Paralegal - Commercial Health - London/Bristol
Job Introduction
DAC Beachcroft requires a paralegal to join our Healthcare and Public Law team in either London or Bristol. The national team operates from the Bristol, Leeds, London and Newcastle offices and has a market leading reputation with clients throughout the country within the health and public sector.
We have one of the largest and most respected public law and commercial health teams in the UK. Our clients include central and local government, non-departmental public bodies, NHS organisations (Commissioners, providers and private sector health organisations), organisations in the education sector, statutory and chartered bodies and regulators, as well as private health and social care providers and other companies and charities working for or with the public sector. This role is focused on regulatory, public law and commercial health work across this range of clients.
DAC Beachcroft's commercial offering to the health sector ranges from advice on regulatory matters, procurement of goods and services, commissioning contracts, joint ventures, collaborations and mergers, the exploitation of intellectual property and products, advising on new models of care and integration.
The team advises on matters such as:
- Commissioning Contracts
- EU and Public procurement
- Primary Care Contracting
- Supply of Goods and Services
- Outsourcing
- Income Generation schemes
- Joint Ventures/Alternative Business Structures
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Managed Equipment Schemes
- Data Protection and Freedom of Information
- Judicial review
- Public sector decision making and advice on general public law principles
Role Responsibility
Supporting the existing local team and the national Healthcare and Public Law Team with realisation of the business plan focusing on delivery of prompt, first class services to the clients of the firm.
Working primarily on larger matters with members of the Commercial Health team, which will include:
- Attending meetings with team members to assist and take notes;
- Assisting with legal research;
- Document management;
- Reviewing and proof reading documents;
- Drafting contract variations
- Preparing NDA’s
- Advising on contractual terms
- Taking of attendance notes;
- Supporting administrative tasks (including billing) as required;
- Ensuring that a high level of quality management is achieved on all matters.
The Ideal Candidate
Knowledge, relevant experience or a keen interest in the Health or Public Sectors is essential. Experience in commercial law and/or public law would be an advantage.
We also expect the successful applicant to have/be:
- A very good academic track record (ideally 2:1 or above), including a degree and LPC (or equivalent);
- Attention to detail and a concern for quality;
- An outgoing, confident communicator with good oral and written communication skills;
- An enthusiastic, flexible, self motivated and committed team player, happy to work on larger matters as part of a team with shared responsibilities;
- Strong organisational skills, together with the ability to manage deadlines and work under pressure;
- Ability to concentrate on routine tasks;
- Reliable, responsible and capable of following instructions;
- Strong interpersonal skills essential;
- IT literate;
- Team oriented and collegiate with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team.
- Previous experience as a commercial paralegal desirable but not essential.
This is an opportunity for someone looking to join a successful and expanding commercial team in an exciting and developing sector, within a firm with a great reputation in the Health and Public sectors nationwide.
About the Company
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.
We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.
We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.
Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.
Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.
Application Details
At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are. We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.
We also want you to be at your very best. Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable. Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com
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