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Job Title
Paralegal - Family (6 Month FTC)
Location
London
Description
The Department
At Mishcon Private, we have a deep
understanding of the dynamics and politics of families, family
businesses and personal relationships. We understand the issues our
clients face and what keeps them awake at night. We know that their
concerns go far beyond money and wealth preservation: family issues,
reputation, their home, the things they love, or their legacy are
far more important. Our business is protecting them, their interests
and the things that matter most to them.
Our team at Mishcon Private comprises art,
reputation, property, immigration, tax and wealth planning
specialists, alongside tenacious litigators who are highly
experienced at dealing with both family and business disputes and
complex multi-jurisdictional cases. We provide practical and
inventive solutions, combining our legal expertise with commercial,
real-world advice.
We never take for granted the privilege we
are afforded by our clients to sit alongside them and be entrusted
with their most complex and personal problems. The work we do is
never just business, it is always personal and the breadth of
Mishcon Private enables us to provide our clients with the support
they need whatever their issue may be now or in the future.
Duties and Responsibilities
The main duties include, but are not
limited to:
Attending client meetings and
conferences with counsel (virtual and in person), with the
solicitor with conduct and taking accurate notes
Preparation of legal documents as
required. Proofreading and updating documents, using initiative to
flag queries
Creating court bundles and maintaining
register of bundles on active matters
Researching, analysing and interpreting
general business periodicals and professional journals, annual
reports etc.
Knowledge management - creation and
maintaining of precedents
Typing and amending attendance notes,
letters, presentations and other documents as required, using
Microsoft Office and the DMS
Preparing and sending e-mails to include
attaching documents, printing and filing of incoming emails,
attachments and confirmations
Photocopying, and filing
Liaising with Clients and other
departments in a timely, professional and courteous manner
To maintain confidentiality in respect
of those matters which are commercially sensitive or secret and
only share them with colleagues and others on a need to know basis
who are themselves bound by an obligation of confidentiality
Offering assistance to others in the
department as required
Skills/Experience
Strong academic record;
Previous Paralegal experience within a
Family department is desirable;
Dynamic and driven with an ability to
work independently with initiative, discretion and confidentiality;
Excellent organisational skills and
ability to prioritise to work to deadlines;
Resilient and calm under pressure;
Excellent attention to detail;
Effective oral and written communication;
Good team working skills;
Good research skills;
Good IT skills: thorough working
knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
Languages skills desirable, but not essential.
Please note that this job
profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline
of the key components of the role. You may be required by your
line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.
About The Mishcon de Reya Group
The Mishcon de Reya Group is
an independent international professional service business with law at
its heart, employing over 1450 people with close to 670 lawyers. It
includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading
consultancy businesses that complement the firm's legal services. We
have grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue
growth in the past five years alone.
Based in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and Singapore, with an
association with Karas So LLP in Hong
Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and
provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often
do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border,
multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate.
In times of such far-reaching and
profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients
- and our own people - to shape the world's possibilities. We are
here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic
centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital,
and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge. Through
Mishcon Future, we work to shape a better
world through innovation, creating value for clients at every stage of
the innovation life cycle and for society.
Our purpose remains rooted in our
founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who
make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous
improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and inclusion.Mishcon Academy, our in-house place of learning,
development and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts
and our innovative impact strategy, including acommitment to be a net zero carbon business, also play a central strategic
role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launchedMishcon Purpose, a first-of-its-kind
sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and
Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.
TheMishcon de Reya Groupcomprises standalone businessesMDR Brand Management,MDR Cyber,MDR Discover,MDRi, MDR Lab, MDR One,MDR Mayfair(in London, Singapore and Dubai)
and MDRx. Earlier this year, the
Group announced its first strategic acquisition in the alternative
legal services market, flexible legal resourcing business Flex Legal.
It also acquired a majority stake in Somos, a global group actions
management business.
We strive to create a fully
diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered
to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture
and are always happy to talk flexible working.