Company Description
- Job Title: Paralegal
- Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
- Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
- Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
By joining as a Paralegal at SGS, you'll have access to a range of benefits including performance-related bonuses, private medical cover, a competitive pension scheme with life assurance, and a generous annual leave allowance that grows with your service. Enjoy extra perks like a day off for your birthday, discounted gym memberships, retail discounts, enhanced parental leave, service awards, Christmas vouchers, and health & wellbeing initiatives.
About Us
SGS are a global leader in sustainability, quality, and integrity, our 99,600-strong workforce across 2,600 offices and labs is dedicated to fostering a safer, more connected world. Our services impact every facet of daily life, enhancing the safety of food, consumer products, transport, and healthcare, to advancing nuclear industry testing. Your role is crucial in providing safer products, superior services, and maintaining societal connectivity.
Job Description
As a member of the Legal Team you'll assist in the provision of first line legal advice, support and training to all internal businesses and functions, offering a practical and informed interpretation of the laws affecting the Company in response to routine and non-routine matters, thus enabling all operations to ensure that business goals are achieved with due consideration for legislation and minimizing the Company's risk exposure.
As part of your role you'll assist in the review and negotiation of contracts, the settlement of disputes, the management of the companies' properties and the completion of acquisitions.
Key Accountabilities;
- Assist in the review and negotiation of contracts
- Assist in property management
- Assist in the management of litigation matters affecting the Company and co-ordinate improvements to systems and procedures needed as a result of successful claims
- Assist with acquisitions/disposals
- Assist in the provision of Company Secretarial services to the Company and its UK affiliates
- Assist, where required, in employment law issues affecting the Company
- Provide or source training on a group/individual basis, to support the business in strengthening the skills base of its workforce in relation to legislation/new regulations, as required
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you'll need a working knowledge of commercial law either in-house or within private practice.
You'll also need to demonstrate the following;
- Professional legal qualifications attained or in progress
- Experience of negotiating commercial contracts
- Ability to work under own initiative and with a degree of autonomy
- Ability to assert influence and expertise when appropriate
- Willingness to learn and adapt to change – committed to continuous personal and professional development
- Effective interpersonal skills
The ideal candidate will have experience of drafting/negotiating commercial contracts, managing litigation and commercial property and have an understanding of IPRs and data protection.
Additional Information
SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.
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