Job Introduction We are looking for an additional Paralegal based in Manchester to join our established and highly successful Commercial Litigation team.
Key responsibilities of the role: Specific responsibilities include but are not restricted to: Supporting senior fee earners in all aspects of high value and complex litigation.Legal research and document preparation.Responding to ad hoc requests for information from clients.Contacting the firm's clients, providing a high level of client service at all times.Exercising full compliance with DAC Beachcroft protocols on billing and credit control and demonstrating a high level of financial management.Contributing to fee-earning and non fee-earning activity as appropriate, e.g.
knowledge sharing, training, assisting and preparing updates for clients and the team and legal research.Building an awareness of the Firm's other services.
Building effective internal and external networks.Handling confidential information in line with the firms' data security protocols.Key technical / knowledge: Essential: Graduate in law or law related subjectDemonstrable interest in litigationExcellent commercial awareness and an interest in broader business issues.An ability to adopt a commercial perspective rather than an 'academic' approach to legal issues.Strong communication skills both written and verbal, with excellent interpersonal skills.
Ability to deal confidently and professionally with clients and colleagues on day-to-day issues.Excellent organisational skills, able to prioritise and manage tasks within set timeframes.Able to demonstrate a reasonable level of self-sufficiency, combined with an awareness of the boundaries of own competence/authority.Change oriented with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives.Team oriented and collegiate with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team.Excellent IT skills, to include Word and Outlook.Desirable: 6 months' paralegal experience gained within a contentious field but this is not essential A minimum of a 2:1 degree (or equivalent) Experience of working in a target driven commercial environment Fluent / native German speaking About DACBWe're a leading?international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities.
We're market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities.
We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies.
We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK's top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe.
In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Miami, plus a broad network of affiliations across the globe.
Working with us Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work.
Combine this with our supportive culture and hybrid working model, and you have: a Life that Works.
Our flexible approach means that we help our colleagues to be their best at work, while recognising that they have all sorts of different interests and commitments outside work.
We pride ourselves on our supportive, approachable culture.
We are trusted, appreciated as individuals and embraced as part of a team.
At DACB, we don't just accept your differences, we celebrate and advocate for them.
Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the 'whole you' to work.
So if you're good at what you do, come as you are!
We are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics.
We take decisions based solely on merit.
We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.
As a Disability Confident employer we will guarantee to interview anyone with a disability, long term health condition or neurodiversity whose application meets the essential criteria for the role as set out in this advert.
If this applies to you contact in confidence, quoting the reference number for this vacancy in the subject box of your email, and a member of the team will be in touch.