Paralegal - Digital Business - #1763115

Our international and award-winning Digital Business practice delivers expert advice and solutions on technology, telecoms, outsourcing, fintech and data.

We are specialists in a small handful of sectors - financial institutions, asset management and investment funds, TMT and life sciences - where we have deep knowledge and broad experience in these sectors.

Our expertise covers:

• technology procurement, including cloud transactions, licensing, support and maintenance, migration, testing and disaster recovery;
• fintech, including blockchain and cryptocurrencies;
• transactional and regulatory telecommunications with particular expertise in network-related transactions such as procurements of goods and services relating to active infrastructure, passive infrastructure sale and leaseback deals, and network operations centres;
• outsourcing transactions including IT, business process outsourcing (including middle and back office), contact centers, networks, finance and accounting, HR, payroll logistics, and facilities management;
• data related projects ranging from compliance/privacy advice through to legally compliant ways to commercialise data;
• advising on projects that leverage new/emerging technologies such as AI and the Internet of Things;
• commercial transactions, including joint venture, collaboration, strategic partnership, consortium, and distribution; and
• multi-jurisdictional advice, surveys and contract alignment projects.
  
  
  

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Providing administrative and broader support to fee-earners including drafting support, compilation of advice, reviewing and proof-reading legal documents
• Developing knowledge of data protection law and drafting compliance healthcheck reports
• Coordinating multi-jurisdictional surveys, in particular seeking advice from counsel around the world, managing and reviewing responses and chasing counsel
• Undertaking due diligence, in particular document reviews
• Managing documents/files in document review/management databases
• Researching points of law and other factual issues and preparing reports on the same
• Carrying out project management on large and/or complex matters
• Assistance to the team on marketing activities and management of profile raising
  
  
  

Person specification

Education / Qualifications / Experience

• Law graduate ideally with a first or upper second class degree or equivalent
• Previous experience working as a Paralegal - commercial contract/ICT/data protection experience would be an advantage.
  
  
  

General skills

• It is expected that the candidate will have a highly organised and methodical approach to the role as well as confidence with IT systems.
• Attention to detail and the confidence to work independently as well as in a team
• Highly motivated and commercially astute
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• The ability to work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy
• Self-motivated, hardworking, reliable and works well under pressure
  
  
  

Firm introduction:

Simmons & Simmons is a leading international law firm, providing clients with commercially aware legal advice, whenever and wherever they need it. We have over 1,600 people situated in key business and financial centres across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

We understand that our firm is equal only to the strengths of our people and place great emphasis on recruiting and retaining staff who meet our high standards. Our philosophy for international growth has been to build practices around local teams who understand the culture, business and languages of the countries and regions in which we operate. In doing so, we believe that we have succeeded in developing a closely knit and cohesive network that meets local business needs as part of a global service.

Our business services groups provide integrated support for our global operations. The firm is organised in line with our clients’ requirements into key practice areas and sector groups. Our sector focus allows us to better appreciate the environment in which our clients operate and to work with them to achieve their objectives. Our client base includes leading financial institutions and a significant number of the current FTSE 100 and Fortune Global 500 companies.

Our focus on a small number of sectors means we are able to understand and respond to our clients’ needs. Our industry sectors are: Asset Management & Investment Funds, Financial Institutions, Healthcare & Life Sciences and Telecoms, Media & Technology (TMT). We also focus on the E&I market, in particular through our international projects and construction teams. We have a track record for innovation and delivering value to clients through new ways of working. The core practice areas, from which we draw our sector teams, are: corporate, dispute resolution, employment, pensions & employee benefits, EU, competition & regulatory, financial markets, information, communications & technology, intellectual property, projects, real estate and tax.

For additional information on the firm, please visit our website at www.simmons-simmons.com.

Equal opportunities:

• We are committed to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to equal opportunities in employment.
• We believe in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment. We ensure that those who serve or who have served in the armed forces, and their families, are treated fairly during the recruitment and selection processes.
• At Simmons & Simmons we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us, should this be something you are interested in.
  
  
  

Background screening:

All recruits of Simmons & Simmons will be required to go through our background screening process. Depending on the position you apply for this may include a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) certificate. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a DBS certificate on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed. The firm’s policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request.