Paralegal (Insolvency & Restructuring)

WARD HADAWAY LLP; Leeds; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pension

25 days annual leave

Life assurance

Health and wellbeing benefits

Hybrid working

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Ward Hadaway LLP in Leeds is seeking a Paralegal to join our Restructuring & Insolvency team, supporting fee earners on a broad range of corporate and personal insolvency matters.

You'll gain exposure to both contentious and non-contentious work, with hybrid working and a supportive environment at one of the UK’s top independent law firms; you’ll develop crucial organisational and client-facing skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in insolvency and restructuring is advantageous but not essential.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Good communication and IT literacy.

Responsibilities

• Assist with file and case handling.
• Progress insolvency cases from instruction to conclusion.
• Provide administrative support to fee earners across the team.
• Demonstrate proficiency in MS Office and IT.
• Prioritise and manage deadlines.
• Support team across multiple office locations.

Skills

MS Office

IT skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Customer service

Time management

Prioritisation

Problem solving

Commercial awareness

Job description

We're looking for a Paralegal to join our growing Restructuring & Insolvency team in Leeds. This is a great opportunity to support fee earners working on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious corporate and personal insolvency matters, including advising Insolvency Practitioners, Directors, Lenders, Creditors and Shareholders.

What will I be doing

• Providing assistance with file and case handling.
• Helping to run and progress a range of insolvency cases from initial instructions to conclusion.
• Providing general administrative and legal support to fee earners across the team from multiple office locations.
• Proficiency in MS Office and good all-round IT skills.
• The ability to prioritise, work to tight deadlines, and manage your time effectively.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
• The ability to adapt your style, be proactive, and effectively solve problems.
• Good commercial awareness.
• Previous legal work experience within Insolvency and Restructuring would be advantageous but not essential.

Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.

We're proud to be an independent, full-service law firm providing exceptional legal expertise to businesses, the built environment, healthcare, the public and third sectors, and private individuals. With several office locations around the UK we're one of the UK's Top 100 law firms. When you join us you'll be part of a team of over 500 passionate and talented individuals who take pride in offering an exciting and supportive environment allowing you to thrive.

We're passionate about promoting wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion, with dedicated committees to support ongoing efforts. We recognise that a healthy and thriving Firm filled with individuality and differences strengthen our teams, our clients and our communities.

We reward our people with a whole range of benefits, some core and some flexible, designed to shape a reward package that's right for you - now and in the future.

What we can offer you

We're committed to being a firm focused on support, development, wellbeing and inclusion and we're always striving to improve. Our commitment to this have been recognised by our achievement of our Gold Investors in People award and by our Hive HR Employee Voice certification.

• An enhanced pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 6%.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (increasing to 28 days with length of service). There is also the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
• Life assurance cover of 4 times basic salary, with the option to purchase additional cover.
• A range of health and wellbeing benefits.
• Hybrid working with a minimum requirement of 2 days per week working from one of our office locations.
• We also have a flexible benefits programme where you can purchase a wide range of additional benefits.