Paralegal-Commercial LEI

2 months ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom Irwin Mitchell Full time

Your Role

and What You'll Be Doing

As a Paralegal in Commercial Litigation, you’ll have the chance to manage your own caseload and develop strong relationships with your own clients. You’ll need to have the confidence to deal with matters right from the very beginning, being both approachable as well as efficient to resolve matters as quickly as possible for our clients.

What we'll need from you Relevant Commercial Disputes / Commercial Litigation experience A Law Degree or CILEX qualified Previous Paralegal experience Preferably some experience in consumer rights and commercial law negligence Empathy and compassion to help guide our clients through challenging personal circumstances A friendly, enthusiastic and can do approach

We’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share them:

To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook To be approachable and caring To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives To be efficient in the provision of our services To work with a foundation of integrity.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to receive your application.

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too. Generous and flexible pension schemes. Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid) Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. 

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.