Construction Paralegal

Ridge is currently seeking a paralegal to join its Legal & Insurance Team, predominantly to provide support in relation to Ridge’s legal, risk and compliance functions.

The Opportunity

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to kick start their legal journey and establish a progressive career in the in-house legal department of a growing business. That person will be able to demonstrate a pragmatic, commercial approach to applying their legal training.

Role And Responsibilities

You will join a team of experienced lawyers who will offer support from day one. Your role and responsibilities will include the following:

• Support with the contract review process: intake, triage and tracking
• Maintain and update the contract review tracker to ensure that all requests are captured
• Monitor review timelines to ensure contract review requests are processed efficiently
• Contributing to internal know-how and best practice materials
• Contributing to internal legal features and bulletins
• Maintain and update the professional indemnity insurance approvals tracker
• Serve as the primary contact for issuing insurance certificate renewals
• Tracking progress of professional indemnity insurance claims and preparing reports for the Board
• Support the Compliance Team with ad-hoc tasks

Over time, your role would grow to also include the following:

• Reviewing bespoke client appointment contracts
• Negotiating and drafting appointment contracts and their associated framework, collateral and downstream agreements
• Reviewing and negotiating NDAs
• Liaising with project teams during contract formation, ensuring compliance with internal protocols
• Collating and updating precedent clauses and documents
• Interpretation of Ridge’s insurance policies
• Supporting business development in the legal sector for Ridge’s Expert Witness function

Experience And Skills Required

Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB) or equivalent experience

Excellent attention to detail, and strong communication skills (written and verbal)

Strong academic background

Must be flexible, organised, and self-motivated team player who is able to work within the team to achieve common goals

A commercial understanding of the construction industry - desirable, but not essential

You might be a recent graduate, or you might have relevant work experience. You will have the ability to deal with a wide range of people across the business and the confidence to operate relatively autonomously in a highly commercial environment. If necessary, you will use your judgement to manage a workload in order according to commercial importance to the business and to meet multiple and often prompt deadlines. You will be keen to grow your in-house career and enjoy the opportunities that Ridge has to offer.