Knowledge Paralegal (Financial Institutions Group) - 12m FTC

ROLE OVERVIEW //

The Financial Institutions Group (“FIG”) is a cross-stream group comprising Partners and fee earners from our Corporate, Financing and Financial Regulation teams who support the firm’s financial institution clients. The Financial Regulation team comprises 3 Partners, 12 associates, 4 trainees and 2 Professional Support Lawyers (“PSLs”).

The team advises financial institutions from across the regulated financial services sector on many of the most complex and innovative projects that take place in the sector. The team’s broad experience and regulatory skillset enables it to provide first-class insight, support and advice on the regulatory aspects of financial services transactions and to find practical solutions to the regulatory issues that its financial institution clients face which requires close working and coordination with the team’s PSLs. Responsibilities will also involve liaising with Partners, on occasion, fee earners. Regular contact with information services and other support services within the firm is essential.

The role includes all the advantages of working for a large firm, but in a small, friendly department, with the opportunity to receive regular feedback.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES //

The key responsibilities of this role are set out below and there may be others which are not listed. You may be required on occasion to work outside our normal working hours of 9:30am to 5:30pm.

• Supporting the preparation, publication and distribution of the financial regulation weekly bulletin, and any other relevant newsletters

• Updating and managing these publications’ online presence via the HighQ platform and the firm’s website

• Carrying out research tasks and monitoring regulatory developments

• Keeping the team’s internal website updated with major regulatory developments

• Updating, managing and disseminating client publications and other documents, and assisting the team on the preparation and organisation of, primarily online, client events

• Utilising and maintaining the internal know-how management system

• Liaising with fee earners for know-how and training material

• Attending weekly team meetings and training

• Minute taking and other general administrative duties.

CANDIDATE PROFILE //

Candidates for this position must have:

• Strong academics (2:1 degree or above from a top university and completion of LPC preferred)
• A secured training contract is preferred but not essential
• Highly competent written and spoken communication abilities with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• An ability to deal with large amounts of information
• Excellent planning, organisational and research skills and the ability to progress parallel priorities
• Self-motivated and able to work independently and pro-actively, taking responsibility for delivery
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Excellent eye for detail
• Excellent legal technical knowledge
• Ability to pick up new legal concepts quickly
• Good IT skills and an ability to learn new IT systems quickly
• Ability to adapt and fit into the team.