Job Description

About the Role:

We are hiring for a Paralegal to join us on a 12 month fixed term contract, to be seconded to a key client of Gowling WLG.

Within this role you will be assisting with a variety of legal matters and projects across a wide range of business, functions, and subject matters appropriate to the level of capability and experience. Performs work under supervision of legal counsel. The position carries a wide range of in-house legal responsibilities, including the review and progress of commercial contracts, project work, research tasks, and assisting the company secretariat team with corporate restructurings and similar actions.

The position will be based in Holborn, London, U.K., with at least 3 days per week working from the office.

Standard hours of work are 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.

About you:

Skills and Competencies

• Experience of working in a legal environment with some background in corporate or commercial law or similar project work.
• Comfortable supporting on a wide variety of legal and compliance matters impacting business and operations.
• Ability to think critically and make clear and well-reasoned decisions.
• Capable of handling multiple tasks and activities across a variety of situations in a busy global environment.
• Strong personal and professional integrity and business ethics, as well as a commitment to diversity and a respect for others.
• Enthusiasm for working for a global company and everything that it entails.
• Communicates effectively - developing and delivering communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm which has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits, including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave
• Free private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices, in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Meg Astley at meg.astley@gowlingwlg.com