Background

EY is a global network of professional services firms engaged in consulting, transaction, assurance and tax services with member firms in over 170 countries worldwide. The UK firm of Ernst & Young LLP has over 700 partners and 18,000 employees.

The UK Legal team is well established and highly regarded. Led by our General Counsel, Lisa Cameron, we comprise 32 lawyers supported by 4 paralegals. The UK Legal team also forms part of a Global legal function.

In line with EY’s NextWave Strategy to create long term value as the world’s most trusted, distinctive professional services organisation EY is disrupting its business performance models, methodologies and its vision for the future, focussing on asset-based services, emerging technologies and encouraging and enabling innovation. We have a vacancy for an additional paralegal within our Legal team, to support that transition.

The Opportunity

The paralegal will be an integral part of the UK Legal Team providing day to day assistance supporting that team. This will include general administrative support, the creation of and circulation of detailed minutes, agendas and associated meeting documentation, organisation of meetings, follow up in respect of open and actioned items to assist the smooth running of various projects and live matters. There will also be the opportunity to support the legal team in other areas including both contentious and commercial matters, legal research and drafting, tracking of legal developments and management of know-how.

Skills and attributes for success

• Previous experience as a paralegal essential
• Strong personal communication skills, including oral/written communication, capable of dealing with wide range of people
• Good drafting skill and attention to detail.
• Strong team player who is both committed and flexible.
• Strong organisation, planning and project management skills
• Good IT skills including Microsoft Office and Excel.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Law degree or non-law degree followed by GDL plus, ideally, LPC (or BPTC)

Ideally, you’ll also have

• The ability to keep calm in a crisis and to cope well with conflicting deadlines.
• The ability to deal with problems in a practical and common sense way.

What we look for

• Strong organisation, planning and project management skills.

What working at EY offers

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

Apply now.

Please note

Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity & inclusiveness here . We ask because it matters!