Paralegals - Corporate & Commercial
- Location
- Bristol
- Position
- Paralegal
- Salary
- 17,500
- Duration
- Full time
- Application closes in
- 161 days
Meade King LLP is a commercial law firm and we are looking for two full-time paralegal to work across our corporate and commercial team.
It’s a very busy team with many prestigious Bristol, South-West and National clients. You’ll be working in our niche, nationwide practice acting for healthcare professionals in their business dealings. This includes all related commercial, property, regulatory and dispute resolution work, including relationships with regulatory bodies such as the NHS and CQC.
The team is growing, and the right candidate could be offered a training contract in the future. All recent trainee solicitors have been recruited from the paralegals already working for us.
This is a fantastic opportunity to get real legal experience in a fast paced environment, with exposure to many different areas of law.
Who We Are Looking For
You must:
- Be a current part-time (weekends or evenings) LPC, LLB or GDL student
- Be an LPC, LLB or GDL graduate
- Have a good academic background in law
- Have an interest in commercial and corporate, dispute resolution or commercial property law. We’d like it if you’ve completed or are doing the relevant LPC modules
What You Will Be Doing
You’ll be exposed to a wide variety of legal work such as due diligence, drafting, organising and managing documents, involved in every aspect of the sale, purchase and funding of businesses or companies and legal research amongst other work. You’ll have good exposure to clients here, along with working directly with partners and other solicitors in the team and alongside other departments such as our commercial property team.
You’ll need great communication skills as you’ll be dealing with people on the telephone, by email and by letter and be expected to take an active role in the management and organisation of your department’s workload.
Your Benefits
Your starting salary will be £17,500 and you’ll have a six month probationary period, after which we may review your salary. We’re looking for candidates who can start immediately.
How To Apply:
Please email Alexander Hall on ajh@meadeking.co.uk with your CV and covering letter by Friday 8 February 2019.
We appreciate you taking the time to apply, but due to volumes of applications, we’ll only be in touch if you’ve been selected for interview.
