Paralegal Non-Contentious Construction

About the role:

We havean exciting opportunity for a Paralegal to join our Non-Contentious Construction team in Birmingham. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working in a collaborative environment has a keen eye for detail and takes pride in keeping matters running smoothly.

Supporting fee earners clients and Partners youll play an important role in our non-contentious fixed-fee practice helping to manage the administrative aspects of transactions and ensuring a seamless experience for both the team and our clients.

About you:

We are looking for someone who brings Paralegal experience with desirable experience in non-contentious construction work and enjoys getting into the detail while supporting fee earners on a broad range of matters.

Youll play a key role in the initial review of construction documentation including JCT contracts and other building agreements confidently identifying risks inconsistencies and areas requiring escalation and communicating these clearly and effectively. Working closely with the wider team youll help ensure matters progress smoothly bringing a proactive approach strong attention to detail and a genuine interest in delivering high-quality work and excellent client service.

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm which has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 26 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays with the option to buy up to a weeks extra annual leave
• Free private medical insurance and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices in the heart of Birmingham City Centre with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firmand to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour nationality ethnicity national origins) religion or belief age disability sexual orientation sex gender re-assignment and gender identity marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLGwe seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyones potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Meg Astley at