Paralegal - Finance

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 380,000 - 560,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional in Johannesburg seeks a Legal Content Researcher for a 12-month fixed-term role. You will review documents, undertake legal research, draft practical guidance content and maintain trackers, working with experts across the legal and regulatory landscape.

The role emphasizes quality, accuracy and timely delivery; shift hours are Monday–Friday, with SAST time. The company highlights equal opportunity employment and global reach in its practice areas.

Qualifications

• Have a degree in Law, or equivalent experience.
• Experience and/or interest in Finance law preferable.
• Demonstrate excellent research and writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing new and existing content for quality and legal accuracy.
• Monitoring developments and inputting information to trackers.
• Drafting practical guidance content (FAQs, practice notes, precedents, trackers, checklists).
• Conducting legal research and liaising with subject matter experts.

Skills

Legal research

Content drafting

Attention to detail

Education

Law degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Are you passionate about legal research and delivering practical guidance that helps professionals make informed decisions? Would you like to contribute to innovative legal content and solutions while working with experts across the legal and regulatory landscape? About our Team LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX (http://www.relx.com), a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case. The company employs over 2,000 technologists, data scientists, and experts to develop, test, and validate solutions in line with RELX Responsible AI Principles.

About the Role

In this role, you will be helping to provide legal practical guidance and market insight. You will be reviewing documents, undertaking legal research, drafting content and maintaining trackers. This is a 12-month fixed term role.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing new and existing content for quality and legal accuracy, and making recommendations for process improvements.
• Monitoring of developments and inputting information to maintain trackers of consultations, cases and dates.
• Drafting practical guidance content (eg FAQs, practice notes, precedents, trackers, checklists, etc).
• Conducting legal research and liaising with subject matter experts within the Practical Guidance practice area teams.
• Supporting the development and implementation of initiatives to grow and improve the Lexis+ offering.

Requirements

• Have a degree in Law, or equivalent experience.
• Experience and/or interest in Finance law (including Banking & Finance, Insolvency, Insurance and Financial Services) preferable.
• Comfortable working shift hours Monday–Friday, 10 AM–6 PM (June–Oct) and 11 AM–7 PM (Nov–March), SAST.
• Demonstrate an eye for detail and a quality oriented focus.
• Be able to demonstrate excellent research and writing skills.
• Have a good understanding of legal issues, procedures and content types.
• Be able to think creatively, handle multiple tasks simultaneously and work to strict deadlines.
• Be able to communicate influentially and effectively to a range of audiences, including senior stakeholders.
• Be a natural, innovative problem solver, able to collaborate with your team to resolve issues.
• Have an understanding of, and willingness to use, social media and new technology.

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120.

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. USA Job Seekers: EEO Know Your Rights. LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. We help lawyers win cases, manage their work more efficiently, serve their clients better and grow their practices. We assist corporations in better understanding their markets and preventing bribery and corruption within their supply chains. We partner with leading global associations and customers to help collect evidence against war criminals and provide tools to combat human trafficking. We endeavour to advance the rule of law across the world. Our teams are combining unparalleled legal and business information with analytics and technology to advance what’s possible for the way our customers work and to advance what’s possible in the world by strengthening the rule of law.