Paralegal London, England
Token.io
Full Time
London, England
24384 - 30000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
We're looking for a Paralegal to help drive forward the legal function at Token. We are open to candidates interested in working full-time, part-time fully remote, hybrid or office based.
Reporting to Token’s General Counsel, you will work closely with client-facing teams and internal control functions so that our arrangements with customers and vendors are entered into and maintained using efficient, legal, compliant and auditable means.
About you
- Boundless energy and commitment to your work
- An entrepreneurial ‘can do’ approach to business
- Willingness to learn and be coached, to ask questions and be curious
- Professional approach with an ability to think on your feet
- A collaborative person who understands and values the power of working together as team
- Passion for understanding our market, product and technology in both the UK and EEA.
- Ability to find pragmatic solutions to legal challenges.
- Organised, a natural multitasker
What you'll do day to day
- Point of contact for all contracts management for vendors and clients.
- Support the client-facing teams in preparing contracts for vendors and clients.
- Generate approval documentation and gaining sign-off for this.
- Manage the signature process of all Token group contracts via DocuSign or contract automation tools.
- Develop and maintain automated contracts.
- Train colleagues on how to use contract automation.
- Maintain relationship with contract automation partner.
- Management of all new and existing NDAs.
- Learning how to assess impact of potential changes to existing customer and vendor contractual terms and conditions and be able to communicate the implications effectively.
- Support internal vendor managers maintaining appropriate terms and conditions with vendors.
- Develop and maintain processes and procedures to ensure that colleagues’ interaction with Token legal is smooth and efficient
- Build relationships with key colleagues to promote understanding of legal issues.
- Legal research of contractual or regulatory issues.
- Support the GC on maintaining Client Terms and Conditions, dealing with periodic updates.
- Develop and maintain a precedent bank of Token legal documents
More about you
- We’d like to hear from candidates who have:
- A Legal background, either a law degree/PGDL and/or Legal Practice Course
- Proven experience in a relevant role
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
- Experience of drafting formal communications to external parties
- Working knowledge of contracts and standard contracting terms for supply of goods and services across jurisdictions in the UK and European Union
- It’s also good if you have:
- Experience of working in the Fintech sector, and in particular in Payments
- Experience of dealing with large financial institutions
- Working knowledge of contracts and standard contracting terms in a regulated sector
- Experience of negotiating with customers and suppliers
- German language skills
- GDPR knowledge and experience
Open to all
Token is building an open future for everyone.
We don’t just accept different points of view, lived experiences and new ways of thinking — we search them out. They help us make better products, better decisions, and a better place for everyone to work.
So, come as you are.
We acknowledge and embrace different backgrounds, identities and abilities. Respect is our default, and empathy is our baseline.
No one succeeds until we all do.
