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Job Title
Paralegal - Financial Services
Department
Role
Paralegal
Job Location
Bristol
Description
12 month fixed term contract
Our team undertakes technical and complex financial services and
markets regulatory work for brokerage houses, investment exchanges,
investment banks, commodity traders, asset management companies,
general insurance and life assurance companies and other financial
institutions operating in the UK and international financial markets.
The team provides advice on the full range of financial services
regulatory matters, including advising on the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (FSMA), strategic regulatory issues, investigations,
disputes and disciplinary matters, derivatives and commodity trading
and documentation.
Our financial services and markets regulation lawyers are based in
offices across our network in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We
work closely with other specialists within the firm's financial
markets practice to offer our clients a cohesive multidisciplinary
service at the leading edge of the financial services industry.
Main duties and responsibilities
Coordination role on the Project team, liasing with local counsel,
client project team and Simmons & Simmons project team
Analysing, collating and summarising large quantities of information;
Establishing document management/ document retrieval systems for
the Project;
Researching points of law and other factual issues and preparing
reports on the same;
Providing general administrative support to Project fee-earners
including proof reading
Additional support to navigator team on navigator development
projects capacity permitting
Person specification
Education / qualifications / experience
Graduate with a first or upper second class degree or equivalent.
Previous Paralegal experience preferred
Knowledge and technical skills
Excellent IT skills, including Outlook, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint
and Excel
General skills
It is expected that the candidate will have a highly organised and
methodical approach to the role as well as confidence with IT systems.
Attention to detail and the confidence to work independently as
well as in a team
Highly motivated and commercially astute
Excellent communication and organisational skills
The ability to work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining a high
level of accuracy Self motivated, hardworking, reliable and
works well under pressure