Private Client Paralegal

Reed; Essex; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Reed is seeking an experienced Private Client Paralegal to continue your career in a firm committed to developing talent. Based in Essex, the role supports probate, estate administration, wills and lasting powers of attorney, while assisting private client lawyers and contributing to excellent client service.

The firm prioritises career progression and offers a clear pathway towards a training contract for the right candidate, with ongoing professional development and support.

Qualifications

• Assisting private client lawyers with probate and estate administration
• Draft correspondence and documents ensuring accuracy and meeting customer requirements
• Using case management systems to generate and complete correspondence and documents
• Coordinating and attending meetings, taking instructions and notes, liaising with customers
• Researching laws and regulations
• Liaising with other professionals such as financial advisors and accountants
• Assisting the team with their caseload as appropriate
• Reviewing client documents
• Ensuring client billing is undertaken accurately and within deadlines
• Ensuring compliance responsibilities are adhered to

Responsibilities

• Assisting the private client lawyers with probate and estate administration
• Draft correspondence and documents ensuring they are accurate and meet our customer's requirements
• Using case management systems to generate and complete correspondence and documents
• Coordinating and attend meetings, take instructions and notes and liaise with customers
• Researching laws and regulations
• Liaising with other professionals such as financial advisor's and accountants
• Assisting the team with their case-load as appropriate
• Review client documents
• Assist with ensuring client billing is undertaken accurately and within deadlines
• Ensuring compliance responsibilities and adhered to

Job description

Are you experienced in Private Client and looking to continue your career, ideally in a firm that will be offering a training contract?

This role sits within the Private client team which delivers a full range of legal services including drafting of wills and lasting powers of attorney, document preparation, probate and estate administration and search and analysis.

As a private client paralegal, you will be responsible for:

• Assisting the private client lawyers with probate and estate administration
• Draft correspondence and documents ensuing they are accurate and meet our customer's requirements
• Using case management systems to generate and complete correspondence and documents
• Coordinating and attend meetings, take instructions and notes and liaise with customers
• Researching laws and regulations
• Liaising with other professionals such as financial advisor's and accountants
• Assisting the team with their case-load as appropriate
• Review client documents
• Assist with ensuring client billing is undertaken accurately and within deadlines
• Ensuring compliance responsibilities and adhered to

This firm is invested in each employee's career progression especially for paralegal's, as their goal is to progress and retain the best legal professionals.