Paralegal - 12 months FTC

This role is for a paralegal to work as an integral member of the London-based arbitration group, offering support to the partners and fee-earners and to the Arbitration practice manager/Knowledge Counsels (KCs) within the group. This full-time, dual role will therefore involve:

• Supporting fee earners in the team with legal research and other substantive tasks on client matters.
• Assisting in helping to prepare materials for hearings and help to organise the administrative and logistical aspects of hearings (including in-person and virtual hearings) under the supervision of the fee earner team.
• Supporting the Practice Managers/KCs in Knowledge, practice management, BD and external-facing profile work.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support for the fee-earners and partners: You will be providing dedicated support to partners, associates and trainees on a specific matter within our arbitration group. The work you will be doing may include:

• Assisting with general document and matter management including compiling bundles.
• Assisting with electronic and hard copy disclosure exercises.
• Proofreading, sense-checking and cross-referencing submissions.
• Conducting legal research.
• Conducting searches on document and knowledge databases.
• Assisting with ad-hoc queries and requests from the team.
• Hosting and organising virtual and in person hearings.
• Assisting with billing.

• External facing firm profile work, including blog management, helping to maintain and populate client-facing arbitration webpages.
• Helping to produce and edit blog posts and other thought leadership.
• Researching and collating knowledge material, as well as preparing draft presentations.
• Internal knowledge management, including precedent management, maintaining and amending intranet pages, liaising with the Library and library management.
• Assisting with preparing submissions and surveys regarding the profile of the practice.
• Maintaining the Global Arbitration practice management system, Genesis, training associates and trainees on how to use Genesis, working with Digital team and data scientists to improve data collection and analysis.
• Assisting in training trainees on research skills.
• Ad hoc research and general queries - for KCs and fee earners.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• Knowledge of, or willingness to be trained in, commercial and investment treaty arbitration and public international law.
• Law degree or undergraduate degree (ideally 2:1 or first).
• Completion of LPC/BVC/SQE and office administration or paralegal experience ideal but not required.
• Interest/experience in business development and practice management.
• Excellent analytical skills and interest in the use of data to drive change and to win business.
• Excellent communication skills, oral and written.
• Excellent client service skills and commercial awareness.
• Experience of, or willingness to be trained in, management of blog and internet pages.
• Very strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise.
• Ability to use initiative and be pro-active.
• Enthusiastic, positive, and committed team member.
• Attention to detail with a high level of accuracy.
• Takes personal responsibility for getting things done.