Paralegal - Competition (6 month or 12 month FTC) - London Area, United Kingdom - Slaughter and May

Description

We are recruiting for a Paralegal to join our Competition team, based at the firm's head office in London. This is a 6 or 12-month Fixed Term Contract opportunity.

Slaughter and May has an extensive competition and regulatory practice. We have an outstanding reputation in merger control, antitrust, competition litigation, market investigations, State aid and regulatory work. Our competition practice includes 100 lawyers based in London, Brussels, Beijing and Hong Kong; they are all specialists in competition and sectoral regulatory law.

The paralegal's duties will include working closely with fee-earning members of the group, providing ongoing support on a range of different matters as well as dealing with ad hoc queries. They will also occasionally assist the group's Professional Support Lawyers (PSLs) and contribute to the development and maintenance of content on the know-how and intranet system. There is a significant administrative aspect to this role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES //

The key responsibilities of this role are set out below and there may be others which are not listed. You may be required on occasion to work outside our normal working hours of 9:30am to 5:30pm.

• Provide day-to-day support on major matters as required, e.g. by carrying out document review exercises, maintaining appropriate filing systems, helping with project management and taking notes of meetings.
• Help draft research notes and briefings on legal and policy developments.
• Assist with ad hoc research enquiries for fee-earners.
• Check that content submitted by fee-earners and others conforms to data quality standards and house style prior to release.
• Deal with enquiries from those working with the know-how and intranet systems.
• Assist with updating group research tools and practice guides.

CANDIDATE PROFILE //

Candidates for this position must have:

• Strong academic qualifications, including a degree (2:1 degree or above from a top university preferred) or post-graduate diploma in law and completion of the LPC.
• The ability to communicate effectively to all levels of staff, including lawyers, Executive Assistants and business services.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise work effectively
• Ability to pick up new legal concepts and terminology quickly.
• Excellent research skills and eye for detail.
• Good IT skills, including experience using applications such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Outlook, and an ability to learn new IT systems quickly.
• Self-motivation and ability to work independently and pro-actively where appropriate.
• Strong team player, ability to adapt and fit into a diverse team, reliable, flexible and willing to take on new challenges.
• High level of professionalism and integrity; displays the highest standard of professional ethics.