Paralegal - Company Secretarial

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 20 April 2026
LOCATION
Birmingham
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Associate
CATEGORY
Legal
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Company Secretarial Corporate Governance Client Relationship Management IT skills Attention to detail Communication skills Organisational skills Commercial acumen

FULL DESCRIPTION

Are you an experienced Paralegal with a passion for company secretarial and corporate administration duties? We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled professional to join our team and take your career to the next level.

What you will be doing:

The primary focus of this role will be supporting on client secondment placements including Company Secretarial tasks. Additionally, there will be opportunities to provide support in other practice areas within the MLS team as and when needed.

There are truly amazing and real career opportunities for you if are looking to gain broad ranging experience that will help develop your legal career.

This role would suit someone with high levels of attention to detail and the ability to summarise technical information into concise notes. You will have exposure to hands-on work from day one and will play a key role in a thriving team who provide a high quality service at all times.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist in drafting and maintaining corporate governance materials
  • Companies house filings
  • Due diligence requests and AML checks
  • Research relevant laws and regulations
  • Changes to company structures
  • Taking minutes for Board meetings with a highly technical focus
  • Assisting the Chair to ensure the meetings run smoothly
  • Performing regular updates to client documents
  • Quality Assurance tasks
  • Maintaining ongoing client relationships
  • Working efficiently across the internal and external MLS clients
  • Support other teams within Managed Legal Services based on capacity

What you will need:

  • Previous experience within a Company Secretarial role is preferred, but not essential
  • Client facing/secondment experience
  • Strong relationship management skills and confidence in dealing with clients and senior colleagues
  • Strong IT skills and accurate typing ability
  • High level of accuracy and attention to detail, with excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • High degree of flexibility and initiative along with excellent organisational and prioritising skills; the ability to adapt and manage priorities at short notice is essential
  • The ability to manage multiple stakeholders at all levels
  • Strong business and commercial acumen
  • Enthusiasm, drive, commitment and a strong team player
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