Paralegal – Digital Business

Our international and award-winning Digital Business practice delivers expert advice and solutions on technology, telecoms, outsourcing, fintech and data.

Our expertise covers:

• technology procurement, including cloud transactions, licensing, support and maintenance, migration, testing and disaster recovery;
• fintech, including blockchain and cryptocurrencies;
• transactional and regulatory telecommunications with particular expertise in network-related transactions such as procurements of goods and services relating to active infrastructure, passive infrastructure sale and leaseback deals, and network operations centres;
• outsourcing transactions including IT, business process outsourcing (including middle and back office), contact centers, networks, finance and accounting, HR, payroll logistics, and facilities management;
• data related projects ranging from compliance/privacy advice through to legally compliant ways to commercialise data;
• advising on projects that leverage new/emerging technologies such as AI and the Internet of Things;
• commercial transactions, including joint venture, collaboration, strategic partnership, consortium, and distribution; and
• multi-jurisdictional advice, surveys and contract alignment projects.

We are specialists in a small handful of sectors – financial institutions, asset management and investment funds, TMT and life sciences – where we have deep knowledge and broad experience in these sectors.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Providing administrative and broader support to fee-earners including drafting support, compilation of advice, reviewing and proof-reading legal documents
• Developing knowledge of data protection law and drafting compliance healthcheck reports
• Coordinating multi-jurisdictional surveys, in particular seeking advice from counsel around the world, managing and reviewing responses and chasing counsel
• Undertaking due diligence, in particular document reviews
• Managing documents/files in document review/management databases
• Researching points of law and other factual issues and preparing reports on the same
• Carrying out project management on large and/or complex matters
• Assistance to the team on marketing activities and management of profile raising

Person specification:

Education / qualifications / experience:

• Law graduate ideally with a first or upper second class degree or equivalent
• Ideally have commercial contract/ICT/data protection experience

General skills:

• It is expected that the candidate will have a highly organised and methodical approach to the role as well as confidence with IT systems.
• Attention to detail and the confidence to work independently as well as in a team
• Highly motivated and commercially astute
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• The ability to work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy
• Self-motivated, hardworking, reliable and works well under pressure