The Role
As a paralegal in our busy corporate team, you will be based at our Manchester office working closely with our Northwest Partners. The successful candidate will gain exposure and be given the opportunity to assist Partners, Senior Associates, Associates, Solicitors, and the wider national team on a variety of M&A, capital markets and private equity (to name a few) corporate transactions and undertake company secretarial and management company work for corporates.
Working within the team, there is the opportunity to broaden expertise and learning and develop skills with a view to assuming greater levels of responsibility as a career paralegal.
The Team
Our Corporate team continues to thrive and with an impressive client list it is the perfect home for ambitious corporate lawyers to develop their career.
With a team of 70 corporate lawyers nationally, we advise clients on all types of corporate activity across the UK. Our Corporate team has been recognised nationally including:
• Corporate Law Firm of the Year Insider Media Dealmakers Awards 2022
• The Times Best Law Firms 2022 commended for "Company & Commercial" and "Banking & Finance" (National)
The structure of our highly accomplished national team enables us to offer a partner lead approach on every transaction. Locally in the Manchester team, you will join a team of Partners, Senior Associates, Associates and Solicitors that all work collaboratively across the Corporate Unit. The corporate team provide a nurturing and supportive environment and has opportunity for genuine long term progression prospects.
We consistently act as trusted advisers for clients in sectors as diverse as manufacturing and retail, recruitment, and education. Some of our key clients that we have recently worked with include:
• Palatine Private Equity
• LDC
• JD Sports
• Manchester City FC
Further detail on the corporate team's deal insights can be found here: https://gateleyplc.com/insight/deal-alerts/
The Person
Our successful candidate will ideally have a degree in law and will be a career paralegal who wishes to progress your career, assist senior level lawyers, and develop your skillset within a highly successful corporate legal environment. This would be a perfect opportunity for an ambitious candidate who wishes to progress long term with the firm as a career paralegal.
You will have the ability to work as part of a team whilst also being able to manage your own workload. The successful candidate should also be able to demonstrate the following attributes:
• excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• sound legal knowledge
• ability and willingness to learn
• attention to detail
• organised with time and documents
• excellent diary management capability
• good IT skills
• discretion and professionalism
• commitment to being part of a hard-working team and flexibility to support transactional activity.
• experience with virtual data centres would be desirable but is not essential.
This job description is not an exhaustive list due to the requirements of the role. Therefore, the job holder may be required from time to time to carry out other ad hoc tasks as requested.