Leveraged Finance Paralegal

Ryder Reid Legal Limited; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment company seeks a Paralegal for a US law firm’s Leveraged Finance team in London. Responsibilities include managing transactions, liaising with counsel, and supporting legal research. The role offers a hybrid work model and requires candidates to have experience in a law firm with the flexibility to work long hours when necessary.

Qualifications

• Prior transactional experience in a law firm environment.
• Ability to work long hours as overtime will frequently be required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with closing procedures including preparing signing packs and managing transactions.
• Liaise with opposing counsel and support legal research as needed.
• Help maintain knowledge management resources and undertake searches.

Skills

Transactional experience

Legal research

Document management

Liaising with counsel

Job description

Ryder Reid Legal is working closely with a US law firm to recruit a Paralegal to join its Leveraged Finance team on a permanent basis.

Responsibilities will include:

Assist with closing - preparing signing packs, co-ordinating signing and completion.Assist with filing and transaction document management.Liaising with opposing counsel, overseas counsel and running conditions precedent processesSupport lawyers with updating of precedents, legal research, pitch documents and responses to tenders as requested.Help to maintain knowledge management resources, ensuring the resources are properly organised and accessible. Undertake searches and other routine enquiries (i. Companies House).The successful candidate will have prior transactional experience, ideally gained from a similar law firm environment and be happy to work long hours as overtime will be required frequently - all overtime is paid for in addition to the base salary. Hybrid working is also on offer!

If you are suitable and interested, please apply now!

Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to all enquiries. If you have not received a response within 72 hours, please assume you have not been shortlisted at this stage, however thank you for taking the time to apply.

Ryder Reid Legal is a recruitment specialist. For almost thirty years we've been connecting legal talent with many of the leading law firms in London and internationally.