Purpose of the role:
This role will support a Corporate team in Jersey and offers valuable exposure to corporate work in both Jersey and the British Virgin Islands.
Responsibilities:
- To undertake work in support of a team of fee earners, meeting an agreed target chargeable hours
- Assist the team with team-specific financials/matter management e.g. budgets, WIP, aged debt reporting
- Undertake various searches at the request of fee-earners along with drafting and amending legal documents, (including, and without limitation, legal opinions, conveyance documents, plans for presentation in court, opinion certificates and corporate authorisations etc. as appropriate)
- Primary line of communication between fee-earners and clients
- Ensuring that all new client matters are accurately set up in the client accounting and database system and maintaining client records and contact names where appropriate
- Ensuring files are kept up to date (including filing of documents, emails and correspondence) when active and that files are closed/archived once the matter is concluded following instruction from the relevant fee-earner
Skills required:
- You will need to be tech savvy, plus you will want to progress - either in a permanent Paralegal role, or onto our England & Wales Trainee Solicitor programme
- If you've got previous Legal experience through a paralegal role, or suitable academic credentials (LPC/GDL/LLB), then you could be right for our progressive opportunities