About the role
Role profile
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Paralegal or Legal Executive to join our highly regarded Private Wealth team in our Bristol office on a full time, permanent basis.
The Practice
Osborne Clarke's Private Wealth team covers all the areas that you might expect from private client lawyers, such as wills, lasting powers of attorney, trusts, probate, deputyship and family investment companies. However, working with colleagues in Osborne Clarke's wider teams, the Private Wealth team also helps form private investment funds, find the optimal structure for a new business venture or investment and support family office arrangements.
"The team at Osborne Clarke consistently delivered clear, pragmatic advice on a very tight deadline." - Chambers & Partners
The team
Spanning our Bristol and London offices, the growing Private wealth team is made up of 2 Partners, 1 Consultant, 1 Legal Director, 1 Senior Associate, 2 Associates, 1 Chartered Legal Executive and 1 Trainee Solicitor.
Key
responsibilities
- With supervision to assist with the
following tasks
- Estate Administration;
- Trust Administration;
- Deputyship and Court of Protection;
- Preparation of Wills;
- Preparation of Lasting Powers of Attorney
to include registration of EPAs and LPAs;
- general administrative tasks and support.
Technical
Skills and Experience
We are ideally looking for a Paralegal or Legal Executive with previous private client experience, particularly in trust and estate administration, but applications are welcome from others who are committed to build a career in this area.
In addition,
you will
- Have the ability to remain calm under
pressure, demonstrating initiative and prioritisation skills;
- Demonstrate attention to detail;
- Be able to competently produce and format
letters and documents;
- Be a competent user of various computer
packages, Outlook, Word, Excel;
- Be a confident user of a document
management system such as iManage;
- Have an interest in how technology can aid
efficiency in your work; and
- Be able to work as part of a team.
Salary and
benefits
We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.
Our recruitment process
We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins on angharad.jenkins@osborneclarke.com
Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.
We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.
About Us
Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.
At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.
*Services in India are provided by a relationship firm
Topics
- Private Client
- Barbican