Paralegal / Assistant Paralegal - Glasgow, United Kingdom - TLT LLP

Description

We are recruiting for a Paralegal or Assistant Paralegal to join our Commercial team in Glasgow. This role can be offered on a full or part-time basis.

Your Role

As a Paralegal you will be responsible for the following;

• Opening files, conflict checking, organising documents including ongoing file management such as filing, photocopying, scanning, closing.
• Creating and maintaining excel spreadsheets, databases, portals and graphic based analysis.
• Ordering and reviewing documents from the Land Registry.
• Billing and arranging for third parties to be paid.
• Pre-litigation to include issuing letter before claims, telephone calls, e-mails, instructing trace reports, taking payments from customers and investigations work.
• Liaising with customers, clients and third parties.
• Manage a volume case load of matters working from a case management system to include issuing claims for Judgment/Decree, Statutory Demands and Enforcing Judgment/Decree.
• Managing key dates
• Work with assistant paralegals who will support your role.
• Supporting team manager on any assigned tasks.

Your Skills and Experience

• Previous legal assistant experience is preferable.
• Excellent communication skill (both oral and written).
• Accuracy, good organisational skills and flexibility.
• Attention to detail and the ability to work under tight timescales.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office is required.

Your Team

Our large commercial team advises FTSE 100 and 250 clients from our Bristol, London, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast offices, being one of the few firms to truly offer a UK wide commercial service.

We have an excellent national and international practice undertaking the highest quality commercial work for many of the UK's leading businesses across our key focus sectors. We provide full service commercial advice, which includes collaboration agreements and commercial joint ventures, data protection and privacy, export controls and sanctions, franchising and international development, public procurement, technology procurement, licensing, development, sponsorships and promotions, and supply, distribution and agency agreements.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,200 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. In 2021 we were named The Lawyer's Law Firm of the Year, recognising our incredible success story.

Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it's essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You'll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.
At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people.