Paralegal - Group In-House Legal

The opportunity
This role is in our Group In-House Legal team, which reports to the General Counsel, working alongside the Risk and Compliance team. The role will primarily support the lawyers reviewing and negotiating contractual terms with the firm's clients and suppliers. The group also assists with other client and supplier engagement tasks. This includes the completion of client questionnaires and assessments and contributing to various firm wide operational projects. This role may additionally support the Risk Management team.

This is a dynamic role that will provide the successful candidate an opportunity to gain valuable experience and be exposed to various stakeholders in the firm overall.

The Team
The Group In-House Legal team is the firm's in-house legal team, which reports to the General Counsel, working alongside the Risk and Compliance team. The Office of the General Counsel at Bird & Bird is committed to providing a consistently high level of service for the firm and its partners and staff in relation to all risk and compliance issues. Under the leadership of the team's Legal Director, it is aligned with and supports the firm's strategy in relation to building a One Firm culture.

The function comprises a central team in London, with a team of 7 staff, consisting of a mixture of lawyers and non-lawyers.

The team deals with a variety of issues, from agreeing the terms upon which the firm engages with its clients and its suppliers, advising on legal tech and innovation and ESG. As such it plays a key role in protecting the Bird & Bird brand and ensuring that we do the right work, for the right clients on the right terms. We are looking for candidates with a keen interest in in-house legal practice and a pragmatic and commercial approach who are looking to develop their skills.

What You'll Do
You will work with a team of lawyers to support them with a variety of tasks but primarily in relation to client engagement, supplier engagement, ESG and legal tech initiatives.

As Part Of This, You Will Be

• Uploading and reviewing existing agreements to apply required templates and other information on the firm's new client terms management system "Intapp Terms".
• Checking all documents for completeness and accuracy before they are made available to the firm on Intapp Terms.
• Supporting in the roll out and the maintenance of the repository on Intapp Terms, including liaising with the business for relevant information.
• Assisting in the reviews of client terms and supplier terms
• Completing client questionnaires and assessments, including using the software application, Loopio, for this purpose.
• Supporting in maintaining Risk & Compliance resources, including library maintenance on Loopio.
• Responding to inconsistencies in the supplier onboarding process and supporting a firm-wide project on supplier engagement.
• Supporting on other team and firm wide tasks and projects, including in relation to client engagement, supplier management, privacy and ESG.
• Supporting other work streams and projects in both the Office of the General Counsel team and the Risk Management team on an ad-hoc basic. Examples of what this may involve include assisting with document updates, research tasks and projects such as in relation to contract review, conflicts, regulatory, professional indemnity, and financial crime.

About You

• Good IT skills, preferably with experience using Intapp and/or Loopio or undertaking document review projects using a variety of document review applications.
• Good Excel skills.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies with an enthusiasm for technology and innovation.
• Strong interest to learn new subject matters and skills in risk and compliance.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to meet competing deadlines.
• Good problem solving and analytical skills.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to think laterally.
• Ability to confidently communicate, including about complex issues, in a straightforward way.
• High standard of written English.
• Pro-active with a positive "can do" attitude who is able to work well both as a team member and individually.
• Willingness to proactively assist across a range of areas.

Other Desirable Skills

• Prior experience working as a paralegal.
• Prior experience working with various teams within a business.

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