Full Description

We love the energy and creativity that pushes us to change who we are and how we work, so we're looking for Paralegals who can embrace our innovative environment, and who are excited by the projects underway.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake work in support of a team of fee earners, meeting an agreed chargeable hours target
• Produce first drafts of legal documents from precedents
• Assist qualified staff with production and circulation of draft documents generally
• Assist with compilation of opinions, completion documents, conditions precedent, coordination and collation of signatures physically or via electronic systems
• Undertake searches of the Greffe and Royal Court records
• Assist with team-specific financials/matter management e.g. budgets, WIP, aged debt reporting 
• Communicate with clients, fee earners and other Ogier staff members on legal matters and administrative matters
• Ensure that all new client matters are accurately set up in the client accounting and database system and maintaining client records and contact names, communicating with clients and Ogier staff as appropriate
• Ensure files are kept up to date (including filing of documents, emails and correspondence) when active and that files are closed/archived once the matter is concluded following instruction from the relevant fee-earner
• Undertake and manage client specific BD arrangements for fee-earners, when necessary, and maintain a record of client matters and deals for use in marketing activities
• Understand and utilise all of the services provided by the Global Support Team
• Liaising with Ogier Global Limited and other administrators regarding matter progression, legal and administrative details
• Provide practical and administrative assistance to the team members and clients 
• Leading the way with innovation, technology and tools by supporting and trialling new initiatives
• Screen incoming telephone calls, taking and relaying accurate messages where necessary. Where appropriate, arrange and set up conference and outgoing calls for the team

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
We love technology, so you'll need to be tech savvy, with strong attention to detail and an organised approach to your work.

If you've got previous Legal experience through a paralegal role, or suitable academic credentials (LPC/GDL/LLB), then you could be right for our progressive opportunities.

About Ogier
Ogier provides legal advice on BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg law. Our network of locations also includes Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. Legal services for the corporate and financial sectors form the core of our business, principally in the areas of banking and finance, corporate, investment funds, dispute resolution, private equity and private wealth. We also have strong practices in the areas of employee benefits and incentives, employment law, regulatory, restructuring and corporate recovery and property. Ogier's corporate administration business, Ogier Global, incorporates and administers a wide variety of vehicles including public and private companies, partnerships and trusts. Ogier is based in 12 jurisdictions including Beijing, BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.

For more information please visit https://careers.ogier.com/en/postings/bdcf3baa-9279-4a8e-8935-40c1cd9d570d.

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