ROLE OVERVIEW // Our PEI Group is made up of 5 Partners, 6 Professional Support Lawyers and around 30 Senior Counsel and Associates.
PEI is one of our specialist groups, with other such groups including Tax, Competition, Financial Regulation, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property and Real Estate. We have extensive Corporate, Commercial and Financing practices, and carry out a range of transactional and advisory mandates for clients in all these areas.
This role will directly support Partners, Senior Counsel and Associates in the Pensions, Employment and Incentives Group with their client work, as well as the Group’s Knowledge Team in with a wide range of know-how tasks.
Billing and invoicing to clientsDay-to-day support for fee-earners including ad-hoc projects and research tasksResearching and reporting on legal issues
Strong academic qualifications (ideally a minimum 2:1 degree from a top university, although extenuating circumstances will be considered on a case-by-case basis, where relevant), including a degree or post-graduate diploma in lawExperience in a corporate law firm strongly preferred, along with a strong interest in Pensions, Employment and IncentivesAbility to pick up new legal concepts and terminology quickly;Comfortable with basic maths and data entryA basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel and the use of a document management system (e.g. iManage) would be beneficial but is not essential.We welcome applications irrespective of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, belief or marital status….