We are recruiting for an Assistant Paralegal to join our Motor Finance team within our Financial Services Disputes and Investigations (FSDI) Department in Glasgow
Our FSDI team are one of the largest providers of legal services to the financial services sector in the UK, with over 300 dedicated financial services lawyers across our UK network of offices. Our relationships within the sector include many of the UK's largest clearing banks, building societies, international banks, specialist lenders, merchant services and payment gateway providers.
Your Role
As an Assistant Paralegal you will be responsible for the following;
* Matter initiation – Opening new matters, conflict checking and issuing Letters of claim.
* Pre Litigation investigations – carrying our pre-action investigations.
* Issuing claims – drafting claims with supervision, progression of County Court claim, preparing with hearings (if applicable), applying and entering judgement.
* Customer contact – dealing with customers via letter, email and telephone calls, both incoming and outgoing.
* Caseload – responsible for managing a high case load and ensuring cases are progressed in line with SLAs.
* Enforcement – drafting and monitoring enforcement applications.
* File Management – Maintaining accuracy of data within our case management system.
* Billing – involved in billing matters and dealing with disbursement process and maintaining good financial hygiene.
* Ad Hoc – additional ad hoc tasks such as payment processing.
Your Skills and Experience
* Excellent communication skills (both oral and written).
* Previous Paralegal/debt recovery/office experience is desirable, but not essential.
* A background in Law or a Law degree is not an essential requirement for this role.
* High attention to detail, accuracy, good organisational skills and flexibility.
* Ability to work well as part of a busy team.
* Good knowledge of Word and Outlook is required and experience in Excel and case management systems and would be beneficial however training will be provided.
* This would be a perfect role as an entry level position for a candidate that wishes to pursue a Paralegal career within a Law Firm.
Your Team
TLT has one of the largest dedicated Financial Services Disputes practices in the UK, with partner led teams in all jurisdictions. We act for a range of financial institutions including large UK banks, international banks, challenger banks and fintechs, giving commercial and practical advice to resolve disputes.
We advise across the whole spectrum of contentious issues associated with commercial, business and consumer finance, including dispute resolution, pre-litigation management and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
About TLT
Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.
We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row the firm has taken away this accolade in industry awards - having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022.
Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.
Our Benefits
We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.
At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.