Paralegal
Paralegal
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Job Description
Sysco (whose operating companies in GB are made up of Brakes Fresh Direct kff & Medina Foodservice) are currently recruiting for a Paralegal to join its International Legal Team on a 12month Fixed Term Contract reporting into the Assistant General Counsel.
Sysco is the global leader in foodservice with customers in 90 countries a turnover of over $70billion and over 70000 employees worldwide. The Sysco International Legal Team supports the legal needs of Sysco businesses in the UK and the EU. We are a small team with a busy and incredibly varied workload including commercial contracts technology IP data privacy competition M&A regulatory and compliance.
As the Paralegal you will support senior lawyers in the team in providing legal and commercial advice to Sysco colleagues in Great Britain and Ireland. This is an opportunity to gain really varied and handson legal experience across disciplines and to hone your commercial skills. You will manage your own workload and have increasing autonomy as your skills develop.
This role is offering a hybrid working contract with 3 days per week in our Ashford Kent office and occasional visits to other GB offices so you must be within a commutable distance of Ashford and open to travel.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:
- Review and draft customer and supplier contracts ensuring the commercial position of Sysco is protected to the fullest extent
- Check proofread and format templates and documents
- Perform legal research for the team on a wide range of topics as required
- Assist team members with producing training materials delivering legal training and developing legal systems and legal technology
- Represent the interests of the Legal Team on internal employee and communications forums and keep the Legal Team informed on internal communications matters as required
- Assist with the management and administration of the GB and Ireland Sysco trade mark portfolio
- Liaise directly with colleagues across all functions within Sysco GB and Sysco Ireland to provide them with legal advice on a variety of topics under the supervision of senior lawyers
- Build strong working relationships with colleagues across all functions within Sysco GB and Sysco Ireland
- Show commercial acumen and be able to balance conflicting priorities and pivot flexibly when required to deliver positive outcomes for the businesses.
- Proactively engage in learning about the various operating companies and ways of working and in keeping abreast of legal and regulatory developments and bringing these to the attention of the team
- Able to identify legal matters that must be escalated to more senior members of the team for guidance and/or decision
About you:
To be successful in this role you will have a strong academic background coupled with a law degree (or equivalent legal qualification). You will have previously worked as a Paralegal (or have had equivalent commercial legal work experience) within an inhouse legal team or in a private practice. To be effective the Paralegal must be a strong team player with a can do flexible attitude and commercial approach who is able to build good relationships with colleagues across business functions within the Sysco GB and Ireland operating companies as well as colleagues in other jurisdictions customers supplier and thirdparty partners. You will also need to exercise discretion with sensitive/confidential information and be open to changing priorities and new areas of work managing multiple tasks within specific timeframes.
What youll receive:
- A competitive salary
- Pension scheme
- Generous holiday allowance of 25 days with option to purchase additional holidays bank holidays
- Huge discounts on all sorts of lovely food and awardwinning products through our staff shop
- Discounts on Cinema tickets shopping and earn cashback on purchases through Sodexo.
- Recognition awards and Incentives
- Real career opportunities being part of Sysco the worlds leading foodservice business opens up a world of possibility
Additional Information :
At Brakes everyone is welcome. We dont want you to fit our culture we want you to help define it and we actively celebrate the unique talents of each and every colleague. We dont just look at your CV were more focused on who you are and your potential. As part of our values we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone has a voice is appreciated and has the same opportunities. We work hard to ensure that everyone feels part of our business as we care for one another and connect the world through food and trusted partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone belongs and thrives at Brakes and we recognise that Brakes can only thrive when everyone feels they belong. Well do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process speak to our resourcing team who will be happy to support you.
Brakes
Built on a passion for food and feeding the nation we are the UKs largest foodservice supplier. Every day Brakes deliver the highest quality fresh and frozen food and ingredients from our nationwide network of distribution centres to some of the nations most famous pubs and restaurants as well as schools caterers care homes and hospitals. Our customers depend on us and our 8000strong workforce is dedicated and proud to be part of this vital provision. And were growing!
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
