Corporate Compliance Legal Professional - Graduate Opportunity
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Location: Belfast
Workplace: Hybrid
The opportunity:
The Global Corporate Maintenance Solutions (GCMS) Team, part of Baker McKenzie's Alternative Legal Services (ALS), is looking for enthusiastic Legal Professionals to join our expanding client-facing team. In this role, you will assist our extensive multinational clients in coordinating their annual corporate compliance obligations and implementing multi-jurisdictional, cross-border corporate changes to legal entities.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a market-leading team that delivers top-quality service to clients worldwide, with potential for growth within the team. Successful Legal Professionals have advanced to other roles within the team and the Firm, expanding their responsibilities within GCMS.
Baker McKenzie is the world’s leading law firm with offices all over the world. Our Belfast Centre is home to over 400 colleagues in both legal and professional services.
We offer one of the best workplace benefits packages in the business with comprehensive private health cover, income protection, life assurance and a full employee assistance plan. These and a host of other benefits make us one of the most desirable companies to work for in Belfast.
We are committed to promoting inclusion, diversity, and equity for all and are confident we can provide a career as individual and as exceptional as you.
Responsibilities:
* To carry out reviews and develop reports in support of the GCMS team, the wider Corporate Reorganisations and M&A Practice Groups
* To coordinate annual corporate compliance programs and global corporate change projects
* Assist the GCMS team by populating and maintaining project and client-specific IT platforms
* Assist in the tracking, monitoring and updating of compliance trackers, escalating upcoming or lapsed deadlines to the GCMS team and clients as appropriate
* Assist the GCMS team in the preparation of materials for compliance update calls with clients, partners and associates
* Escalate client queries and issues to the GCMS team as appropriate and assist in their resolution
* Assist the GCMS team in capturing and developing corporate governance and legal know how
* Develop strong working relationships with clients, partners and lawyers in all industries/practices in a variety of jurisdictions
* Contribute to the identification of innovative services and methods to assist in achieving efficiencies and continual process improvement
Skills and Experience:
* Law graduate (2:1 or above) with a minimum of 3 A-levels (B grades and above) and a strong academic background
* Strong attention to detail and time management is a must
* Ability to review, analyze, organize and accurately summarise information and documentation
* Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and online research tools
* Excellent writing, organizational, and communication skills
* Ability to work well in both a team and individually
* Keen to develop and use initiative
* Strong work ethic and an enthusiasm for a fast-paced legal environment
* Excellent organisational, prioritisation and problem solving skills
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Legal
* Industries
Legal Services
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