Paralegal - Impact Finance

We are seeking a Paralegal to join our Impact Finance team and provide dedicated support across its practice. This is an opportunity to get hands-on experience of our clients in this sector, many of whom are household names, and to develop your skills and experience in this area. The role This is an excellent opportunity for a Paralegal to join our market-leading Impact Finance team, advising banking, finance and impact investing clients including ethical lenders, banks, UK and international impact investors, DFIs, social enterprises and charities. The team sits within our top ranked Charity & Social Enterprise department. This is a unique opportunity to use your skills and experience to make a real difference. You will have a high degree of client contact, developing your own relationships and networks. The Role Perform expected paralegal duties as delegated by fee earners. Examples include, but are not limited to: Legal research and summarising legal documents. Provide support to fee earners on the Finance team’s transactional work in the debt finance space which shall include: - supporting with project management aspects; - drafting ancillary documents; - liaising with local counsel; and - managing the signing process. Review, summarise and monitor relevant regulatory updates. Support fee earners on matter management where requested. Support fee earners in knowledge and business development such as research and preparing documentation and presentations. Attend client meetings and produce meeting minutes. Play a key role in developing and maintaining the ChaSE Finance team's legal precedents, knowhow and resource bank. Contribute to the creation of new knowhow materials and ensure existing resources are kept up to date and fit for purpose. Participate in team meetings and sector groups, including coordinating meetings and circulating information related to sectors. Be proactive in providing high-quality legal service to our clients. Display effective time management and career development. Attend internal and external training as and when required. Keep up to date with developments in law and practice. Engage with the firm’s internal forums and programmes. Specific tasks may change over time, so we’ll need you to be adaptable and flexible as we continue to meet our clients’ needs. About you You are a graduate with experience as a paralegal and/or a Law Degree, or graduate level legal qualification (such as the Graduate Diploma in Law or equivalent) – a postgraduate level legal qualification such as the Legal Practice Course or the SQE qualifications is desirable for this role, but not essential. Ideally, the successful candidate will have a keen interest in Banking, at least one year’s experience supporting banking transactions and experience of organising signings, drafting ancillary documents and managing local counsel and will have excellent project management skills. You have excellent written and…