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McKinlay Law

Corporate Paralegal

London
£42k/yr
Posted about 19 hours ago
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Job Title: Corporate Paralegal Leading to a Training Contract

Location: Central London

Salary: £42,000

Leading London law firm are looking for a paralegal with some experience in corporate / commercial work to join their London team. You must have exceptional academics (minimum of a 2.1 from a leading university) including either the LPC or SQE part 1, and at least six months’ experience in corporate / commercial work. After 12 months, the firm will be offering a training contract.

The role will be assisting Partners and Senior Associates on a wide variety of corporate transactional work, predominantly M&A, for both UK and international clients.

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  • Reviewing and drafting a variety of transaction / corporate documents and agreements
  • Preparing and filing corporate documents
  • Ensuring deal conditions precedent and execution documents are completed
  • Assisting with closing and post-closing
  • Drafting of trade and ancillary documentation
  • Assisting with billing
  • Assisting with the day-to-day management of transactions
  • Producing transaction bibles

An exceptional environment and a fantastic opportunity in a dynamic law firm to gain quality experience for the successful paralegal. It is essential that you already have some experience as a corporate / commercial paralegal and have confident communication skills and excellent academics. You must also have either completed the LPC or the SQE 1, or will have completed one of these qualifications in the next few months. Collegiate, team-orientated environment with a good work life balance. This is a progressive law firm with exceptional training opportunities, stunning offices, and a clear path to qualification.

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McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details.

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