Job title: Paralegal
Hours: Full-time
Location: City of London/ Hybrid
Salary: £468.73 to £535.69
Are you ready to take on a hands-on role that requires working under your own initiative, either alone or as part of a team? An opportunity has arisen for a Paralegal to join an established Asset Management firm. Our client is seeking a corporate, professional, personable, and collaborative candidate to join a dynamic team.
Role Overview:
The paralegal will be an important member of the team.
The paralegal's key tasks will relate to the review, drafting, and negotiation of non-disclosure agreements, reliance/release letters, and other similar documents in the context of both front-office transactions and joint ventures. The paralegal will also work closely with other Legal Group members and group stakeholders to proactively support the efficient execution of such documentation in accordance with internal requirements and policies and external regulations to manage legal risk.
In addition to the above key tasks, the paralegal will assist members of the Legal team with other transactional matters or projects as required. This may include reviewing legal opinions, powers of attorney, conditions precedent documentation, and corporate/transactional documents, having recourse to appropriate internal processes and procedures and senior members of the legal team.
What you will be doing:
* Reviewing non-disclosure agreements, reliance/release letters, and other related transactional documents to ensure compliance with the Bank's requirements and assisting front office EMEA in agreeing such documents as efficiently as possible.
* Reviewing legal opinions to ensure conformity with relevant guidance.
* Assisting team members as required on transactional/project work, subject to capacity.
* Ensuring that company policy is followed in legal matters.
* Proactively raising and escalating important legal issues and risks with the relevant level of management.
* Contributing to the development of the Bank and actively working to eliminate legal risk.
* Developing an understanding of the Bank's commercial operations and policies.
* Assisting stakeholders in understanding applicable legal risks.
* Managing legal risk in accordance with the constantly changing regulatory requirements applicable to financial institutions.
* Working at a fast pace across a broad range of tasks.
What We're Looking For:
The ideal candidate should have a degree in law and/or relevant paralegal experience, ideally from a reputable law firm, bank, financial institution, or corporate setting, as well as strong interpersonal skills.
Experience in transactional banking, leveraged finance, fund finance, and finance/corporate work, including the review of non-disclosure agreements, reliance/release letters, powers of attorney, corporate authorizations, legal opinions, and related documents would be particularly helpful.
The candidate will be liaising with the legal team and front office teams, supporting teams in London, Ireland, Paris, and Germany.
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