An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced Paralegal to join the rapidly growing Professional Misconduct team, part of the Business Crime & Regulation department in our London office. There will be exposure to high quality work from the outset and the opportunity for career progression for the right candidate.

This is a full time, office-based role, however flexible arrangements can be discussed on an individual basis where suitable.

The role:

The successful candidate will provide support to all the lawyers in the team as required; this will include interacting with clients, managing tasks, carrying out research, and building positive professional relationships with clients, experts, counsel and other legal professionals. You will be exposed to a wide variety of work and expected to adapt quickly to new and emerging areas of law.

The team:

You will join a team of twenty comprising partners, senior associates, associates, trainees and support staff. The main areas of work are regulatory misconduct matters for serving police officers as well as general and serious crime defence.

The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate the following skills and attributes:

Essential skills:

• Organisational skills, time management and prioritisation.
• Proactive attitude: able to react to a developing situation, take responsibility and reprioritise.
• Professional presentation, personable and comfortable interacting with different types of client and other professionals.
• Confident verbal communicator, good telephone manner and able to triage and progress calls effectively.
• Advanced legal research skills.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Strong IT skills, including full suite of Microsoft office and ability to adapt to new systems quickly.
• Previous experience within criminal law at a reputable firm.
• Good working knowledge of anti-money laundering regulations (MLRs), criminal financing, and bribery and corruption legislation.
• Experience preparing interviews under caution and/or regulatory interviews.
• Experience working to financial/time targets.
• Police Station Accreditation

Desirable Skills:

• Experience of business development; networking, contributing to publications/blogs, producing other written content, organising events and/or participating with professional organisations.
• Aptitude with cutting-edge IT and legal tech including AI skills.
• Second language skills a plus. 

Working for JMW  

As well as a rewarding career, JMW offers its colleagues many other opportunities and benefits, including:

• A minimum of 25 days' annual leave (increasing with length of service) plus office closure between Christmas and New Year
• Employee Pension Scheme – SMART pension scheme
• Travel Insurance – covering you and eligible family members
• Death In Service - 3 x basic salary
• Private Medical Insurance (subject to opting in) and option of contributing to add eligible family members
• Income Protection - cover of up to 75% of salary
• Access to an interest free travel pass/parking loan
• A one-hour early finish, one Friday a month
• Two days a year to do charitable work, with a huge variety of events to get involved in
• The opportunity to participate in sports teams, hobby clubs, and social events
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders
• Annual promotions process open to all
• Work and employee referral schemes

More information including a full list of our benefits and company culture can be found on the careers home page, and via our social media channels – X, Instagram, LinkedIn.