Paralegal

Shakespeare Martineau; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 20,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Shakespeare Martineau as a Paralegal in their Managed Legal Services Team. This role offers a chance to build a legal career with hands-on experience in various legal processes, including document management and client support. Collaborate with diverse teams while enjoying flexible working conditions primarily from home, with the opportunity for travel. We're looking for enthusiastic individuals eager to contribute and grow in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months’ experience in a similar legal role preferred.
• Experience with Property, Private Client, Document Reviews advantageous.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Drafting and reviewing legal documents including NDAs.
• Providing paralegal and administrative support to the team.
• Conducting document reviews and managing case information.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong IT skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Job description

Company: Shakespeare Martineau
Term: Permanent
Team: Managed Legal Services

Let us introduce ourselves…

It’s the people at Shakespeare Martineau that make us so special. By understanding what our people want, giving them the support they need, recognising everyone’s contribution and realising the unique power of teams, together we win. As a firm, we are focused on proactively building and developing diverse teams, bringing different backgrounds, personalities, and perspectives together. We play to our strengths, pushing ourselves to be better than yesterday and deliver amazing solutions for our clients. We empower our teams with a high degree of individual responsibility; we self-manage and encourage everyone to be responsible for their own learning, knowing it makes us even better at what we do!

We believe in trusting our people to make the right decisions for themselves, from when and where you work, to how you dress; we focus on outputs.

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Meet the team

The Managed Legal Services team supports Shakespeare Martineau, Lime Solicitors, and Corclaim with legal process management, paralegal support, client discovery, due diligence, data intelligence, knowledge management, and client management services. The role of this team is to help improve efficiencies and the client experience by supporting our fee-earning teams.

The opportunity

We have several exciting new roles for enthusiastic and driven Paralegals to join our Managed Legal Services Team. These roles offer real career development opportunities for those looking to gain broad-ranging experience to advance their legal careers.

You will support the team in carrying out timely audits on behalf of the client. If time permits, you will also assist with other duties within the wider Managed Legal Services team.

This role suits someone with a tenacious and resilient approach to problem-solving, who works well under pressure and is seeking excellent development in a collaborative team. You will gain hands-on experience from day one and will play a key role in a thriving team committed to providing high-quality service at all times.

Your key duties will include:

1. Basic drafting, negotiation, and amendments of documents such as NDAs (non-disclosure agreements).
2. Creation of checklists, playbooks, and guides.
3. Proofreading and reviewing to ensure consistency across contracts and schedules.
4. Summarising and tracking key terms within contracts.
5. Analyzing and inputting legal data.
6. Disclosure and document reviews.
7. E-discovery.
8. Judgement applications.
9. Redaction and pagination.
10. Subject access requests, letters before action, notices of issue, chase communications, searches, debt payments, judgement processing, organizing documents for risk assessment, trial bundle and bible preparation, forms of authority, note-taking, interviewing, and drafting witness statements.
11. Front loading of case information, query management, and prioritization.
12. Funding advice.
13. Providing paralegal and administrative support to a large team.
14. Opening and closing files and conducting conflict searches.
15. Handling general correspondence, including drafting forms and documentation.
16. Dealing with telephone calls, queries, and enquiries, where appropriate.

What you will need:

• A minimum of 6 months’ previous experience in a similar role is preferred but not essential.
• Experience dealing with Property, Private Client, and Large Scale Document Reviews.
• Previous experience using a case management system is preferred but not essential.
• Strong IT skills and accurate typing ability.
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexibility and initiative, along with excellent organizational and prioritization skills; the ability to adapt and manage priorities at short notice is essential.
• The ability to manage multiple stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong business and commercial acumen is desirable.
• Enthusiasm, drive, and commitment, with a strong team-player attitude.
• Previous experience in property or corporate work is advantageous.
• Interest or experience in project work, e-disclosure, property, or corporate matters is desirable.
• Paralegal experience in areas such as Private Client, Abuse Claims, Conveyancing, or Social Housing is a plus.

How we work

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work. We value flexibility, recognizing that people have different needs and preferences. This role will be predominantly home-based with travel to Birmingham or other West Midlands hubs as required.

Our standard office hours are Monday – Thursday, 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, and Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Flexibility in working hours, including evenings and weekends, is required due to the nature of the role.

Additional information

Employment will be subject to various checks, details of which can be found in the employment offer process.

Equal opportunities

Shakespeare Martineau is an equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop, and retain talented people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. We value individuality and encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. All applicants and employees are treated equally regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs.