DESCRIPTION

Are you ready to grow your career? We are looking for a Paralegal with a passion for a career in law and excellent communication skills to be part of our ambitious Finance & Corporate team in London.
In this role, you’ll work with an energetic and diverse team on a range of multi-jurisdictional matters. You will actively support the day-to-day running of the practice area under the supervision of our experienced team working with clients from a multitude of industries and leading financial institutions.
This is an exciting and challenging role where you will gain the exposure to high profile work and be given a high level of responsibility. In return, we can offer excellent career prospects and an opportunity to grow both personally and professionally in a supportive environment.
If you have an enthusiasm for legal work and are keen to develop your career with an award-winning offshore law firm, we’d really like to hear from you.

ABOUT MOURANT

We are proud to be a leading offshore law-firm led professional services business, advising many of the world’s leading financial institutions, corporations, public organisations, private equity houses and investment funds, as well as ultra-high net worth individuals and family offices.
We believe in inclusive workplaces where everyone feels seen, heard, valued and respected. We have a strong sense of common purpose, where all our people are clear about our goals and the role they can play in achieving them. We pride ourselves in providing accessible development opportunities to all our people in a team-spirited environment, where everyone feels like they belong and can thrive.
If you would like to join an award winning and forward thinking firm whose inclusive culture and values recognise that its people are fundamental to its success, we would love to hear from you.
We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. If you need this job description or the application form in an alternative format, or if you would like to discuss the recruitment process with our recruitment team, please email recruitment@mourant.com

Under the support and mentorship of the experienced Partners and fee-earners in the team, you’ll:

• Review and prepare documents such as briefings and presentations, practice notes, templates, precedents and documents to support fee earners
• Undertake various legal research tasks
• Fulfil a supporting role and client contact point on any matter allocated and to review progress, raising any issues of concern regularly with the supervising fee earner
• Act as a point of contact for clients, intermediaries and external parties
• Assist more senior fee earners with matter management and manage your own matters when required
• Participate actively in departmental and team meeting

Under the support and mentorship of the experienced Partners and fee-earners in the team, you’ll:

• Review and prepare documents such as briefings and presentations, practice notes, templates, precedents and documents to support fee earners
• Undertake various legal research tasks
• Fulfil a supporting role and client contact point on any matter allocated and to review progress, raising any issues of concern regularly with the supervising fee earner
• Act as a point of contact for clients, intermediaries and external parties
• Assist more senior fee earners with matter management and manage your own matters when required
• Participate actively in departmental and team meetings