Paralegal – Litigation, Investigations & Enforcement London, England
Job description
Paralegal – Litigation, Investigations & Enforcement
London
As a Barclays Paralegal you will be working with Litigation, Investigations and Enforcement team that manages a wide range of legal disputes and investigations, whether or not legal proceedings have been commenced, and either handles such disputes within the team or with the assistance of our panel law firms. Moreover, you will be providing day to day assistance to the Litigation team to enable the delivery of excellent litigation and investigations services within Barclays. This is a great opportunity to join our knowledgeable team.
Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.
Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognizes and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs.
We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. We’re flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. We also have a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager
What will you be doing?
• Managing the Litigation team’s general email inbox and incoming hard copy correspondence, including to allocate and redirect queries to team members
- Producing management information on incoming matters, assisting with identifying key trends and developments and reporting to relevant stakeholders
- Assisting the Litigation team with internal and external reporting, collating relevant information from team members and helping with matter management platform queries
- Assisting with appropriate matters or queries coming into the Litigation team’s inbox
- Helping with any ad-hoc requirements relating to the day-to-day running of the Litigation team including queries for the small claims portfolios, liaison with the court orders team
- Developing effective relationships with other members of the Litigation Team and the Legal function generally
- Ensuring that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements
- Evaluating requests from internal and external stakeholders, assess their urgency and address and/or escalate appropriately
What we’re looking for:
- Law degree, paralegal qualification or other relevant legal experience
- An interest in litigation and an understanding of key legal terminology
- Ability to work across a broad range of tasks and with different stakeholders
- Computer literacy with aptitude to become skilled with legal technology solutions
Skills that will help you in the role:
- A knowledge of legal risks and Barclays structure, products and services
- Excellent attention to detail
- A desire to learn about litigation and regulatory process and terminology
- Comfortable using online case management tools and learning reporting processes
Where will you be working?
In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links. With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.
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