Disputes & Risk Paralegal London, England
Job description
"very approachable and easy to work with.." - Chambers & Partners
We are seeking a Paralegal to join our highly regarded Disputes & Risk practice in any of our UK offices. This role will operate across our Disputes & Risk practice, working on a range of matters within Commercial and Regulatory Disputes, with the willingness to provide support to the wider team when needed.
The practice has seen significant growth over the last 5 years and the role will provide a varied workload across the market's most important and innovative matters.
The work
Our disputes resolution activity remains highly international, whether through cross-border arbitration, complex international enforcement, or other activities. Our specialist litigation, arbitration, regulatory and investigations lawyers across our international network provide expert representation on the full range of business disputes.
https://www.osborneclarke.com/services/disputes-resolution
The team
The Disputes & Risk division is led nationally by Tier 1 Chambers ranked partner Catherine Wolfenden. The team has 38 other partners - specialising in a wide range of disputes and arbitration matters.
There is a very collegiate atmosphere in the team and team members are encouraged to work together and take responsibility for business development ideas and client care.
Role & Responsibilities
The Disputes & Risk paralegal role is varied, working across all our specialist areas through the lifecycle of our matters. Examples of responsibilities include:
- Legal research
- Drafting, preparing and proofreading legal documents
- Taking attendance notes
- Court filing (in person and e-filing)
- Document review
- Supporting Matter Managers with coordination and administration, including:
- Updating key actions and deadlines
- Document management
- Physical and electronic bundling
- Monitoring WIP against fee estimates
- Managing complex billing arrangements
Technical skills and experience
Due to the technical nature of the practice, you will have worked within a recognised and respected Litigation team in a similar role. You will have an interest in building your knowledge in a range of contentious areas and a willingness to learn.
We are looking for somebody who enjoys variety, has a client-oriented approach and has a flair for solving problems. Good oral and written communication skills is essential.
As a guide, due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking to appoint a Paralegal in this area, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience.
Your career development
Like all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with:
- clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress;
- high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure;
- thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues;
- robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; and
- reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure.
Salary and benefits
We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.
For more information or to apply
At Osborne Clarke we welcome direct applications - if you would like any further information about the role, or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins in the recruitment team on 0117 917 3127 or [email protected]
At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities, and sexual or romantic orientations. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and where you belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality.
We support working families via a range of family and caring friendly policies and will accommodate flexible working where we can. We value the health and wellbeing of our people: for example, we're signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, have an active network of mental health champions and offer free initiatives and flexible benefits to all our people.
Being an inclusive employer is important to us. We have made a number of external commitments such as the Race Fairness Commitment and Women in Law Pledge, and are working with organisations like Stonewall to become a more inclusive employer.
Osborne Clarke is a Living Wage Employer, so we're committed to paying everybody in our business enough to live on and to enable them to save for the future.
We want you to be able to show us your best during the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application, interview process or when working with us, please let us know.
This vacancy is for a Paralegal position, it is not an entry route to a training contract at Osborne Clarke LLP - the two recruitment processes are separate.
