Corporate Paralegal – Walsall Office

Enoch Evans LLP; Walsall; Híbrido; GBP 24 000 - 32 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

29 days holiday including bank hols

Firm Wide Bonus Scheme

Birthday Day Off

Collaborative working environment

Resumo da oferta

Enoch Evans LLP in Walsall is seeking an organised and proactive Paralegal to join our Corporate Team. You will assist solicitors and partners on mergers, acquisitions and other corporate transactions, while providing administrative and legal support to the wider team.

This Full-Time role runs Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, with a 1-hour break. Office-based with occasional travel to other offices; a great environment for developing corporate law experience within a Legal 500 ranked team.

Qualificações

• Previous paralegal experience within a corporate or corporate & commercial team.
• Ability to work to deadlines and run an effective diary system.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Confident in managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships with clients, colleagues and other stakeholders.
• Good IT skills, particularly Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team while using initiative to progress matters independently where appropriate.
• Law degree, CILEx qualification or equivalent legal training.
• Experience with Companies House filings and company secretarial matters.
• Experience of supporting corporate transactions and due diligence exercises.
• Familiarity with electronic signing platforms and virtual data rooms.

Responsabilidades

• Assist solicitors and partners on mergers, acquisitions, business sales and purchases, restructurings, other corporate transactions, and commercial contract matters.
• Assist with legal due diligence exercises, including assisting with populating and managing data rooms.
• Support transaction completions and post-completion processes.
• Maintain transaction checklists, action lists and completion timetables.
• Prepare completion bibles and electronic transaction records.
• Prepare and submit Companies House filings.
• Liaise professionally with clients, accountants, financial advisers, lenders and external solicitors.
• Assist in ensuring matters are progressed efficiently and in accordance with firm procedures and regulatory requirements, from inception to completion.
• Provide administrative and legal support to the wider corporate team.

Conhecimentos

Paralegal experience

Diary management

Attention to detail

Prioritization

Communication skills

IT skills (Word/Excel/Outlook)

Team collaboration

Law degree

CILEx qualification

Companies House filings

Corporate transactions due diligence

Electronic signing platforms

Virtual data rooms

Formação académica

Law degree

CILEx qualification

Ferramentas

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Descrição da oferta de emprego

We are looking for an organised and proactive Paralegal to join our Corporate Team. The successful candidate will assist solicitors and partners on a broad range of corporate transactions, corporate restructuring and some commercial contract matters, whilst providing administrative and legal support to the wider corporate team.

This will be a Full-Time position, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, with a 1 Hour Break Inclusive. You will be based at our Walsall Office with the occasional travel to our other offices.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual looking to develop their experience in Corporate Law within a professional and collaborative environment. You will also be joining a team that are Legal 500 ranked and who are hiring to support continued growth.

About you:

• Previous paralegal experience within a corporate or corporate & commercial team.
• Ability to work to deadlines and run an effective diary system.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Confident in managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships with clients, colleagues and other stakeholders.
• Good IT skills, particularly Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team while using initiative to progress matters independently where appropriate.
• Law degree, CILEx qualification or equivalent legal training.
• Experience with Companies House filings and company secretarial matters.
• Experience of supporting corporate transactions and due diligence exercises.
• Familiarity with electronic signing platforms and virtual data rooms.

Main Tasks to be undertaken:

• Assist solicitors and partners on mergers, acquisitions, business sales and purchases, restructurings, other corporate transactions, and commercial contract matters.
• Assist with legal due diligence exercises, including assisting with populating and managing data rooms.
• Support transaction completions and post-completion processes.
• Maintain transaction checklists, action lists and completion timetables.
• Prepare completion bibles and electronic transaction records.
• Prepare and submit Companies House filings.
• Liaise professionally with clients, accountants, financial advisers, lenders and external solicitors.
• Assist in ensuring matters are progressed efficiently and in accordance with firm procedures and regulatory requirements, from inception to completion.
• Provide administrative and legal support to the wider corporate team.

What we offer:

• 29 days holiday inclusive of the public bank holidays and the day following Boxing Day
• Firm Wide Bonus Scheme
• Birthday Day Off
• Collaborative and supportive working environment