Paralegal - Sutton
- Recruiter
- LMA Recruitment
- Location
- England, Surrey, Sutton
- Salary
- Up to £30000 per annum + pro rata
- Posted
- 20 Mar 2019
- Closes
- 10 Apr 2019
- Ref
- LEE200319PARA
- Contact
- Lynne Eversley
- Job Title
- Legal Secretary
- Industry Sector
- Banking / Finance
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client, a financial services business based in Sutton are seeking a Paralegal for a 3 month fixed term contact to create and populate a contracts database. You will be working closely with the in-house Lawyer and liaise across the business to ensure the database is completed by July. You may also have the opportunity to get involved with the wider legal team with company secretarial duties, reviewing NDAs, commercial contracts, reviewing GDPR documentation and other ad hoc tasks.
The successful candidate will have previous experience as a Paralegal within a corporate or commercial environment and experience in drafting and reviewing business contracts, experience within financial services is not essential but would be a distinct advantage.
Ideally you will have a law degree and completion of the LPC would be an advantage but is not essential.
Key duties:
· Create and populate a database comprising all Group companies' key legal and other documentation, appropriately coded and assigned to business owners
· Detailed review of existing contracts to accurately ascertain key provisions such as termination provisions in order to ensure accurate coding of database
· Gathering of key documentation from around the business in order to ensure all key contracts captured
· Occasional review of simple legal contracts such as NDAs and simple terms, as required
· Legal research relating to novel issues for Legal Counsel, as required
· General organisational and administrative tasks relating to the Legal function
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