Construction Paralegal

1 week ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Ridge and Partners LLP Full time £25,000 - £60,000 per year

Ridge is currently seeking a paralegal to join its Legal & Insurance Team, predominantly to provide support in relation to Ridge's legal, risk and compliance functions.

The Opportunity
This is a great opportunity for someone looking to kick start their legal journey and establish a progressive career in the in-house legal department of a growing business. That person will be able to demonstrate a pragmatic, commercial approach to applying their legal training.

Role And Responsibilities
You will join a team of experienced lawyers who will offer support from day one. Your role and responsibilities will include the following:

  • Support with the contract review process: intake, triage and tracking
  • Maintain and update the contract review tracker to ensure that all requests are captured
  • Monitor review timelines to ensure contract review requests are processed efficiently
  • Contributing to internal know-how and best practice materials
  • Contributing to internal legal features and bulletins
  • Maintain and update the professional indemnity insurance approvals tracker
  • Serve as the primary contact for issuing insurance certificate renewals
  • Tracking progress of professional indemnity insurance claims and preparing reports for the Board
  • Support the Compliance Team with ad-hoc tasks

Over time, your role would grow to also include the following:

  • Reviewing bespoke client appointment contracts
  • Negotiating and drafting appointment contracts and their associated framework, collateral and downstream agreements
  • Reviewing and negotiating NDAs
  • Liaising with project teams during contract formation, ensuring compliance with internal protocols
  • Collating and updating precedent clauses and documents
  • Interpretation of Ridge's insurance policies
  • Supporting business development in the legal sector for Ridge's Expert Witness function

Experience And Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Law (LLB) or equivalent experience
  • Excellent attention to detail, and strong communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Strong academic background
  • Must be flexible, organised, and self-motivated team player who is able to work within the team to achieve common goals
  • A commercial understanding of the construction industry - desirable, but not essential

You might be a recent graduate, or you might have relevant work experience. You will have the ability to deal with a wide range of people across the business and the confidence to operate relatively autonomously in a highly commercial environment. If necessary, you will use your judgement to manage a workload in order according to commercial importance to the business and to meet multiple and often prompt deadlines. You will be keen to grow your in-house career and enjoy the opportunities that Ridge has to offer.

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