Paralegal - Corporate / Company Secretarial
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Looking to build your company secretarial experience while working in a commercial, client-facing legal team?
We’re hiring a Paralegal to join our Managed Legal Services (MLS) team. This is a great opportunity for someone with some exposure to corporate or company secretarial work who wants to develop further in this space.
The Role
You’ll support a mix of client-facing secondments and internal MLS work, combining corporate governance / CoSec tasks with broader paralegal responsibilities.
This is a hands-on, early-responsibility role where you’ll gain direct client exposure and build practical experience quickly.
What you will be doing:
- Supporting company secretarial and corporate governance activities
- Assisting with Companies House filings and maintaining statutory registers
- Preparing board packs, agendas, and minutes
- Supporting corporate transactions and company structure changes
- Conducting due diligence and AML checks
- Carrying out legal and regulatory research
- Maintaining and updating client documentation
- Supporting quality assurance processes
- Building relationships with clients and internal teams
What you will need:
- Paralegal experience with some exposure to one or more of the following:
- Company secretarial work
- Corporate governance
- Corporate law / transactions
- Strong attention to detail and organisation
- Confident communicator, comfortable interacting with clients and stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Good drafting skills and strong IT capability
Desirable (but not required)
- Experience with Companies House filings or statutory registers
- Exposure to board meetings / minutes
This is a development role. You don’t need to be a fully-fledged Company Secretary - we’re looking for someone with foundational exposure and the motivation to grow in this area.
Benefits, Agile Working and Additional information
We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.
We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.
We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Stratford upon Avon & Tunbridge Wells.
Want to find out more about our amazing benefits?
Additional information:
Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.
Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.
Equal opportunities
Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.
About Shakespeare Martineau
Shakespeare Martineau is part of Ampa Group, a leading house of brands in legal and professional services. Ampa Group brings together complementary firms - including Lime Solicitors, Mayo Wynne Baxter, Marrons and others - connected by shared values and a modern, people-first culture.
As a group, we’re focused on unlocking potential. We believe in the power of &: corporate & human, purposeful & profitable, ambitious & inclusive. Ampa Group provides the shared infrastructure, development programmes, culture, values and empowered working framework that enable our brands, and our people, to thrive.
For you, that means access to award-winning learning, flexibility built on trust, and opportunities to collaborate across a diverse network of specialists.
Shakespeare Martineau remains its own distinctive brand with its own clients and markets. Ampa Group gives our people the strength of the group and the freedom to grow their careers in the way that works for them.