Litigation Paralegal - US Law Firm
- Employer
- Taylor Root
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- Up to £50000 per annum
- Closing date
- 28 Feb 2025
- Reference
- JN -012025-281783
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- Vacancy Type
- Legal Support, Paralegal
- Experience Level
- Not Disclosed
- Contract
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Litigation/Dispute Resolution
Job Details

Litigation Paralegal - US Law Firm
Taylor Root have partnered with a leading US law firm, who are looking to hire an experienced Paralegal into their Litigation team. This role will be covering from April - September, however the firm would like the Paralegal to join before to get up to speed.
The Firm
Our client, headquartered in NYC, is considered to be one of the most exciting and upcoming US law firms in London. They are prominent in practice areas of Capital Markets, Finance and Litigation in London, having recently made lateral hires at Partner level to continue their growth plans.
The Team
The Litigation team focuses high value, complex and precedent-setting disputes relating to civil fraud, breach of contract, mis-selling and benchmark setting, as well as on high-profile interbank litigation, including disputes relating to structured products. They also handle a significant number of internal investigations for clients on a wide range of matters.
The Role
You will provide support across the full spectrum of litigation, including conducting pre-claim investigations, maintaining case files, organize exhibits, documents, evidence and briefs, disclosure/document production and assist with strategic due diligence.
The Ideal Candidate
Our client is looking to hire an experienced Litigation Paralegal, ideally with at least 12 month of prior disputes experience. This should be gained within a leading private practice law firm in London. Candidate will need to be available at short notice or no longer than 1 month.
Why Apply?
Whilst this role is initially a temporary contract covering a Paralegal who is undertaking their study leave, the firm are keen on retaining you. You will either be offered an extension or a permanent position. The firm are also looking for candidates who want to qualify and they will support this by either offering a TC or SQE, having a very strong track record for offering all Paralegals this in the past.
To find out more about this exciting new role and to apply for this exciting position please apply now.
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Company
Established in the 1980s, Taylor Root is now widely recognised as being one of the world’s leading legal recruiters. Operating out of offices in the UK, Dubai, Asia and Australia, we are ideally placed to assist law firms, banks and companies with their legal recruitment on an international basis. Taylor Root has a strong track record in the recruitment of: Heads of legal and legal advisers; Law firm associates and partners; Contract/locum lawyers; Paralegals; Company secretaries and Compliance professionals.
We regularly recruit for positions in all of the following regions: Western and Eastern Europe; The Middle East; Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, mainland China and Bangkok; Australia and New Zealand, across The Caribbean and Offshore locations. .
In areas such as Project Finance, Derivatives or Capital Markets, where an international search is appropriate, our offices aim to provide truly global coverage and deliver a comprehensive candidate shortlist.
Through hard work, a professional and ethical approach, and not being afraid to be objective, Taylor Root continues to foster excellent, long-term candidate and client relationships throughout all of its offices.
Taylor Root is a member of The SR Group. The SR Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated to raising standards in the business environments that we serve. The sectors we cover include tax, legal, human resources, marketing, professional support and executive search, dealing with a substantial number of the world's leading professional partnerships, multi-national corporations and international banking groups as well as small to medium sized developing organisations.
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