Paralegal - Corporate, Immigration
The role
This is a great opportunity for a paralegal with strong immigration experience to become part of a growing practice group. You will gain exposure across a range of clients and have responsibility for completing relevant research, drafting documents and completing applications. You will be working closely with the Head of Department and will also have the opportunity to gain broader business development exposure in order to further raise the profile of the practice.
Role responsibility
- Responsible for assisting with the preparation of immigration applications, under supervision.
- Bringing extensive experience completing online visa application forms, drafting Certificates of Sponsorships, uploading documents to UKVCAS and scheduling biometric appointments.
- File opening and closure, following compliance rules.
- Scanning and copying of documentation.
- Research into specific areas of immigration law or on specific questions.
- Review client queries and draft responses for review by the team.
- Drafting covering letters for UK immigration applications.
- Compiling case summaries of recent decisions so as to keep legal knowledge up-to-date.
- Answering incoming queries and providing case updates to clients.
- Drafting press releases and blog articles for publication.
- Preparing account forms for Finance processes e.g. Chaps payments.
- Coordinating the end-to-end billing process and Elite financial reporting.
- Ensuring the Business Development (BD) team is fully informed of any BD activities and updating the schedules as required.
- Supporting PAs where required, especially during any absence.
About you
Ideally you will be able to demonstrate:
- Previous immigration experience as a paralegal.
- Excellent attention to detail, oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent diary management, organisational and time-management skills.
- Flexibility and initiative.
- The ability to work well under pressure, remaining calm and focussed.
- the ability to work in a team and to multitask – establishing relationships with members of other departments.
- Proactivity in taking responsibility for cases.
- Discretion when dealing with sensitive information.
- The desire to take ownership of your career progression – your career development will be fully supported.
- An awareness of SRA rules and regulations.
- Excellent use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PDF and PowerPoint.
Practical use of the below systems would be desirable:
- Elite 3E
- DocuSign
- Carpe Diem
- Lexis Smart Forms or Laserforms
- CRM
- Chrome River
- Document management system (e.g. iManage)
- PDF Docs and Adobe
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual holiday
- Permanent Health Insurance
- Life Assurance
- Interest free Season Ticket Loan
- Private Healthcare
- Pension Scheme
- Staff Introductory Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
About us
We are a London based, full-service law firm, specialising in providing straightforward advice to entrepreneurial businesses and individuals on domestic and international matters.
We have grown substantially in recent years, including two mergers and an office move. We’ve also matured in terms of our approach to providing advice to our clients, seeking to simplify and improve the experience of working with a modern, independent law firm.
We’re proud of our journey. Without losing sight of where we’ve come from, we are focused on where we’re going. We are evolving and growing every day. And just like our clients, we are ambitious and moving forward. Many of our clients are entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises who are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. We are one of the only London based law firms with a large private wealth offering alongside significant business law capability.
The firm also advises major corporates on particular specialist legal matters who find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.
