Overview
A leading hedge fund is seeking a Paralegal to join London office.
The candidate will join the firm’s Legal Department in London to support a wide range of projects and
vendor‑related matters. The successful candidate will work directly with the General Counsel and will gain exposure to a broad mix of commercial, corporate, regulatory, and operational work across the firm.
This role is based in London but involves regular interaction with the firm’s global offices. It is designed as a junior position where the candidate will receive supervision, training, and mentorship from the General Counsel and other senior members of the Legal and Compliance team. The ideal candidate is proactive, energetic, highly organised, technically savvy, and able to manage multiple workstreams in a fast‑paced environment. They must be comfortable investigating the facts of a project, coordinating with internal stakeholders, ensuring key business and legal questions are addressed.
Strong organisational discipline and attention to detail are essential. This is an excellent opportunity to learn the hedge fund industry while working on a diverse set of vendor agreements, corporate governance matters, operational projects, and cross‑border initiatives. The candidate will interface with and support senior management on a day‑to‑day basis.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in drafting and maintaining corporate organisational documents, board packs, resolutions, registers, and filings
- Support entity formation, dissolution and ongoing governance requirements across all international entities
- Maintain corporate records, statutory registers and regulatory filings including EMS records
- Assist with preparing guidance notes, FAQs and internal comms on new legal requirements or internal processes
- Track key regulatory developments affecting the firm and support preparation of briefing materials
- Maintain process checklists, trackers and matter summaries to support workflow
- Review and draft commercial/vendor agreements under attorney supervision, including NDAs, data licences, software/technology contracts, research agreements and consulting agreements
- Maintain and update the master vendor‑agreement tracker and contract term library, ensuring consistency of terms
- Coordinate directly with internal stakeholders to manage the vendor review pipeline and ensure timely execution
- Assist in drafting, revising and maintaining internal policies, procedures and vendor‑management guidelines
- Manage signature packages, execution logistics and document folders for internal and external matters
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Knowledgeable and proficient in PC applications including Microsoft suite
- EMS Fides, Sales Force / Fusion and iManage familiarity (preferred but not essential)
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple matters and projects simultaneously
- Highly responsive, collaborative, and comfortable working across departments
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Strong analytical skills and excellent written and verbal communication
- 2-5 years’ experience at a law firm or in the legal department of a financial services or investment management firm (preferred)
