Corporate Paralegal

Walker Morris LLP; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious law firm in Leeds seeks a paralegal to support their Corporate department. The candidate will draft documents, manage compliance, and handle client communications in a collaborative environment. This role offers fantastic growth opportunities including a competitive salary and hybrid working options, requiring commitment to office-based tasks to ensure high-quality service to clients.

Benefits

Competitive salary and performance-based bonus

Minimum of 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Workplace pension scheme with employer contribution

4x salary in the event of death in service

Qualifications

• Hold a Law Degree or Law Conversion qualification.
• Have at least 6 months previous Corporate Paralegal experience.
• Able to work towards strict deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Draft and prepare ancillary documents for corporate transactions.
• Manage Companies House filings and ensure compliance.
• Conduct legal research and present findings clearly.

Skills

Legal Drafting

Proofreading

Organizational skills

Legal Research

Writing Skills

Microsoft Excel

Education

Law Degree or Law Conversion qualification

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Google Docs

Case Management

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a paralegal to join our team and provide essential support to our Corporate department where you will receive fantastic growth opportunities including access to quality work client secondments off-site meetings and more.

As a Corporate paralegal you will

• Draft and prepare ancillary documents for corporate transactions using internal precedents.


• Manage Companies House filings and ensure compliance with statutory requirements.


• Conduct legal research and present findings in a clear actionable format.


• Coordinate interdepartmental due diligence processes and manage virtual data rooms.


• Support client communications and contribute to high-profile deals.


• Handle your own caseload of files (where appropriate) from instruction to issuing proceedings and enforcement and under the supervision of a more senior fee earner.


• Deal wherever possible with routine client enquiries and communications.


• General administrative tasks to support fee earners including monthly reporting on cases for client purposes and invoicing of files.


• Deputise for fee earners in their absence if necessary passing urgent issues to another senior fee earner for guidance.


• Use the telephone to allow for quick response answers / client chasers.

We are looking for

• Hold a Law Degree or Law Conversion qualification.


• Have at least 6 months previous Corporate Paralegal experience.


• You will be a committed team player who is able to work towards strict deadlines.


• Be willing to fully comply with the completion of international matters (time zone difference sometimes requiring overtime).


• Be able to communicate confidently both verbally and written with senior team members.


• Have sufficient IT knowledge of Microsoft programmes with a particular focus on Excel.


• Be able to quickly identify clients needs and always provide excellent service.


• Effectively prioritise tasks based on importance and urgency.


• Act positively towards change and actively contribute to the delivery of departmental goals.


• Show enthusiasm and resilience even when in demanding situations to overcome challenges.


• Build strong working relationships with colleagues across multi departments.

We have hybrid working options at Walker Morris; however a commitment to office-based working is beneficial in this role to enable you to provide a complete service to clients.

Some of our benefits include

• Competitive salary and annual performance-based bonus scheme.


• Minimum of 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays per year increasing to 31 days with length of service with the opportunity to buy / sell up to 5 days holiday per year.


• Auto enrolled into the workplace pension scheme and well contribute a minimum of 6% of your salary.


• 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.

Find out more about working at Walker Morris here.

Company Values

Our shared values represent our culture and the things that are important to us. They define who we are as a Firm as an employer and what we expect of our people. They provide direction and purpose by influencing the decisions that we make and the actions that we take. Its really important that all candidates and employees demonstrate these values in their day-to-day activities :

• Embrace the fact everyone is different and unique.


• You can be serious without wearing a suit.


• Never lose sight of the bigger picture.


• Two heads are better than one.


• Take the bull by the horns.


• We win & lose together.

Walker Morris is committed to being an inclusive employer. Our aim is to ensure our workforce represents our diverse society. We recognise that everyone brings their own unique capabilities and experiences to their work. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation gender identity and expression age neuro diversity or disability status family or parental status race religion or ethnicity.

We take great pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process please dont hesitate to ask.

Key Skills

Legal Drafting,Proofreading,Google Docs,Organizational skills,Microsoft Outlook,Microsoft Word,Case Management,Legal Research,Research Experience,Paralegal,Filing,Writing Skills

Employment Type : Full-Time

Department / Functional Area : Legal

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1