Legal Operations Associate supporting high-profile clients across sectors in Belfast. Aiming to build strong foundations in legal and professional services for early-career talent.
Responsibilities
Supporting a range of legal and regulatory projects across commercial, risk, and compliance-related work
Reviewing contracts and associated documentation as part of due diligence and wider legal exercises
Drafting, reviewing, and helping negotiate a range of commercial and banking contracts
Checking legal documents for quality, consistency, completeness, and accuracy
Reviewing legal and related documentation to identify key information, risks, anomalies, and points for categorisation
Completing forms, pro forma documents, company searches, and document indexing
Preparing and sending documentation to clients and document management systems
Supporting post-completion activity across legal projects
Conducting legal and commercial research to support wider client delivery
Helping with client service and outreach activity across different regulations, document types, and workstreams
Requirements
A strong academic background, with a minimum 2:1 in a legal subject
A logical and analytical approach to work
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong organisation and attention to detail
A proactive mindset and motivation to learn
Confidence using, or learning, new systems and IT applications
The ability to manage tasks carefully in a fast-paced professional environment
Previous experience in a legal services, paralegal, or corporate office environment (useful but not essential)
Exposure to professional services or documentation-heavy work (useful but not essential)
Benefits
Performance review every 6 months and potential salary uplift at 12 months
Ongoing training and development support through one-to-one coaching and access to award-winning trainers
Health cash plan
Cycle to work scheme
Opportunity for conversion into a permanent role at 12-24 months
Potential for longer-term progression into legal operations, paralegal, regulatory support, risk, compliance, and other specialist pathways
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