Fieldfisher's highly regarded Employment, Pensions, Immigration and Compliance team has enjoyed significant success in the past five years and is quickly growing. The team, made up of leading Partners, Senior Associates, Solicitors and Apprentice Solicitors are seeking to recruit an ambitious Paralegal to support its growing litigation practice.
The successful candidate will provide support to several team members, including Partners and a sitting Employment Judge, with the opportunity for the successful candidates to take responsibility for case handling and management of all aspects of Employment Tribunal claims. The team's practice includes high quality work for some of the UK's leading brands and with nationally recognised Lawyers and Barristers.
This is a great opportunity to develop your experience and responsibility for case handling and client skills in a fast growing, ambitious, supportive and collaborative team.
What You'll Do
- Reviewing Employment Tribunal claims
- Assessing litigation strategy
- Liaising with clients on disclosure obligations and collation of documents
- Drafting Employment Tribunal defences
- Preparation of early case assessments
- Managing disclosure exercises
- Preparation of trial bundles, including indexing and pagination
- Drafting agendas and documents for preliminary hearings, with potential advocacy opportunities
- Interviewing witnesses and drafting witness statements
- Assisting with witness preparation
- Attending hearings and conferences with Counsel
- Diary and internal tracker management
- Ad-hoc company searches, etc. in support of legal opinions or as part of case progression
- Proof reading documents
- Document management
- Working with legal technology tools
- E-Discovery
- Liaising closely with the Partner/Associate supervising the matter
- Attending team meetings and providing reporting as required
- Liaising with the client and third parties in both written and verbal format, including case progression updates and providing legal advice or advice on litigation strategy
- Communicating with third parties in both written and verbal format, including negotiating with adverse parties
- Legal research and other investigative tasks
- Providing essential support to the team
- Administrative tasks
What We're Looking For
- Experience of working as a Paralegal
- Strong educational background
- Previous experience in employment and/or litigation work is desirable but not essential
- Experience handling a varied and busy workload
- Excellent organisation and communication skills are essential
- Excellent research and analytical skills
- Commercial understanding allowing you to foresee upcoming needs and act proactively
- Team player
- Ability to work methodically and at pace, even when time pressured
- Reliable and professional
- Good written and strong communication skills
- Excellent IT skills
- Enthusiastic, keen and proactive
- Preparedness to exceed expectations and be fully committed to the role
What We Offer
- Inclusive & Supportive Environment: A firm that embraces diversity with benefits designed for everyone.
- Competitive Benefits Package: Includes private health insurance, life assurance, income protection, well-being support, flexi-gym discounts, and more.
- Modern Office Space: Based on the 17th floor in No.1 Spinningfields, with views of the entire City.
- Collaborative Culture: Join a diverse team with opportunities for hybrid working and hot-desking.
- Social & Community Engagement: Participate in clubs, networks, inclusive events, and more.
Inclusiveness and Diversity
At Fieldfisher, led by the social model of disability, we are working towards removing accessibility barriers and maximising disability and neurodiversity inclusion in our recruitment processes.
Should you have any accessibility requirements, please contact a member of Fieldfisher's Recruitment Team who will work with you to implement suitable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All conversations are treated in the strictest of confidence and we would appreciate your feedback to ensure we can provide an accessible and enjoyable recruitment process.
For accessibility information on our Manchester offices, please visit our website.
How to Apply:
- Click 'Apply Now' to submit your CV and begin your application.
- Note: We recruit on a rolling basis until the role is filled.
Recruitment Process:
- 20-30-minute introductory call with one of our experienced recruiters.
- The interview process varies depending on the role you apply for. However, your recruitment contact will always let you know what to expect from the process, so nothing should come as a surprise.
- For hybrid opportunities, candidates will be invited to visit our offices and meet the team face to face.
- Our average the process takes around 2-3 weeks, but we will always work around your availability. You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process, but if you do have any specific questions before this please contact us.
Please note that we recruit on a rolling basis, meaning that your application will most likely be reviewed before the application deadline. We will continue to accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.
The Firm
Fieldfisher is Times Top 20 Law Firm, a highly commended firm in the European Financial Times Innovative Lawyers rankings and is repeatedly nominated for awards in areas including dispute resolution, M&A and IP. Many of our lawyers are recognised by legal directories as leading professionals in their areas of specialism and we are top two-ranked in a number of our key practice areas.
Our network spans over 1,800 people across 26 international offices in 12 countries.
We operate across our offices in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beijing, Belfast (2), Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Brussels, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Turin, Venice, Vienna and Silicon Valley.