Paralegal – Litigation – US Law Firm
Highly experienced Litigation Paralegal sought by US Law Firm for a permanent position
The Client
Our client, a growing US Law Firm, is seeking a Paralegal/Office Manager to join their new London-based Litigation practice on a permanent contract.
The Role
The successful candidates work will include (but not be limited to):
Legal:
- Ensuring a Partners and Associates are prepared for court filings and hearings
- General support to two fee-earning partners and an associate in the Litigation department, focusing largely on antitrust cases.
- Drafting board minutes, resolutions, court e-filings
- Various company secretarial duties, including updating and editing legal and business development documentation
- Managing cases and trial timetables
- Drafting, reviewing and amending materials, correspondence and documents
- Electronic and hard copy document management
- Various administrative duties as and when required
Office Management:
- Operational services as the main point of contact for outsourced services e.g. HR, finance, IT
- Organisation of firm events and meetings
- Co-ordination of office suppliers and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
- Proactively coordinating all other administrative and logical aspects in ensuring the smooth running of the office
The Requirements
The ideal candidate will have some (if not all) of the following characteristics and skills:
- Considerable previous litigation paralegal experience within a fast paced and challenging litigation environment
- Ideally strong experience within antitrust and competition law
- Strong appetite to work in a boutique start-up environment
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work independently without supervision and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong academics – LLB/GDL – LPC preferred but not essential (at least 2.1 / Commendation or above)
- Ideally circa 2 years experience within litigation
To apply, please upload your CV via the website or alternatively email it to candidates@thesjp.co.uk