Paralegal

Salary: Competitive salary based on experience | Location: London, Holborn

This paralegal role is designed to provide QualifyingWork Experience (QWE) towards the Solicitors QualifyingExamination (SQE) or Training Contract route forstrong performers

Job Purpose and description

As a Paralegal, you will work closely with the fee earner(s) you are assigned to, providing high-quality legal support as a valued and trusted member of the team.

This role offers the opportunity to develop, practise and gain experience in:

• Communication skills
• Legal research
• Client Management
• Practice support skills
• Drafting
• Case & transaction management

Main Responsibilities and duties

Reporting to Solicitors, Associates, the Legal Director and the Founder & CEO as appropriate, you will work under the supervision of a senior member of the legal team. As a Paralegal at KaurMaxwell, you will support the delivery of legal services and advice to the firm’s clients, consistently working to the highest professional standards.

Handle the full range of legal work from initial instruction to completion, dependent on level of experience and competence, at all times maintaining a pro-active attitude.

To achieve this, you undertake certain element of fee earning work under supervision. Including but not limited to:

Case and transaction management

• Client care correspondence
• Attending meetings and taking notes
• Drafting and reviewing correspondence,attendance notes and basic legal documents
• Conducting legal research and preparing case or transaction summaries
• Preparing and indexing bundles for hearings, meetings or completion
• Assisting with disclosure, due diligence and document review exercises
• Liaising with clients, counsel, experts and other third parties
• Assisting with the preparation of witness statements, pleadings and instructions to counsel
• Supporting the incorporation, governance andongoing compliance needs of corporate clients
• Assisting with property transactions, including titlechecks, searches and completion formalities
• Supporting billing, costs and matter administration across the team's caseload
• File opening and closing
• Conducting research
• Use the case management system effectively to achieve maximum efficiency

Administration

• Actively participate in supervision and appraisal
• Complete time recording in a timely manner
• Maintain files (electronically and physical files(where applicable)
• Deal with billing, paying costs and closing files
• Follow administrative systems and procedures
• To have excellent time management skills toprioritise your workload

Personal Skills

• To provide professional, bespoke and excellent customer serviceto clients
• Show an empathy for, and understanding of the problems facedby our clients
• An ability to identify problems and propose attainable,realistic solutions
• Ability to think clearly and logically, and the ability to work wellunder pressure
• Willingness to occasionally work outside normal office hourswhere genuinely required, with this kept to a minimum and alwaysbe recognised
• Ability to work within a team and on your own initiative

Interpersonal Skills

You will liaise closely and appropriately with fee earners and all non-fee-earners, always remembering that teamwork is fundamental toa successful and enjoyable working environment. You will also beexpected to negotiate confidently with clients and otherprofessionals to secure the best outcomes.

What we offer you

We invest in our people as much as we do our clients. Alongside a competitive salary,you'll have genuine opportunities to develop your skills, be supported by an experienced and approachable team, and work in a culture that values yourwellbeing as much as your performance.

At KaurMaxwell, we believe excellence and humanity go hand in hand.We're building a firm where talent is nurtured, not exploited, and where our people, and our clients, grow together.

How to apply

Do you think you have got what it takes? We'd love to hear from you.

Our recruitment process is as follows:

Stage 1: Assessment - Complete our online TestGorilla assessment. Take the assessment

Stage 2: Shortlisting - We will review your assessment and, if you are shortlisted, we will contact youwithin 7 days to invite you to the next stage.

Stage 3: Culture Check - A conversation with a member of the KM team to get to know you better,understand what you are looking for and explore whether there is a goodcultural fit between you and KM.

Stage 4: Meet the Fee Earners - You will meet members of our fee-earning team, giving you the opportunity to learn more about the role, the team and what it is like to work at KM.

Stage 5: Meet the CEO -The final stage is a meeting with our CEO, Mandeep Kaur Virdee

Your Route to Qualification

Qualifying Work Experience and progression to trainee solicitor

We know many of our applicants are working towards qualification as a solicitor, and we wantto be upfront about what this role offers on that path.

This role is capable of being confirmed as Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) towards theSQE route. Your time with us will be supervised by a solicitor, who will discuss your career aspirations with you from the outset, support you in keeping a record of your experience, and confirm your QWE where our criteria are met.

Your day-to-day work will be mixed across all areas eventually to make sure you are exposedto a varied enough range of work to develop the competences required for QWE, and we willreview this with you regularly through supervision and appraisal.

Progression to a trainee solicitor position is not automatic or guaranteed, but is a genuine andrealistic route for strong performers, typically considered after 12 to 18 months in the role.That said, it could be less, it very much depends on the individual. We will be honest with youthroughout about how you are progressing and what a training contract with us would involve,including our support with SQE preparation costs and study leave, details of which we willconfirm during the recruitment process.