Paralegal - Contentious

Mishcon de Reya; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Mishcon de Reya is a prominent independent law firm with over 1400 staff and more than 650 lawyers, offering services to a global client base. The firm has grown rapidly with notable revenue growth and cross-border, multi-jurisdictional work across Innovation Economy, Private Wealth and Capital, and Real Estate sectors.

The firm maintains presence in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Singapore, Hong Kong and UAE and embraces a flexible, agile working culture with opportunities for flexible working

Qualifications

• Strong academic record; LPC/SQE preferred.
• Experience as a contentious paralegal desirable.
• Experience carrying out document review (Relativity) and disclosure desirable.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Pro-active and takes initiative.
• MS Office proficiency (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Internet Explorer.
• Experience with Document Management Systems advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with clients in a timely, professional and courteous manner.
• Typing and amending attendance notes, letters, faxes, presentations using MS Office and the DMS.
• Maintaining and updating correspondence and filing.
• Maintaining client details on CRM (Interaction) database.
• Preparing monthly bills and checking monies on account.
• Providing support to fee-earners and secretaries/paralegals in the Department.
• Working under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Photocopying, faxing and filing.
• Transcribing audio dictation and preparing signed correspondence.
• Liaising with other departments as required.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Proactivity

Ability to work under pressure

Education

LPC/SQE qualification preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Relativity

Document Management System

CRM (Interaction)

Job description

Duties include, but are not limited to

• Liaising with clients in a timely, professional and courteous manner.
• Typing and amending attendance notes, letters, faxes presentations and other documents as required, using Microsoft Office and the DMS.
• To regularly, frequently and accurately maintain and update correspondence and other filing.
• To maintain confidentiality in respect of those matters which are commercially sensitive or secret.
• To transcribe audio dictation and copy type letters, memos and reports and to prepare signed correspondence for dispatch.
• Liaising with other departments where required.
• Maintaining client contact details on CRM (Interaction) database.
• Photocopying, faxing and filing.
• Preparation of monthly bills.
• Checking for monies on account to see whether bills have been paid.
• To work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Providing support as required by the fee-earners and working with other secretaries/paralegals in the Department.
  A strong academic record, LPC/SQE qualified preferable.
• Experience working as a contentious paralegal is desirable.
• Experience carrying out document review (in particular using Relativity) and disclosure is desirable.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Ability to effectively manage own workload.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Personable and confident, able to build relationships with partners/ key stakeholders.
• Resilient and calm under pressure.
• Adaptable and flexible approach.
• Pro-active and takes initiative.
• Proficiency in MS Packages including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Internet Explorer.
• Experience with Document Management Systems is an advantage.
  Mishcon de Reya is an independent law firm, which now employs over 1400 people with more than 650 lawyers offering a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. The firm has grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.
• With presence in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Singapore, Hong Kong and UAE, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work the firm undertakes is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, centred around three increasingly entwined and connected sectors: the Innovation Economy, Private Wealth and Capital, and Real Estate. The firm is known as a disputes powerhouse with a formidable capacity firmwide for dispute resolution. We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.