Paralegal

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Paralegal

Practice group/Global Operations team: Konexo

Type of Vacancy: Permanent

Full time/Part time: Full-Time

Location: Leeds

About Konexo

Konexo is a global alternative legal and compliance provider developed by Eversheds

Sutherland offering Legal, Compliance and HR services. Through clever use of emerging

technology and resources, we connect clients’ needs with real benefits, and meet their

challenges with transformative solutions.

We combine the heritage, strength and stability of being developed by a global law firm,

with a highly flexible approach to problem solving.

We offer a full range of services including consulting, legal services which includes managed services, branding services, real estate services and interim resourcing support; all underpinned by advanced technology, smart systems, and bright minds. Konexo has a presence in the UK, US, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.

About the Team

The position of Paralegal is within Eversheds Sutherland, Konexo, situated within the Legal Services department. Konexo meets the demand from in-house legal teams looking to outsource elements of their work. Konexo implementations are consulting led, which allows us to design end-to-end solutions to ensure effective delivery of legal services. We combine the technical expertise and resources of one of the world’s leading global law firms with excellence in management consultancy.

Within the team we employ professional lawyers, managers, operational process experts,

paralegals and technology experts - combining together in highly effective structures,

working with advanced technology.

A current Paralegal in our team described their experience as follows:

“I joined Konexo four years ago, and it’s honestly been a great place to work. In my role as a commercial contract paralegal, I get to do a lot of hands-on work across a range of clients that’s really helped build my confidence and legal skills. I’m also studying alongside the job, and the support I’ve had from the team has made balancing both so much easier. The lawyers are always happy to explain things, which has been a huge help in growing my understanding. Everyone’s really friendly, and the social events that we host make it easy to feel part of the wider team.”

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Paralegal to join our Konexo Managed Legal Services team at Eversheds Sutherland. If you’re keen to expand your commercial knowledge, join a team of Legal, Technical and Operational specialists and contribute to revolutionising the legal services sector, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Reviewing matters in line with client’s contractual standards and playbooks
• Commercial contract reviews; contract drafting, reviewing and preparing contract variations
• Proof reading/cross referencing documentation
• Providing Paralegal support to clients, lawyers and fee earners
• Liaising with internal and external parties
• Assisting with continuous improvement of playbooks and process

Skills and experience:

We would love to speak to candidates who hold the following skills and experience:

• Experience of working as a paralegal either in private practice or in-house teams
• Ability to manage conflicting deadlines and prioritise work to meet SLAs
• Ability to adapt communication style to different audiences including clients and internal stakeholders
• Proactive in taking full responsibility for own workload
• Ability to effectively use knowledge and initiative to complete tasks
• Excellent attention to detail
• An understanding of commercial contracts would be beneficial but not essential

Diversity & Inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, we recognise that having diverse talent across our business brings many benefits, and we are committed to accessing a wide range of views and thinking in all that we do. A culture of inclusion, where each person feels able to be their true self at work and reach their full potential is key. We recognise that bringing together the perspectives of individuals of all backgrounds, life experiences, preferences and beliefs is critical if we are to serve our global client base, people and communities as a leading global legal practice.

We are a LGBT+ inclusive employer and are Stonewall Corporate Champions.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to enable participation in the recruitment

process, please contact us so that we can discuss how best to assist.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, “Inclusive” is a core business value. We bring together different skillsets, global mindsets and approaches. We foster diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. We have an inherent respect for the individual. We have a strong belief in collaboration and teamwork. Sharing ideas, asking questions, solving challenges and meeting our clients’ goals: together.

We want all our people to thrive at work and reach their full potential and we work hard to continue to build a diverse and inclusive culture, monitor and report on our progress and impact, and develop our approach. This is reflected in our policies, systems and processes, and in our work with diversity membership organisations.

Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we are open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process.

We want you to perform at your best during our recruitment process. If there is any adjustment or support you need, please contact us so we can discuss how we can best assist you.

For you,

For your success.

And what's next.