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Job Title Paralegal
Job Location Riyadh
Job Type Business Services
Country/Territory Saudi Arabia
Region Middle East & Africa
Description

The Role

Department: Legal and Risk team

Location: Riyadh

Reporting to: In-House Lawyer

Role: Paralegal

Working Pattern: Sunday to Thursday

Hours: 08:30 to 17:30

The role is to provide risk and compliance support to the MEA Risk Team and to the wider business, to ensure that the firm develops and maintains the very highest standards in the manner in which the professional standards of conduct are applied in client relationships, in its management of risk and its compliance with regulatory requirements. The role will also assist in promoting best practice in these areas throughout the firm's international network. The successful candidate will work with others in the firm's global Risk Team.

The Team

The Legal and Risk Team provides support to the firm's senior management and to the wider business, to ensure that the firm develops and maintains the very highest standards of professional conduct, optimally manages risk and ensures compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assisting with MEA Risk
  • Researching legal and regulatory issues and assisting in the production of related guidance, practice notes, templates and training materials.
  • Assisting with the firm's information barrier
  • Assisting with the administration of the MEA Risk Team's email
  • Maintaining and updating the MEA Risk Team's intranet
  • Helping with the administration and delivery of training and awareness programmes and materials for lawyers and other staff.
  • Assisting with the regular review and updating of the firm's policies and procedures, risk registers, breach registers, compliance plans, engagement letters and another documentation and records.

Experience and Skills Required

  • Experience working in a leading law
  • Strong organisational, communication and project management
  • Excellent interpersonal skills - the person will liaise with both lawyers and business services groups, in each case at all levels of seniority.
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to focus on detail but also on the larger
  • Ability to write clear, accurate and practical guidance and

Business Services Competencies

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

  • Technical Excellence
  • People and Team
  • Client/Stakeholder Relationships
  • Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
  • Personal Effectiveness
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