Job Description

Corporate Paralegal

Crawley, West Sussex

Full time with a mix of office and remote working

Salary Depending on Experience

A highly regarded legal practice are seeking an ambitious, motivated Paralegal to join their reputable Corporate team in their Ashford office. The team acts for a range of clients from owner managed businesses to large national and multinational companies in a variety of sectors including manufacturing, retail, logistics and IT.

They are experts across a range of matters to include:

• Share acquisitions and disposals
• Business acquisitions and disposals
• Management buys outs
• Corporate restructuring
• Corporate governance and directors’ duties
• Business formation and incorporation
• Shareholders’ agreements and articles of association
• Share buybacks
• LLPs and Partnerships
• Corporate insolvency

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Taking instructions and progressing the files under the solicitor’s instructions
• Assisting the team with larger scale, complex transactions
• Attending to clients of the firm
• Drafting a wide range of legal documentation such as shareholder agreements, business structure, business protection and business sales and purchases.
• Making amendments to Articles of Association
• Active involvement within business development
• Maintaining a professional and polite demeanour at all times
• Secretarial support is provided to all fee earning members of the team

Desired skills:

• Working knowledge of corporate law
• Handling own files under supervision
• Client focused
• Good knowledge of relevant computer programmes e.g. MS Office and online time recording.