Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a paralegal to join our PREF (Projects, Real Estate & Finance) Knowledge team.

The Role

The principal role will be to support the PREF Knowledge Lawyers in the service they provide to the PREF team.

Among other duties, the role will include the following:

• Assisting with the preparation of regular internal "Knowledge Update" publications and external insights. Regular work will involve reviewing legislative and regulatory developments, case law, sector and market news, then working with Knowledge Lawyers to write, check and publicise updates for Osborne Clarke\'s fee earners and clients. Your responsibility will primarily be for our PREF and Urban Dynamics publications with additional duties as required.
• Preparing materials and organising speakers for internal training. You may also attend training sessions aimed at the PREF team and relating to our Transformations strategy.
• Assisting with the management of our relationships with external suppliers of resources and services for the PREF team.
• Assisting Knowledge Lawyers in developing and maintaining legal precedents, checklists and guidance notes.
• Conducting legal research and assisting with queries relating to legal and procedural matters.
• Assisting with additional knowledge work and projects as required, including for the Knowledge Systems Manager and the Head of Knowledge.

Technical Skills and Experience

• Attention to detail and accuracy is critical.
• Well-developed analytical skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong IT skills, including Word, PowerPoint and other relevant tools together with an aptitude for developing expertise in new IT applications and systems.
• Ability to work to deadlines, to manage a busy workload and to report on progress.

• Ability to research and analyse areas of law and regulation and to identify key commercial issues and legal practice points.
• A strong interest in the detail of law and its application to practice is essential for this role. Prior experience and/or study of the law is desirable.

Behavioural Competencies

• Resourceful, pro-active and motivated self-starter who demonstrates excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Client-orientated approach and commercially aware.
• Enthusiasm for supporting the knowledge function within Osborne Clarke LLP\'s professional services environment.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous

For more information or to apply

At Osborne Clarke we welcome direct applications - if you would like any further information about the role, or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Rachael Nye in the recruitment team on

Please note we are not currently accepting agency CVs for this position. If you would like to make an application please do so directly.

At we value difference and encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities, and sexual or romantic orientations. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and where you belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality.

We support working families via a range of family and caring friendly policies and will accommodate flexible working where we can. We value the health and wellbeing of our people: for example, we\'re signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, have an active network of mental health champions and offer free initiatives and flexible benefits to all our people.

Being an inclusive employer is important to us. We have made a number of external commitments such as the Race Fairness Commitment and Women in Law Pledge, and are working with organisations like Stonewall to become a more inclusive employer.

Osborne Clarke is a Living Wage Employer, so we\'re committed to paying everybody in our business enough to live on and to enable them to save for the future.

We want you to be able to show us your best during the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application, interview process or when working with us, please let us know.

This vacancy is for a Paralegal position, it is not an entry route to a training contract at Osborne Clarke LLP - the two recruitment processes are separate.

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