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UK Job Description
Job Title: Paralegal (Asset Finance – Transportation)
Reports to: Sigma Lawyer
Note: This job description is generic and not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities.
About The Job/Key Responsibilities
You will work as a member of one of our Transactional Teams within Reed Smith Legal Solutions, a multi-disciplinary global delivery team serving the Reed Smith global business. The role will be based in London and will primarily support lawyers in the RS London Transportation group but may also be required to assist other practice areas or groups in the firm as needed from time to time.
You will work as part of a team helping to build and maintain an efficient and cost-effective solution for key Transportation client services.
Responsibilities Will Include, But Are Not Limited To
- Handling day-to-day management of workload ie -
- Drafting standard form aircraft and engine delivery and loan drawdown documents
- Preparing execution versions and managing signing processes
- Managing conditions precedent processes
- Aircraft and engine deliveries and loan drawdowns
- Preparing transaction bibles and managing originals
- Client and stakeholder correspondence
- Project/transaction management
- Performing International Registry searches
- Assisting with other transactional or legal tasks required by the Transportation group
- Ensuring a high standard of work, in line with required hours targets and to assume responsibility for maintenance of the relevant delivery frameworks and standard operating procedures as necessary
- Understanding and triaging new instructions and, where appropriate, delegating appropriately to other team members
- Identifying training needs and addressing these with the team or on an individual basis to ensure a high level of service delivery
- Developing, delivering and maintaining accurate documentation, training and process manuals for the team and identifying opportunities for and implementing process improvement initiatives
- Assisting with ad hoc administrative and legal tasks under instruction
Skills And Attributes
- Passionate about delivering quality legal services
- Superb case/project management skills
- Focused on efficiency, attention to detail and accuracy at all times when delivering legal services
- Resilient under pressure with the ability to meet tight deadlines and anticipate problems
- Ability to build good working relationships, credibility and trust with clients and colleagues
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and strong drafting and negotiating skills
- A positive “can-do” attitude, whether working individually or as part of a team
- Ability to successfully work as part of a team
- Comfortable with and capable of working proactively in a global organisation
- Fluent in standard MS Office applications and able to quickly master new software.
- Takes personal ownership of self-improvement and motivated by accountability
- Keeps up to date with developments in law and practice to ensure high quality of legal services
Education/Qualification/Experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Law degree or post-graduate legal certification/ qualification helpful but not essential
- Minimum 12 months’ experience of commercial aviation legal work as a paralegal, ideally within a full service commercial law firm.
