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Paralegal - Maples and Calder (Jersey) LLP

Paralegal - Jersey

The Maples Group is a standard bearer in financial and legal services, trusted by many of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, private equity firms and international corporations.

Our distinction flows from our carefully curated team: 2,500+ professionals characterised by tenacity, ethics and exacting excellence.  We hire smart and sharpen smarter, arming talent with best-in-class resources and skills.  Operating in key financial centres across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, our international presence offers a unique springboard for career development and cross-cultural immersion.  Our side-by-side financial and legal services are similarly ripe for interdisciplinary learning and growth. 

The Maples Group looks to add a Jersey based Paralegal to our team and invites eager and qualified candidates to apply.  We are committed to diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity as we attract, retain and develop world-class talent.

Who We Seek

Our merit-based culture suits professionals in pursuit of boundless careers and lives.  Beyond their acumen, team members are collaborative and conscientious, bringing a healthy sense of drive and purpose to each interaction and to all aspects of their work.

About the Role

The successful candidate will assist in the establishment and maintenance of an active portfolio of investment funds, corporate and finance work.

It is essential that the candidate will be extremely well organised and will be required to work in an environment where great importance is placed on following instructions and the ability to request assistance from other team members when a deal requires it.

The successful candidate will have exposure to some of the best legal work in the market and will work as part of, and be supported by, a highly successful, entrepreneurial and collegiate team. The candidate will also have a high level of client interaction, thus must possess strong communication skills (both written and oral), have extremely good attention to detail and be able to work comfortably in a professional environment with tight timetables and multiple deadlines.

The responsibilities of the role will include, but are not limited to:

• Drafting of deal documents from precedents
• Drafting listing documents
• Reviewing standard transaction documents from onshore counsel
• Sensitivity to timing and responsiveness to client needs is key and diarising multiple signings and closings
• Diarising and dealing with processes for multiple weekly closings
• Maintaining a database of all transactions in progress and creating monthly deal flow lists
• Monitoring receivables
• Post-deal completion

EXPERIENCE

What You Bring

This post requires significant attention to detail, professionalism, ability to multi-task, and excellent organisational, prioritisation and communications skills. In addition, the successful candidate will be required to adhere to internal policies and procedures.

• Ideally able to commit to a minimum of 12 – 18 months' permanent employment
• The ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, including executives, managers, and subject matter experts
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Solid commercial background gained through experience at a reputed top tier firm or investment bank is preferred
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Strong customer service, problem solving and teamwork abilities
• Effective communicator and confident in client interaction
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines

BENEFITS & REWARDS

The most enduring professional relationships are reciprocal relationships. The Maples Group prioritises employee health and wellbeing. Depending on your location, we offer a range of benefits, including:

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental and optical)
• Competitive vacation packages
• Educational assistance and professional development programmes
• Savings or pension plan
• Life insurance
• Travel insurance
• Global mental wellness programme
• Sports clubs and social events

ABOUT MAPLES GROUP

Over five decades, the Maples Group has grown from modest beginnings into one of the world's preeminent professional services firms, offering specialised fiduciary, fund administration, regulatory and compliance, entity formation and management and legal services on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg.

You can learn more about the Maples Group on our corporate website.  Experience our culture and our people on our Careers Page or on LinkedIn.

Maples’ standard policy to undertake various background screening checks, including criminal records checks, on all applicants to whom a conditional job offer is made. Maples will only ask applicants to disclose a past criminal conviction when a conditional job offer is made. If you have a criminal record it does not mean that your job offer will be automatically withdrawn. Maples will make all job offer decisions on a case by case basis and will take a number of factors into account, such as the role that you are applying for and the nature and circumstances of the past offence. You will have the opportunity to discuss the matter with Maples before a decision is made.

Disclaimer: All personal information collected during the application process will be used for recruitment-related purposes only. Please refer to our Job Applicant Privacy Notice at maples.com/privacy for details on how we handle personal information relating to job applicants.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please submit your CV using the following link https://bit.ly/3ZFTzEz

 

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Interested..?

For more information or to apply for this job please contact:

Bahira Fernandez El-Kindy
Bahira.FernandezEl-Kindy@maples.com>