Paralegal

In-House Paralegal

9-12 Month Fixed Term Contract

European Scope, Commercial & IP

The Company

An Established and Growing Retail and Investment Group, instantly recognised for its market leading success. The company operates in 9 countries, including the UK and across Europe. The Group Legal team is headquartered in London. With year on year business growth, the company prides itself on constant innovation, sustainability and reputation.

The Role and Responsibilities

The Group Legal Team is seeking an experienced In-House Paralegal to assist with the day to day corporate and commercial operations of the legal department. The position has arisen to cover a maternity leave and has been devised to support the Head of Legal and provide legal support to the UK and European businesses.

Working closely with the business s Group departments, the role offers the successful paralegal the responsibility of managing the business s IP, organising corporate documentation and tracking costs.

• General Commercial
  • Assist with drafting and negotiating Marketing, NDAs and T&Cs agreements
  • Creating and updating template contracts, internal guidelines etc.
• Intellectual Property Management
  • Ensure all trademarks and domains are registered and updated
  • Managing (with supervision) ongoing matters with external agent
  • IP incident management: Anti-piracy / Infringement and liaising with IT
• Corporate
  • Manage corporate documents (including marketing, property leasing and corporate structure matters)
  • Monitor and manage expiries of powers of attorney
  • Assistance on acquisition projects, preparing due diligence documentation, record management
• Organise trackers, summaries and reports (such as litigation reporting and investor reporting)
• Compliance checks against new suppliers and partners
• Governance policy and procedure documents
• Coordinating legal invoicing and expense management

A general commercial contracts role that additionally includes managing IP, as well as corporate administrative tasks. This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated LPC qualified in-house paralegal who would like to / enjoys working within the retail, leisure and property industries.

You

The role is ideally suited for a commercially astute LPC qualified paralegal with prior in-house experience. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential as well as a good ability to manage competing deadlines. You will have excellent organisational skills, IT skills, ability to prioritise competing tasks and work under pressure.

A confident communicator with the ability to quickly build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the business, you will be excited to look after the IP interests of this fast-paced organisation with customers firmly placed at its core.

This is a superb opportunity to join a highly skilled legal team that is part of an established European enterprise. The role offers the successful applicant quality work for future career progression and competitive remuneration and benefits. Hybrid working from home and the Central London office.