We are currently seeking an experienced Paralegal to join a busy in-house legal team on an initial 3-month, fully remote contract.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong commercial contracts experience who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and enjoys working closely with internal stakeholders across the business.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review, draft and amend a range of commercial agreements.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders to gather information, understand business requirements and provide legal support.
- Manage relationships with stakeholders across different functions, ensuring clear communication and timely delivery.
- Support the team with the coordination and administration of framework agreements, ensuring documentation is accurately maintained and tracked.
- Assist with project management activities, including monitoring progress, coordinating actions and keeping key workstreams on schedule.
- Proactively identify issues, ask the right questions and ensure matters are progressed efficiently.
Key Requirements:
- Previous experience as a Paralegal within an in-house legal team or a commercial legal environment.
- Strong experience reviewing and drafting commercial agreements.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with colleagues at all levels.
- A naturally inquisitive and proactive approach, with the ability to ask insightful questions and gather the information needed to move matters forward.
- Highly organised with strong project management and administrative skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
About Elevate
Elevate provides consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong and Australia.
ElevateFlex, is the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, we define and support a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We were recently proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.
Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together.
Equitability and Inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, changing the legal business landscape, we know a diverse, inclusive work culture is at the heart of attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work because we know that diversity of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business.
As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape and make a dent in the legal universe.
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