Paralegal

London Source: WhatJobs

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Who You’ll Work With

You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.

When you join us, you will have:

Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.

Your Impact

You will be based in our London office, working closely with other paralegals and lawyers across Europe.

You will be responsible for handling a wide range of paralegal tasks, e.g., aiding with client support and team projects. You will liaise with several stakeholders including consultants, other firm functions, leadership as well as outside counsel in Europe. Your work is fast-paced and involves problem-solving that can vary from more routine questions to complex and sophisticated legal matters.

You will play an active role in all aspects of paralegal support across the Europe-based legal team, including database management and tracking various initiatives and compliance processes. You will maintain all records, contracts, and reports, as needed, on active and closed matters. You will project manage waiver letter processes, which will include drafting, reviewing, and negotiating these documents. You will monitor M&A notifications from internal system processes, and you will log and close associated files in our contracts management tool, including performing contract searches and handling signatures where applicable. You will collaborate with different legal teams in other jurisdictions on special projects, and you will help implement and embed current and future technology and AI priorities and initiatives within the wider legal team. Your work will directly support the firm’s mission to help clients achieve their goals while safeguarding the firm’s reputation and long-term success.

Your Qualifications and Skills

Bachelor’s degree (not essential but preferable) and/or equivalent work experience
3+ years of experience in a law firm setting as a paralegal, contracts administrator or senior administrative support in a legal environment with generalist commercial understanding and knowledge of corporate secretarial functions
Ability to work in an international environment
Ability to provide project management support
Excellent organizational skills and judgment, with the ability to work independently and entrepreneurially, managing and prioritizing multiple competing priorities and deadlines
Confident team player who is highly collaborative and flexible
Exceptional attention to detail with strong analytical skills
Advanced computer skills are essential (including Microsoft Office suite, data management systems and strong interest or proficiency with AI tools)
Outstanding interpersonal skills, with excellent written and oral communication
Fluent level language skills in English with an additional European language preferred

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