White-Collar Crime Paralegal

Larbey Evans; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading US law firm is seeking a White-Collar Crime Paralegal for their London office. This permanent role involves document preparation, legal research, and proofreading in a dynamic legal environment, while offering hybrid working arrangements. Candidates should have a Law Degree, relevant experience, and proficiency in legal research tools.

Benefits

Excellent employee benefits!

Qualifications

• 1-3 years' experience as a paralegal in a law firm.
• Strong proficiency in research tools like Westlaw UK and Lexis Library.
• Law Degree or equivalent qualification required.

Responsibilities

• Cite checks, proofreads briefs and other legal documents.
• Analyse documents and prepare statutory declarations.
• Perform non-legal research using various online tools.

Skills

Legal Research

Document Preparation

Proofreading

Education

Law Degree

Graduate Diploma in Law

Tools

Westlaw UK

Lexis Library

Job description

White-Collar Crime Paralegal

Larbey Evans is working with an award-winning US law firm to recruit a Paralegal to join their White-Collar Crime team in their London office on a permanent basis.

• Salary to £51,500
• 09:30-17:30 working hours and hybrid working (3 days office / 2 days remote)
• Excellent employee benefits!

This opportunity will provide hands on experience within a high-calibre legal environment, primarily in the form of document preparation, coordination, production, distribution, and legal research.

White-Collar Crime Paralegal Key Responsibilities:

• Cite checks, Shepardizes and proofreads briefs, memoranda of law, opinions and other documents.
• Analyse constitutional documents, prepare statutory declarations, and draft ancillary documents .e.g. board minutes, director resignation letters, stock transfer forms etc.
• Proofread and edit documents e.g. loan note registers, subscription documents, share certificates
• Assist in preparation of all legal documents
• Performs non-legal research using various research tools, including the Internet, Westlaw, LexisNexis, PACER and other court-related websites for case law, statutes, articles, books, etc.

White-Collar Crime Paralegal Skills & Requirements:

• 1-3 years’ experience within a law firm in a similar paralegal position
• Law Degree or Graduate Diploma in Law or similar
• Ability to navigate electronic databases and possess strong proficiency in using various research tools i.e. Westlaw UK, Lexis Library, Practical Law, company registries and other court related websites