Paralegal supporting Brazilian legal team in civil litigation and proceedings. Involves legal research, client liaising, case management, and documentation preparation.
Responsibilities
Monitoring litigation enquiries; providing client care including liaising with clients (by phone and email)
Undertaking ad-hoc research projects as necessary
Analysing data and providing reports/summaries of findings
Managing the Group Register of claimants for the case
Liaising directly with clients in order to progress with their individual claims
Filing correspondence internally, and through E-Filing with the Court
Managing the litigation timetable and key diary dates for Associate Solicitor(s)
Civil litigation specific tasks including preparing documentation for substitutions; discontinuances; file closing; probate etc.
Disclosure review using the Relativity e-discovery platform
Drafting correspondence and memoranda
Develop and maintain relationships with external counsel
Requirements
Strong communication skills, in person and writing
Experience in Brazilian collective law and Consumer law
Excellent analytical skills, including for legal issues presented in documents
Independent and proactive approach to work, but willing to ask for help when needed
Hard-working, resilient, highly organised, and flexible
Acute attention to detail
Respectful of client confidentiality
Comfortable working as part of a dynamic international team.
Post-graduate qualification in private international; environmental; business and human rights laws (Desirable)
Previous experience of using the Relativity e-disclosure platform (Desirable)
Previous experience of using Proclaim (or equivalent), case management system. (Desirable)
Portuguese language skills (Desirable)
Benefits
25 days’ annual leave (plus 8 Bank Holidays)
Private medical insurance
Private pension scheme
Life assurance
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
Employee assistance programme
Employee referral bonus
E-bikes and gym discounts (available through salary sacrifice scheme)
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