Corporate Paralegal
Top 200 Law firm with offices based in Southampton seeks a Corporate Paralegal to join the corporate team. Core duties will include:
* Completing Corporate and company secretarial matters
* Creation and maintenance of company statutory books and records
* Managing company secretarial database
* Companies House filings
* Processing company incorporations
* Preparing Companies House forms and routine company secretarial documents
* Managing registered office post
* Administering company secretarial client matters
* Undertaking post completion work on corporate matters including preparing bibles of documents and stamp duty applications
* Generating potential new work and assisting others in so doing
* Attending professional networking functions, business clubs, and client events, corporate hospitality, etc.
* Assisting with departmental administration
* Assisting with other general administrative duties as required
* Drafting legal documents from instructions taken by qualified team members
* Maintaining databases as required
* Reviewing and noting interim quarterly reports
* Responding promptly to clients (as required) and colleagues
* Ensuring a speedy turnaround of work
* Contributing pro-actively to departmental matters
* Other general Corporate work
Ideal Candidates must have the following:
* Up to date legal knowledge
* Previous Corporate or company secretarial experience (desirable)
* Awareness of the entire range of services that the firm can offer
* Excellent communication skills – verbal and written
* Ability to effectively deal with clients and provide a high level of service
* Ability and willingness to assist with networking and marketing
* Enthusiastic team player
* Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative
* Logical, organized, and thorough
* Knowledge of and competency in Information Technology
* Commitment to technical and personal development
Salary: £22 - 26,000 depending on experience
Location: Southampton
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