The posting
Job title: Paralegal – Future Opportunities
Department: All
Location: Bristol/London
Role Overview:
Our paralegals play a vital role in supporting our lawyers with legal research, document review, drafting, and transaction management. They work across all of our of practice groups and sectors, gaining valuable experience in a dynamic and collaborative environment. By submitting a speculative application, you will be considered for future paralegal opportunities across the firm as they arise, rather than for a specific vacancy.
Firm Overview:
Simmons & Simmons is a firm full of ambition. Of thinking differently. Of taking action and delivering smarter solutions. Where dynamic minds come together, working with premium clients, to solve some of the world’s most complex challenges.
We're an international melting pot of ambitious and talented individuals, with different perspectives and experiences, united in helping to shape a better future for our people, clients and society. We’re a firm where you can be free to be you. Where inherent curiosity leads to positive enquiry, challenge and question; where a commitment to continuous learning enables you to deliver quality work for our clients and make an impact on the world.
We champion innovation and excellence, driving professional challenge and personal growth. We power success through trust, respect, integrity and an unwavering commitment to quality. In a complex, demanding world, Simmons is where exceptional minds come together to create a better future.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Providing general administrative support to fee-earners including drafting, reviewing and proof-reading legal documents.
- Analysing, collating and summarising relevant documents and information.
- Researching points of law and other factual issues and preparing reports on the same.
- Collating, organising, uploading and managing documents.
- Carrying out project management on large and/or complex matters.
- Assistance to the team on marketing activities and management of profile raising.
Education / qualifications / experience:
- Law graduate with a first or upper second class degree or equivalent.
- Previous paralegal experience or other relevant legal work experience desirable.
Knowledge and technical skills:
- Excellent IT skills, including Outlook, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
- Previous legal database experience desirable.
General Skills/Attributes:
- Highly organised and methodical approach to the role as well as confidence with IT systems.
- Attention to detail and the confidence to work independently.
- Willingness to travel as required.
- Highly motivated and commercially astute.
- Excellent communication skills and a collegiate, team-based attitude.
- The ability to work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- Self-motivated, hardworking, reliable and works well under pressure.
Firm introduction:
Simmons & Simmons is a leading international law firm. We have over 1,600 people located in key business and financial centres across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Our firm is equal only to the strengths of our people and we place great emphasis on recruiting and retaining staff who meet our high standards. Our philosophy for international growth has been to build practices around local teams who understand the culture, business and languages of the countries and regions in which we operate. In doing so, we believe we have succeeded in developing a cohesive network that meets local business needs as part of a global service.
Our business services groups provide integrated support for our global operations. The firm is organised in line with our clients’ requirements into key practice areas and sector groups. Our sector focus allows us to better appreciate the environment in which our clients operate and to work with them to achieve their objectives.
Our client base includes leading financial institutions and a significant number of the current FTSE 100 and Fortune Global 500 companies.
Our focus on a small number of sectors means we are able to understand and respond to our clients’ needs. Our industry sectors are: Asset Management & Investment Funds, Financial Institutions, Healthcare & Life Sciences and Telecoms, Media & Technology (TMT).
We also focus on the E&I market, in particular through our international projects and construction teams. We have a track record for innovation and delivering value to clients through new ways of working.
For additional information on the firm, please visit www.simmons-simmons.com.
Equal opportunities:
- We are committed to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to equal opportunities in employment.
- We believe 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. We ensure that those who serve or who have served in the armed forces, and their families, are treated fairly during the recruitment and selection processes.
- At Simmons & Simmons 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. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us, should this be something you are interested in.
Background screening:
All recruits of Simmons & Simmons will be required to go through our background screening process. Depending on the position you apply for this may include a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) certificate. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a DBS certificate on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed. The firm’s policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request.
