Legal Assistant - Banking

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Legal Assistant to join our highly successful Banking team based in Manchester.
As a Legal Assistant, you will be responsible for a range of tasks including preparing standard form documents, running the CP process, dealing with signing arrangements, completing post-completion forms, and undertaking legal research. You will also assist with business development projects and carry out basic administrative tasks.
To be successful you should have good familiarity with Microsoft Office, excellent IT skills, and experience in a legal assistant/paralegal role (in banking or a related area). You should also have a proactive, professional, and flexible attitude to work, be confident in working on your own initiative, and be able to adapt to working in a challenging yet rewarding role.
Join us and be a part of a law firm that works across business and society, and this expertise sets us apart. Social and environmental impact are at the top of our business agenda. We champion fairness, make the complex simple and forge connections between clients to find creative solutions. This is how we improve outcomes for every person, community and business we serve.
With offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Dublin, Exeter, London, Manchester and Nottingham, we’re a UK & I based law firm with an international reach. Our sectors include: health; real estate and construction; education; energy and infrastructure; financial services; government; insurance; manufacturing and industrials; and retail, consumer and logistics.
We nurture talent at all levels and from every background and celebrate what makes people individuals. Law needs all voices to reflect the society it serves and we’re working towards social mobility, diversity and inclusion in our firm - and our profession. We strive to create meaningful personal and professional development opportunities and offer flexible working in support of a good work-life balance. We focus on wellbeing and individuality, so that all our people can thrive.
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Tick on the application form if you’d like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
You might have enjoyed working from home and would like to split your time between there and the office/ other work locations. Others may be eager to return to the office on a more regular basis. We believe that a regular level of in-person contact is an important way to build connections with your colleagues, enhancing knowledge and idea sharing and enabling all of us to benefit from the vibrant office culture Browne Jacobson has to offer.
If you are a motivated and enthusiastic individual with a passion for law and a desire to work for a leading UK law firm apply now!
If external support is required on a vacancy, a member of the Browne Jacobson recruitment team will release the role to one of our agency partners. We ask that recruitment agencies do not send CVs unless instructed on the role. Please note that any speculative CVs submitted via agencies without invitation will not be considered as represented by the agency.
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