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DACB’s Health Care and Public Law Team provides legal advice and training to a wide range of organisations operating in the health and social care sector, including NHS Trusts, independent sector providers, charities, commissioners and investors.
The team is highly rated in Legal 500 and Chambers and recognised as a “very broad range of specialists and all, without exception, first class experts and great to work with”.
We currently have an opportunity for a Paralegal to join our team, with particular focus on working with our healthcare regulatory lawyer in delivery of advice to clients and management of our client relationships.
The team plays an important role in DACB’s broader Health practice, which is widely recognised as the leading strategic, commercial and regulatory legal adviser to the health and social care sector in the UK. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing team and learn from top subject area specialists, whilst also gaining wider experience of working in the legal sector.
Key responsibilities
Supporting the local team and the national Health Care and Public Law Team. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- Acting as a point of contact for clients, responding to their requests and providing a high-level service to clients at all times.
- Legal research.
- Letter drafting and correspondence with third parties.
- Drafting witness statements and other dispute related legal papers.
- Document and bundle preparation.
- Demonstrating a good level of financial management and accurate time recording.
- Supporting marketing and business development activity and contributing to non-fee-earning activity as appropriate, e.g. knowledge sharing, training, assisting and preparing updates for clients and the team, legal research etc.
- Handling confidential information in line with the firm’s data security protocols.
Skills knowledge and expertise
- A strong academic background, including at least a 2:1 degree
- ~6 months of experience in a relavant role is ideal (although not a pre-requisite)
- A genuine interest in and willingness to learn about the healthcare sector
- Attention to detail and a concern for quality
- Strong interpersonal skills, including good oral and written communication skills
- An enthusiastic, flexible, self-motivated and committed team player, happy to work on larger matters as part of a team with shared responsibilities
- Strong organisational skills, together with the ability to manage deadlines and work under pressure
- IT literate, ideally with Excel proficiency
About DAC Beachcroft
We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago, and Singapore plus a broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.
