We are currently recruiting for a Paralegal to join our Litigation department based in our London office.

Group Overview:

Our dispute resolution team does more than advise on the law. We offer strategic business thinking and a clear point of view, rooted in our exceptional legal knowledge.

Our integrated international network enables us to tackle complex multi-jurisdictional cases - like our work advising the US Department of Justice's appointed Monitor in the global Volkswagen emissions scandal.

Our partners lead from the front, on arbitration, patent litigation, brand infringements and financial markets litigations, as well as crime, fraud and investigations.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Analysing, collating and summarising large quantities of information;
• Researching points of law and other factual issues and preparing reports on the same;
• Collating and organising bundles of documents for disclosure, witness statements or exhibits
• Providing general administrative support to fee-earners including proof reading
• Working with the Practice Support & eDiscovery team to organise and manage disclosure exercises, including document management and review.
• Working on various stages of disclosure exercises including collating, organising and reviewing documents for relevance and privilege, flagging important documents to fee-earners, identifying legal issues, providing detailed case information/knowledge, preparing disclosure lists
• Court duties including filing payments and even applications before Practice Masters. These require knowledge of court workings and CPR rules and forms to assist with any queries about appropriate forms and how they should be filled, court fees, procedure, etc.
• Managing documents/files in Relativity or the firms DealRoom platform

Person specification:

Education/Experience:

• Law graduate with a first or upper second class degree or equivalent
• Previous paralegal experience from a law firm (preferred)
• Experience using litigation support databases (ideally Relativity)

Technical Skills/Knowledge:

• Excellent IT skills, including Outlook, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Previous legal database experience preferred
• Previous document review platform experience preferred

General Skills/Attributes:

• 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

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.

Below are a few more reasons to consider Simmons & Simmons for your next career move:

• Competitive benefits package
• All year round dress down
• International offices including: Hong Kong; Dubai; Tokyo; Dublin; Milan; Bristol; Madrid; Singapore to name a few
• Generous employee referral bonus program
• All offices have their own artwork collections - we have a Damien Hurst and a Tracey Emin in the London office
• We were ranked as a Stonewall Top Global Employer in 2020 for the fifth year running
• We have recently acquired Wavelength (the first regulated legal engineering firm in the world) which highlights our invested interest in innovation