Italian or Spanish Speaking Law Graduate / Paralegal– SQE 1 / LPC Essential

McKinlay Law; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious London law firm is seeking a fluent Spanish or Italian speaking law graduate as a paralegal. The role involves assisting with complex commercial litigation, requiring LPC/SQE 1 qualification and exceptional academics. Ideal for motivated individuals seeking career progression, this position offers valuable training and experience in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Training contracts

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Complete fluency in Spanish and/or Italian is essential.
• Good academic record required.
• No previous experience necessary but legal tasks involved.

Responsibilities

• Assist with high-value, complex commercial litigation.
• Conduct extensive legal research and manage documents.
• Draft legal documents including briefs, appeals, and agreements.

Skills

Fluent Spanish

Fluent Italian

Legal research

Education

LPC / SQE 1

Exceptional academics

Job description

Italian or Spanish Speaking Law Graduate / Paralegal– SQE 1 / LPC Essential

London

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Job Title: Italian or Spanish Speaking Law Graduate – SQE 1 Essential

Our client, a prestigious London law firm with an established client base, are looking to recruit a fluent Spanish or Italian speaking LPC / SQE graduate to join their litigation and international arbitration team to assist with high-value, complex commercial litigation. The work will be a mixture of dispute resolution including banking and financial services, contract disputes, funds, M&A disputes, fraud, shipping, and general commercial litigation.

The firm are happy to see LPC / SQE graduates with no experience, but it is essential that you have complete fluency in Spanish and/or Italian, and good academics. The successful paralegal will be dealing with a variety of tasks including: document management; extensive legal research; drafting legal documents including briefs, appeals, agreements etc.; preparing bundles / documents for meetings and court; proof reading contracts, and other general paralegal assistance as required.

Exceptional academicsand the LPC / SQE 1 are essential as well as Spanish or Italian language skills. This is an exciting role and an exceptional opportunity to join a well-established firm with excellent career prospects / long term progression (the firm have offered training contracts to their previous paralegals). Fantastic training on offer and ideal for an ambitious, motivated candidate.

McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details.