Private Equity Paralegal

Fantastic opportunity for a Private Equity Paralegal to join an award winning US law firm on an initial 12-month fixed-term contract.

• Salary to £62,700
• 12-month fixed-term contract
• 09:30-17:30 working hours
• Hybrid working (3 days office / 2 days remote)
• Excellent employee benefits!

This role will utilise broad-based knowledge of resources, practices, and methods to handle complex Private Equity tasks and projects with minimal supervision and will be responsible for all phases of the Private Equity cycle, primarily in the form of document preparation, coordination, production, distribution, and legal research.

Private Equity Paralegal Key Responsibilities:

• Provide high level support to partners, associates, senior paralegals, and the paralegal team leader across the Private Equity department
• Assume ownership of projects and acts as ‘project contact’ between associates, members of the department and other professional staff when coordinating large scale projects between the paralegal team
• Act as ‘buddy’ to paralegals and takes on full responsibility to provide one to one guidance and support on new or complex assignments
• Conduct Companies House searches and analyse constitutional documents
• Draft and file Companies House forms and draft ancillary documents e.g. board minutes, director resignation letters, stock transfer forms
• Prepare statutory declarations and edit documents e.g. loan note registers, subscription documents, share certificates
• Collate KYC, maintain a tracker, and draft cover letters and emails to counterparties e.g. local counsel, HMRC, company secretary, lawyers, clients
• Organise and update precedent and transaction bibles/sets and create electronic bibles

Private Equity Paralegal Skills & Requirements:

• Minimum of four years of experience in a similar paralegal position within a law firm
• Law Degree or Graduate Diploma in Law or similar
• Strong research skills and proficiency in using various research tools, including Westlaw UK, Lexis Library, Practical Law, company registries and other court related websites