Employment Paralegal

6 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Sheridans Full time
About the Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Paralegal to join our renowned Employment team at Sheridans. The successful candidate will have a strong background in employment law, with a minimum of 3 years of experience working in a busy City practice.

Key Responsibilities
  • Undertake a wide range of document management activities, including complex and document-heavy exercises
  • Consider evidence to establish relevant witnesses and check their availability
  • Draft agendas and lists of issues for case management discussions
  • Assist with the drafting of settlement agreements
  • Draft applications to Employment Tribunals and liaise with Tribunals
  • Draft costs applications and prepare schedules of loss/costs
  • Liaise with other team members to ensure the efficient management of caseloads and deadlines
  • Assist in the preparation of employment contracts and policy documents
  • Undertake extensive document work, including preparing redline/comparison documents using CompareDocs/pdfDocs/PowerPDF and ad-hoc printing tasks
  • Typing tasks using handwritten amends and amending correspondence and documents, as required
  • Print, organise and scan documents and emails into the Firm's document management/file management systems (iManage and Lawman)
  • Extensive diary management: arrange meetings, lunches, and schedule conference calls, taking full ownership, chasing and liaising with attendees, both internal and external
  • Organise travel and prepare itineraries, when appropriate
  • Organise and manage ad-hoc events
  • Prepare and coordinate accurate monthly client bills, including proof reading and amending narratives each month
  • Support with progressing cases from initiation to completion
  • Work closely with fee earners to prepare for Employment Tribunals, including compiling evidence, drafting witness statements, and conducting legal research
  • Maintain regular communication with clients, providing updates and advice as needed
Requirements
  • At least 3 years of previous experience working within and supporting a busy City employment practice
  • A strong sense of commerciality alongside technical excellence
  • A methodical approach to work with a strong focus on accuracy
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience liaising with senior internal and external stakeholders
  • Enthusiasm, resilience, and a professional approach, with an excellent customer service ethic
  • Ability to liaise with, persuade and influence colleagues at all levels
  • Ability to remain organised, prioritise and multi-task particularly when managing a large workload under pressure and to tight deadlines
  • Ability to work confidentially, remaining discreet at all times
  • Flexibility towards working out of regular hours at busy times
About Sheridans

Sheridans is a leading London law firm that combines in-depth legal knowledge and breadth of expertise and experience to provide unparalleled advice to clients. With a history dating back to 1956, we have represented individuals and organisations across a wide variety of sectors, providing technical advice that is commercially focussed and personally delivered.

Our Employment and Business Immigration Group invests time in understanding our clients' businesses, their culture and their objectives, delivering advice accordingly. We provide a full service to leading employers and senior executives throughout the employment life cycle, covering everything from hiring to severance, acquisitions, talent retention, international transfers and mobility, TUPE and outsourcing, working flexibly, agilely and securely within the global economy.

We specialise in the sponsorship of overseas nationals, working with organisations to ensure they can bring in the talent they need to help their business thrive. Our team guides clients through workplace conflicts from internal investigations, to high-value or sensitive disputes and mediation.

Our team comprises of six Partners, six Associates, one Paralegal and two Personal Assistants, all working together to provide a truly bespoke service to our clients.

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