Job Description:

Core - Asset are working with a leading financial services firm seeking a Legal Executive to join their team on a permanent basis.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone coming from a Legal Executive/paralegal background who can carve out a rewarding legal career in a global company.

The candidate is not required to be a qualified lawyer.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Non-qualified lawyer or paralegal showing an interest in and willingness to learn more about matters such as client context and rationale for common trade types and the typical commercial and risk considerations.


• Typically requires a university degree within a relevant subject as an indicator of an ability to understand and apply complex regulatory theoretical concepts, although this is not essential.
  May have progressed into the role via equivalent relevant experience.
  


• A strong personal focus on accuracy and attention to detail and able to prioritise workload based on shifting business needs.


• Good written and oral language skills.


• Capable of working both autonomously (with senior support as required) as well as part of a cross-disciplinary team.
  


• Skilled in the use of a range of standard computer software, e.g., Microsoft Office, email and other communications and productivity software.

Core Responsibilities:

• Non-qualified lawyer or paralegal accountable for providing routine support relation to client-facing transactions and internal projects.
  The primary product focus is on documentation, transaction management and research for specialist credit businesses


• Keeps up to date with relevant legal and regulatory rules and procedures, and the internal policies and correctly applies that knowledge in order to assist more senior members of the team in determining an appropriate course of action based on those guidelines.


• Responsible for delivery of output on their specifically assigned tasks, working to appropriate timelines, ensuring sufficient attention to detail and service quality.


• Uses best practices and experiences to assist more senior members of the team in identifying potential process improvements to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the support provided personally, particularly in relation to legal risk management.
  


• Works under own initiative but with readily available supervision and guidance to prioritise their workload and achieve their personal development and growth objectives within agreed timescales.


• Collaborates with more senior professionals within the team on more complex tasks, such as non-standard client documents and new internal precedents and helps conduct research on projects as directed.


• Builds internal working relationships with colleagues and more senior team members to increase their knowledge of the Legal team and its role in helping to support and drive

Benefits:

• A highly competitive salary


• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 15585

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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