Paralegal - Legal Services, Litigation - London

Job description

AutoReq ID

144242BR

Job Title

Paralegal - Legal Services, Litigation - London

Country

United Kingdom

Location

London

Function

Tax

Service Line

Legal Services

Service Line Information

The Legal Services Team sits within KPMG Tax. Its establishment flows naturally from KPMG’s long history of successfully delivering multidisciplinary services to clients. Its vision is to be the legal adviser of choice for KPMG’s clients when it comes to their people, corporate structures, internal arrangements, regulatory requirements and disputes with HMRC. Core corporate, commercial and employment law teams, and a market leading tax litigation team, are already in place. Over the next few years, these teams will grow and Legal Services will expand into other areas of law that fit within its vision and the needs of KPMG’s clients.

KPMG Overview

KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax & Pensions, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity and insight to our clients’ most critical challenges.
With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our vision is simple: to be the clear choice for our clients, for our people and for the communities we work in.

Job Description

Litigation sits within Legal Services forming part of KPMG Tax, Pensions and Legal function. Its establishment flows naturally from KPMG’s long history of successfully delivering multidisciplinary services to clients. Our vision for Legal Services is to be the legal adviser of choice for KPMG’s clients when it comes to their people, corporate structures, internal arrangements, regulatory requirements and disputes with HMRC. KPMG is now regulated by the SRA as a multi-disciplinary practice.

Core corporate, commercial and employment law teams, and a market leading tax litigation team, are already in place. Over the next few years, these teams will grow and Legal Services will expand into other areas of law that fit within its vision and the needs of KPMG’s clients.

KPMG Legal Services are looking for professionals who are:

- Team players who are keen to develop personally and professionally and enjoy working with people from different backgrounds and disciplines
- Keen interest in the law, intellectually curious, open-minded and analytical people, with an eye for detail and pride in their work.
- Driven and proactive and someone who will deliver a great service to their clients.
- Highly organised with the ability to prioritise their workload and are able to deal with a fluid, changing work environment.

Role and responsibilities

You will help the team with the following service offerings:

(i) Legal and technical input into potential disputes with HMRC.
(ii) Reviewing a variety of ideas and situations and appraising for litigation risk.
(iii) Litigation in the Tax Tribunals, High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and CJEU

This will include:

(i) First drafts of pleadings such as notices of appeal and witness statements.
(ii) First drafts of correspondence, advice and reports.
(iii) Carrying out Legal research.
(iv) Case management
(v) Assisting with the preparation for hearing including preparing bundles of documents and authorities.
(vi) First drafts of Instructions to Counsel, attending Conferences and assisting with the preparation of note for settlement.
(vii) General litigation support including the drafting of client engagement letters and managing the risk management compliance for individual cases.
(viii) Assisting with business development activities

Education and qualifications

The applicant will be an individual with some legal experience preferably having worked as part of a litigation and/or tax team. The applicant may possibly have an LPC or similar qualification although this is not essential.
High attention to detail, strong organisational skills, being intellectually curious, and having good teamwork and personal skills are essential.

Experience required

The role will be varied and you will be require to manage your time well and be able to balance several pieces of work simultaneously, prioritising appropriately to ensure tight deadlines are met.
In addition, a successful applicant will have the ability to get up to speed quickly on technical matters and be keen to continue developing his/her legal skills and engage in new areas of work.

Good relationship building skills and organisation skills are a must along with an ability to communicate effectively with clients, contacts and internal colleagues at all levels as well as excellent written communication skills.
The role involves working directly with all team members from other paralegals through to Partner.

Our Deal

Flexible Working

Our employees have many varied work schedules to suit their individual needs!

Our intelligent working options range from role sharing and flexible start and finish times, to home working and more informal arrangements agreed within teams.

Check out examples of KPMG employees enjoying different working patterns on our website and please do share your own individual requirements with us.

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