Portuguese Speaking Document Review Paralegal/Support Lawyer (contract)

Linklaters can only achieve its vision and ambition with the support of outstanding colleagues in our business.  As a Document Review Paralegal / Support Lawyer you can gain experience within a Magic Circle law firm, working in-house or in an alternative legal service provider environment. You will get experience working with document review software, such as Relativity, as well as working closely with Linklaters clients, providing advice, training, assistance and offering exceptional client service. ​

Please find below some required qualification / experience for your CV to be considered:

Technical Capability

• Native Portuguese speaker
• LPC / SQE / BPTC / Foreign qualified or Future trainee
• 2:1 and above degree / equivalent overseas degree
• Background experience, desirable 2+ years in relative field

Client Development

• Good Business Acumen
• Sound understanding of the legal market
• Strong awareness of MS office applications including Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
• Extremely organised - able to prioritise and manage workload
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent eye for detail and presentation
• Good office administration skills
• Quality assurance and customer service experience
• Within commuting distance to London

Work Management

• Ability to work within a pressurised environment 
• Willingness to work long hours when required
• Strong attention to detail (especially on time consuming and repetitive tasks)
• Imaginative, highly motivated and driven to excel
• Team player but able to work autonomously where necessary
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (sufficient gravitas and experience to work effectively with more senior colleagues including Partners, Managing Associates and Clients)
• Demonstrates strong commitment to maintaining high levels of customer service
• Approachable and willing to learn new skills and take on responsibility
• Appreciation of the culturally diverse environment in which the firm operates
• Eagerness to see the job through to completion and displays strong communication, ownership, and time management skills

Our partner

Linklaters partners with a third-party provider for the payroll of all contractor and temporary staff. Therefore, upon acceptance of a temporary role at Linklaters, you will be engaged under a contract for services through our preferred third-party provider. You will not be employed by Linklaters, or have any employment or worker relationship with Linklaters.

Linklaters

Linklaters are a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set.

We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an    ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

How to Apply

Applications are only accepted online via the portal. Queries must be directed to the recruitment team on: [email protected] and not via the Business Teams Functions.

Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive.  It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Application Policy

Applications and CVs (direct or via agency) are only accepted online via the portal. Queries related to this role must be directed to the recruitment team ( [email protected]) and not partners, practices or stakeholders.