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Paralegal / Legal Assistant – [Associate 1], Cayman Islands

EY BBC provides services in assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions across the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, The Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands (the “BBC”). The EY BBC General Counsel’s Office (“BBC GCO”) provides effective and accurate legal advice to ensure both ethical and business compliance throughout EY BBC’s operations and service lines and assist and supports EY teams to resolve complex business challenges for a better working world.

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity to join our EY BBC GCO based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands as a Paralegal (also known as Legal Assistant) at the [Associate] level, where you will have the chance to work with to provide legal advice and support to the EY BBC service lines.

You can expect to be involved in a multitude of complex legal projects across the BBC, helping our service lines to deal with the evolution of EY’s business and manage EY’s day-to-day legal requirements.

You will also have the opportunity to develop your career through a broad scope of projects, mentoring and formal learning to support your growth as a legal professional and extend that same development to others within your team.

Your Key Responsibilities

You will spend your time assisting with, among other things, the coordination and delivery of legal advice in relation to EY BBC entities, including but not limited to assisting with supporting EY BBC GCO attorneys in providing: contract advice to Sector and Service Lines, employment and labour advice to Talent, corporate secretarial services, litigation management services, advice to leadership and general operations advice from a legal perspective. Your role will also include legal research, the production of case summaries, advice notes and presentations, as well as the production of legal documents and agreements, preparation of statutory filings, collation and management of documents and assisting with undertaking general research projects for the EY BBC GCO team.

Skills and Attributes For Success

We are seeking team members who will create a distinctive and differentiated BBC GCO brand with us. This role is for candidates who have worked in established law firms, and who wish to develop their career by being part of a growing team, and helping us to create a new and successful in-house legal practice. We are looking for talented, motivated, agile and flexible people to join our existing team, who want to continue to develop themselves and others when they join the firm.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• At least 2 years of experience in a similar role, within a reputable legal practice environment (this need not be in-house).
• Excellent IT skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office software.
• Ability to get up to speed quickly, and keenness to continue developing legal skills and engage in new areas of work and delivery models.
• Excellent communication skills in both written and oral.
• Ability to build strong client relationships through strategic and commercial awareness.
• Ability to prioritize quality in service delivery.
• Project management skills with an ability to plan and prioritize work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget and time.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and pragmatically.
• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work.

What we offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.