Paralegal in Compliance

About Eversheds Sutherland

Eversheds Sutherland represents the combination of two firms with a shared culture, values and commitment to client service excellence. We are each known for our commercial awareness and industry knowledge and for providing innovative and tailored solutions for every client.

As a full service law practice, we act for the public and private sector across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the US providing legal advice to clients across the Company Commercial, Employment, Labour & Pensions, Litigation and Dispute Management, and Real Estate practices.

With 74 offices across 35 countries worldwide, we have become one of the largest law practices in the world and a great place to work and develop your career.

The Role

• Working in the Governance and Compliance Team to ensure that all of the firm’s legal and regulatory obligations are met to a high standard across the business.
• Assisting the Governance and Compliance Team on various risk and compliance issues, including Solicitors Regulatory Authority (“SRA”) and all other relevant regulatory , professional ethics, quality management and complaints.
• Assisting the Governance and Compliance Team responding to day to day enquiries from the firm, clients and other third parties on confidentiality, the SRA Standards and Regulations, our policies and procedures,and regulatory compliance.
• Assisting the Legal and Regulatory Compliance Team in the ongoing development and roll-out of risk and compliance training to the wider business.
• Assisting the Governance and Compliance Team in the review of/updates to the firm’s policies, including working with others in the team to facilitate the development of new policies and guidance notes where necessary.
• Assisting colleagues on projects to manage risk across the firm’s network of offices (UK/International)
• Actively participating in International Operations Team (“IO”) initiatives, working with colleagues across IO to ensure the needs of the business are met.
• Researching and advising on local law and local regulatory requirements, in respect of the firm’s network of offices
• Assisting the Governance and Compliance Team in the intended growth plans for the firm
• Working with other members of the team and wider business as required to support in the delivery of the firm’s objectives

Skills and experience

• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to deliver sensitive messages tactfully when required
• Good negotiation skills
• Commercial and financial awareness,
• Adopts a pragmatic and innovative approach to meeting client/business needs
• A passion for risk and compliance matters
• Ability to think independently, contribute to projects and confidently engage with colleagues at all levels
• Attention to detail
• Strong organisational skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Enjoys working under pressure and meeting tight deadlines
• Excellent level of IT and systems literacy

Key competencies

• Ability to work in a team
• A lively, energetic personality and enthusiasm for providing excellent client service
• A tenacious yet practical approach to problem solving
• Excited and challenged by the pace and demands of a corporate environment
• Commercial awareness
• Good interpersonal skills
• A high degree of flexibility and responsiveness in approach to work
• Service-orientated with an ability to understand the varied issues facing the offices across the firm’s network and provide possible solutions to challenges.
• Resilient under pressure and willing to work with the challenges brought by change.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, we recognise that having diverse talent across our business brings many benefits, and we are committed to accessing a wide range of views and thinking in all that we do. A culture of inclusion, where each person feels able to be their true self at work and reach their full potential is key. We recognise that bringing together the perspectives of individuals of all backgrounds, life experiences, preferences and beliefs is critical if we are to serve our global client base, people and communities as a leading global legal practice.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to enable participation in the recruitment process, please contact us so that we can discuss how best to assist.

We are open to considering flexible working options for our vacancies. Whilst we are not able to offer flexible working across all of our roles, many of our people work flexibly in some way, and we would encourage you to talk to us about this during the hiring process if you would like to explore further.

We are a LGBT+ inclusive employer and are Stonewall Corporate Champions.