Job Description

We are looking for paralegals to support our legal and company secretarial team in Belfast (12-month fixed term contract)

The opportunity

At EY our lawyers and company secretaries work as integrated members of our diverse client services teams, combining disciplines to deliver holistic, business focused advice. As part of a global network of 3,500 professionals across 90 countries, we focus on providing global and practical legal and governance solutions.

Our Law team acts for some of the world’s largest multinationals on projects across the world. That means opportunities for our people every day - and a need for talented and motivated people to join us and develop themselves and their careers.

Your key responsibilities:

• Support our lawyers and company secretaries in delivering exceptional legal services to our clients
• Engage with technology and international teams to ensure efficient delivery
• Carry out day to day administrative tasks, including in respect of our client engagement processes and billing
• Serve as the main point of contact for clients, providing regular updates on project progress
• Work alongside senior team members on various projects, including corporate restructuring and compliance initiatives
• Conduct legal research and gather, collate and review data and documentation
• Produce initial drafts of legal documentation
• Assist with project management, including liaising across multiple jurisdictions
• Support the team in the development of the practice including drafting, amending and updating legal precedents, know-how and internal / external marketing materials

Skills and Attributes for Success:

• Team player; able to integrate with new teams quickly and build relationships at all levels
• Able to prioritise appropriately and deliver quality work to strict deadlines
• Able to solve problems creatively and pragmatically
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
• Strong IT skills and an ability to learn, understand and adapt to new systems and applications

To qualify for the role you must have/be:

• Educated to degree level
• Previous experience within the company secretarial or legal sector preferred
• Aspiration to pursue CGI qualification or training contract, or currently working towards it
• Excellent planning and organisational skills together with proven resourcefulness and initiative
• The enthusiasm to build a career within a distinctive practice at EY

What we offer

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

Please note:

Prior to finalising your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity& inclusivenesshereWe ask because it matters!

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.