Paralegal - Commercial Contracts

Capital One; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits within a forward-thinking company’s UK Legal team for a paralegal specializing in commercial contracts. This role involves advising on supplier agreements and collaborating with senior legal counsel on major transactions. Ideal candidates will possess strong negotiation skills, a keen commercial mindset, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment. With a hybrid working model and a focus on personal development, this position offers the chance to grow professionally while contributing to a transformative organization. If you are passionate about legal work and eager to make an impact, this could be your next career step.

Benefits

Pension Scheme

Bonus

Generous Holiday Entitlement

Private Medical Insurance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Subsidised Restaurant

Fully-serviced Gym

Mindfulness and Music Rooms

Qualifications

• Experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Great attention to detail and strong prioritization skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and negotiate various contractual arrangements.
• Advise on legal risks and manage contractual changes.

Skills

Contract Drafting

Negotiation Skills

Communication Skills

Commercial Acumen

Attention to Detail

Organizational Skills

Teamwork

Education

Law Degree

Job description

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Paralegal - Commercial Contracts

About this role

Capital One is excited to have a new opportunity within its dynamic UK Legal team for a paralegal to advise on supplier and other commercial contracts.

To complement our existing Commercial & Technology team within Legal, we are looking for a strong team player with great communication skills, contract drafting and negotiating skills and commercial acumen. If you are looking for a new, exciting step in your career this could be for you!

Reporting to senior legal counsel, your role will focus on providing legal advice on contracts between Capital One and third parties. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm who is prepared to bring their voice and ambition to support the team and help our business succeed.

What you'll do

1. Prepare and negotiate contractual arrangements, including services agreements, outsourcing agreements, software licences, digital marketing agreements, terms and conditions of purchase, variation agreements, termination agreements and renewals, following Capital One’s precedents.
2. Advise on legal risks in relation to third party contracting, including review of supplier terms and escalation to senior legal counsel.
3. Be responsible for progressing requests for contractual changes from start to finish, ensuring relevant business policies and procedures are followed and involving or escalating to other stakeholders where appropriate.
4. Enable and assist with contract signing and storage electronically, through Capital One’s systems.
5. Support senior legal counsel on major commercial transactions.
6. Develop and maintain great working relationships with supplier and sourcing managers, business leads and risk stakeholders, in Capital One UK and where appropriate within our US parent company.
7. Legal research and advice on relevant areas of law, including on commercial contracts, IT, IP, data protection and financial services regulation specific to third parties, supported by senior counsel or relevant specialists where necessary.
8. Identify and assess the impact of new laws related to contracting and train other business areas where appropriate.
9. Manage your workload in a timely and effective manner and proactively communicate to stakeholders on progress.

Why join Capital One’s Legal team?

1. Genuine focus on delivering a best in class legal service to our business.
2. Opportunity to build your knowledge across legal areas.
3. Forward thinking on maximising use of digital opportunities as part of providing legal advice and contract drafting.
4. Active encouragement to develop, both personally and professionally, internal and external training.
5. Access to US/enterprise wide knowledge and interactions.

What we’re looking for

1. Experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
2. Great attention to detail.
3. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast paced environment, with flexibility to adapt to our changing business needs and strong prioritisation skills.
4. A strong commercial mindset.
5. Great communication skills, both written and verbal.
6. Excellent organisation skills and a proactive approach.
7. Great team working.
8. Law degree [preferred].

Where and how you'll work

This is a permanent position based in our Nottingham office.

We have a hybrid working model which gives you flexibility to work from our offices and from home.

We’re big on collaboration and connection, so you’ll be based in our Nottingham office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Many of our associates have flexible working arrangements, and we're open to talking about an arrangement that works for you.

What’s in it for you

1. Bring us all this - and you’ll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation.
2. We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression, investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers).
3. Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance – with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave.
4. Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms.

What you should know about how we recruit

We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it’s about what you do, not just what you say. That’s why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. And we offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages.

We also partner with organisations including the Women in Finance and Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach to find people from every walk of life and help them thrive with us. We have a whole host of internal networks and support groups you could be involved in, to name a few:

• REACH – Race Equality and Culture Heritage group focuses on representation, retention and engagement for associates from minority ethnic groups and allies.
• OutFront – to provide LGBTQ+ support for all associates.
• Mind Your Mind – signposting support and promoting positive mental wellbeing for all.
• Women in Tech – promoting an inclusive environment in tech.
• EmpowHER - network of female associates and allies focusing on developing future leaders, particularly for female talent in our industry.

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact [e-mail]. All information will be kept confidential and will only be used for the purpose of applying a reasonable adjustment.