We are recruiting for a Paralegal to join our Financial Services Disputes and Investigations (FSDI) team in either our Bristol or Birmingham office. Our FSDI team are one of the largest providers of legal services to the financial services sector in the UK, with over 300 dedicated financial services lawyers across our UK network of offices. Our relationships within the sector includes many of the UK’s largest clearing banks, building societies, international banks, specialist lenders, merchant services and payment gateway providers.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
• Accuracy, good organisational skills and flexibility
• Good knowledge of Word and Outlook is required and experience in Excel, PowerPoint, interwoven would be beneficial
• Desirable, but not essential, are proficient Excel skills (with basic and vlookup formulas, pivot tables, pivot charts & managing large spreadsheets) and the ability to export data to other spreadsheets and charts efficiently, whilst also being able to put together easy-to-read analysis

As a Paralegal you will be responsible for the following;

• Junior fee earning case work including being responsible for your own cases, under supervision.
• Investigating and analysing claims, preparing draft advices.
• Assisting solicitors with preparing trial bundles.
• Instructing experts and carrying out Initial review of expert reports
• Drafting correspondence
• Reviewing discovery documents received from other parties
• Managing key dates
• Assisting with recording, reporting on and analysing Management Information
• Assisting with billing