a client‑centric suite of consulting tools making it easier for you to meet your clients where they want to be met. Advanced data and analytics providing a comprehensive overview of the risk landscape is at your fingertips. Here, you’re not just improving clients' risk profiles, you’re building trust. You’ll find a culture grounded in teamwork, guided by integrity, and fueled by a shared commitment to do the right thing. We value curiosity, celebrate new ideas, and empower you to take ownership of your career while making a meaningful impact for the businesses we serve.

We are seeking a highly organised and detail‑oriented professional to join our team as a Paralegal – Integrations. In this role, you’ll play a key part in supporting integration projects, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and providing legal expertise across various business functions. This is a fantastic opportunity to work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams and contribute to the success of a global insurance brokerage firm.

You’ll be at the heart of our integration projects, working closely with teams across the business to deliver key milestones. From conducting business discovery and due diligence to drafting legal documents and managing contracts, you’ll ensure that all integration activities are completed efficiently and in compliance with regulatory requirements. You’ll also collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to negotiate contract terms, prepare board approvals, and maintain governance agreements. Your expertise will help us manage legal risks, support entity elimination processes, and ensure seamless communication with clients, brokers, and insurers. Additionally, you’ll:

• Draft legal risk summaries and facilitate electronic signatures for key documents.
• Maintain records of historic legal hive‑up transaction documents.
• Provide legal support for smaller integrations and respond to ad‑hoc project queries.
• Work with Finance to prepare documents for audits.

Here’s what you’ll bring to the role:

• Experience in project management, with a focus on reporting, due diligence, and contract review.
• Prior exposure to the insurance sector (highly desirable).
• An understanding of corporate secretarial activities (advantageous).
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft clear and concise documents.
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to work across multiple business functions.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance and corporate governance requirements.
• Familiarity with electronic signature platforms and processes.
• Right to work in the UK.

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to buy extra days.
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to.
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top‑up to 10x.
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up.
• Health cash plan or private medical insurance.

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year.
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount.
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan.
• Critical illness cover.
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally.
• Season ticket loan.
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase.
• Emergency back‑up family care.
• And many more.

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work. Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long‑term health conditions or disabilities. We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. We’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know. Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age and those with caring responsibilities. Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, colour, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non‑conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer‑employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.