Paralegal / Legal Assistant

Fox Williams offers a unique opportunity to advance your career in a personable, progressive and entrepreneurial environment.  Our people and culture are important to us and central to everything we do. We continually strive to create and maintain a friendly and supportive environment for our staff.   You will quickly get to know everyone from the Senior Partner to the most junior staff.  Whilst we are recognised for our strong culture and investing in our people, we are equally well known for our high profile matters, quality of our work and solving our clients’ most complex legal issues. 

The majority of our work is made up of the following:

• Private & Public M&A
• VC
• ECM
• General Corporate Advisory
• Banking, security and insolvency
• Start-ups
• Reorganisations
• Alternative finance
• Corporate finance (non-regulatory)

This work is carried out across several sectors including tech, FinTech, financial services, professional services (mergers of professional services firms), natural resources, real estate, fashion, travel (regulatory) and media.

Whilst technology, fintech and financial services are big generators for us, real estate, natural resources, professional services are also big areas.

We are looking for an experienced corporate paralegal to join our growing team and provide general corporate support. Responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Assisting with company searches and administration,
• Carrying out due diligence
• Document organisation
• General research

• Minimum of 12 months paralegal experience
• Great attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A desire to take responsibility for challenging projects and tasks, whilst receiving support from senior members in the team
• A positive, enthusiastic, and proactive approach to work, with a desire to have an impact on the team
• A strong work ethic and a desire to develop and succeed
• Effective time management skills