We are looking for a pro-active and commercially minded Paralegal to help support the day-to-day legal requirements of our expanding and evolving operations across our industry leading Financial Advisory businesses in the UK, Ireland, Middle East and Caribbean. This is an excellent opportunity to join Teneo’s global financial advisory team (with Quality and Risk Management (“QRM”) team members based across the UK in Edinburgh, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, and London). This role can be based in any of our UK offices (Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, and London) and will report to the QRM Advisory Lead who is based in London.

Key Responsibilities

Support engagement teams in the review and agreement of Non-Disclosure Agreements (own template and clients)
Support engagement teams in the review and agreement of engagement contracts (standard templates)
Support engagement teams in the review and agreement of client master service agreements with support from the Group Legal function
Provide general legal and administrative support to the team, including updating and maintaining templates, guidance notes, filing, and executing agreements
Handle queries and requests from colleagues and third parties
Manage KYC requests
Support with policies and procedures
Develop processes and identify areas for continuous improvement
Support the QRM Advisory Lead and the team on ad hoc projects as required

Skills and Experience

Must have at least one year’s paralegal experience, previous in-house experience preferred
Experience in contracting is required
Excellent communication skills and able to deal confidently and positively with inquiries in person, in writing, or on calls
Strong attention to detail even while working under pressure
Capable of multitasking and prioritizing tasks in accordance with deadlines and workload demands
A positive can-do attitude with enthusiasm to take on new tasks and curiosity to learn about new areas
Strong organization, administration, and IT (in particular Word/Excel) skills

The Financial Advisory Team at Teneo

Teneo’s global Financial Advisory business advises corporates, creditors, and other financial stakeholders in situations of financial stress and distress. No two situations are the same. Our advice and approach are tailored to each situation and each client. At Teneo, we believe such occurrences present new opportunities for our clients. Opportunities to restore value, raise new capital, pivot in a new direction and ultimately, identify certainty amidst chaos. Teneo partners with clients to find viable opportunities that will protect and enhance value and help them to build strategies that will most benefit their business and/or investment goals.

What can we offer you?

28 days holiday
Discretionary Bonus Scheme
Cash benefits allowance
Extensive investment in personal development & learning
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service) and shared parental leave
Group Income protection
Life assurance
Cycle to work schemes
Regular social, cultural, and charitable activities

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

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