Paralegal - Finance

RELX; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional in Sandton (South Africa) seeks a fixed-term Legal Content Specialist to provide practical guidance, draft content, and maintain trackers. The role is 12 months, focusing on legal research and content quality within the regulatory landscape.

You will review material, liaise with experts, and contribute to Lexis+ initiatives while applying rigorous standards and strong writing skills. Shift hours are standard business times.

Qualifications

• 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

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

Skills

Legal research

Writing skills

Attention to detail

Stakeholder communication

Time management

Education

Law degree or equivalent experience

Tools

LexisNexis

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 skillsHave 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.

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