Incentives Paralegal

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Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition.

With 1200+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 28 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Paralegal Operations team, with the addition of a Incentives Paralegal.

The opportunity for you

Taylor Wessing is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and proactive Incentives Paralegal to join our expanding Paralegal Operations team in Liverpool.

Working alongside Partners, Associates, Knowledge Lawyers, Trainees and fellow Paralegals, you will be a key team player using your own initiative and organisational skills to meet key deadlines.

Key responsibilities

The role is based in Liverpool in the Paralegal Operations team supporting the Incentives practice in the London office. This is a busy team consisting of two partners, a senior counsel, two senior associates, two associates and a trainee.

The advice covered by the team includes advisory work for companies on setting up equity incentive plans whether in the UK or internationally and transactional work alongside the corporate teams. The successful candidate will be supporting the team on this work and the role will also include certain filings on the HMRC PAYE site for employment-related securities.

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential:

• Have completed a Law degree (2:1 and above), PGDL or have previous relevant Paralegal/ CILEx experience
• You will have exceptional attention to detail, proactively identifying discrepancies and always striving to deliver work to the highest standard
• Strong Analytical thinking and a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and all other Microsoft packages
• Legal drafting experience
• You will have excellent time management and organisational skills
• Proven experience of working under pressure, demonstrating the ability to prioritise work effectively, ensuring deadlines are met and stakeholder expectations are managed appropriately.

In addition:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, you will have a professional approach demonstrating the ability to communicate clearly and concisely across multiple stakeholders' groups
• You will be a committed team player whilst also having the ability to work independently
• You will be a self-starter with a proactive and flexible attitude taking ownership of your work from start to finish and supporting others when required
• A keen interest in AI/ tech platforms

Previous relevant paralegal experience is preferred, although not essential as full training will be given.

Benefits

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer;

• Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week)
• Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata).
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child).

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available.

Our culture

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation. We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team. We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

The way we work

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.

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