At a Glance
- Tasks: Support our legal team with research, documentation, and project management.
- Company: Join EY, a global leader in providing innovative legal solutions.
- Benefits: Continuous learning, flexible work environment, and diverse culture.
- Other info: Embrace diversity and inclusiveness while making a meaningful impact.
- Why this job: Kickstart your legal career with real-world experience at a top firm.
- Qualifications: Degree educated with previous legal sector experience preferred.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
We are looking for paralegals to support our legal team in London (12-month fixed term contract).
The opportunity at EY involves working as integrated members of our diverse client services teams, combining disciplines to deliver holistic, business-focused advice. Our Law team acts for some of the world’s largest multinationals on projects across the globe, creating opportunities for our people every day.
Your key responsibilities:
- Support our lawyers and company secretaries in delivering exceptional legal services to our clients.
- Engage with technology and international teams to ensure efficient delivery.
- Carry out day-to-day administrative tasks, including in respect of our client engagement processes and billing.
- Conduct legal research and gather, collate, and review data and documentation.
- Produce initial drafts of legal documentation.
- Assist with project management, including liaising across multiple jurisdictions.
- Support the team in the development of the practice including drafting, amending, and updating legal precedents, know-how, and internal/external marketing materials.
Skills and Attributes for Success:
- Team player; able to integrate with new teams quickly and build relationships at all levels.
- Able to prioritise appropriately and deliver quality work to strict deadlines.
- Able to solve problems creatively and pragmatically.
- Attention to detail.
- Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral.
- Strong IT skills and an ability to learn, understand, and adapt to new systems and applications.
To qualify for the role you must have/be:
- Educated to degree level.
- Previous experience within the legal sector, particularly in handling a wide range of paralegal activities with proven research, information analysis, and writing skills gained in a diverse law or professional services firm.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills together with proven resourcefulness and initiative.
- The enthusiasm to build a career within a distinctive practice at EY.
What we offer:
- Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching, and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
Please note: Prior to finalising your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness.
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