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Job Title
Professional Support Officer - FS Funds
Department
Role
Paralegal
Job Location
London
Description
Simmons & Simmons are recruiting for a Professional Support
Officer to join our growing FS Funds practice in London. The
successful candidate will support the delivery of knowhow and
professional support services for the group.
Firm introduction
Simmons & Simmons is a leading international law firm, providing
clients with commercially aware legal advice, whenever and wherever
they need it. We have over 1,600 people situated in key business and
financial centres across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
We understand that our firm is equal only to the strengths of our
people and place great emphasis on recruiting and retaining staff who
meet our high standards. Our philosophy for international growth has
been to build practices around local teams who understand the culture,
business and languages of the countries and regions in which we
operate. In doing so, we believe that we have succeeded in developing
a closely knit and cohesive network that meets local business needs as
part of a global service.
Our business services groups provide integrated support for our
global operations. The firm is organised in line with our clients'
requirements into key practice areas and sector groups. Our sector
focus allows us to better appreciate the environment in which our
clients operate and to work with them to achieve their objectives. Our
client base includes leading financial institutions and a significant
number of the current FTSE 100 and Fortune Global 500 companies.
Our focus on a small number of sectors means we are able to
understand and respond to our clients' needs. Our industry sectors
are: Asset Management & Investment Funds, Financial Institutions,
Healthcare & Life Sciences and Telecoms, Media & Technology
(TMT). We also f ocus on the E&I market, in particular through our
international projects and construction teams. We have a track record
for innovation and delivering value to clients through new ways of
working. The core practice areas, from which we draw our sector teams,
are: corporate, dispute resolution, employment, pensions &
employee benefits, EU, competition & regulatory, financial
markets, information, communications & technology, intellectual
property, projects, real estate and tax.
Main duties and responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the PSL
to deliver knowhow and professional support services to the London FS
Funds team, including:
Proactively maintaining the know-how database including scanning
and indexing, obtaining new knowhow from fee earners, converting
documentation as necessary and adding and updating new know-how.
Reviewing and maintaining the physical know-how collections.
Undertaking research and fact-finding and informing the members of
the FS group of major developments.
Dealing with general and specific enquiries and requests for
information from members of the FS group, as well as from associates
and partners in other departments and offices.
Administer the FS education programme, including liaising with the
FMD central training department, arranging for attendance registers
to be produced and stored and booking rooms where necessary.
Locating precedents for, and preparing, appropriate first mark-ups
and compare copies.
Developing and maintaining negotiated terms matrix.
