Paralegal / Assistant Paralegal
- Employer
- CMS
- Location
- Scotland, Edinburgh
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Closing date
- 12 Jun 2022
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- Vacancy Type
- Legal Support, Paralegal
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Experience Level
- 0-2yrs PQE
- Role Classification
- Other Professional
Job Details
CMS are recruiting for two junior Patent Paralegals to join our Legal Services Unit in either Glasgow or Edinburgh.
About CMS
CMS is a Future Facing firm. With 80 offices in 50 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep sector understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only to see what's coming, but to shape it.
CMS is well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence. We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services. Our bold approach to a changing future ensures that we nurture our employees and recruit top talent.
About the role
We are currently recruiting for two junior Patent Paralegals to join our Legal Services Unit, to be dedicated to supporting our busy patent prosecution team. Previous patent experience is a bonus but not a necessity for this role. Candidates should possess an eagerness to learn, a scrupulous sense of attention to detail, strong communication, ability to work efficiently under pressure, willingness to go the extra mile where work dictates and ability to work and interact well within a busy team environment. This is an excellent opportunity for someone to take the first steps into a career within the patent formalities field. Full training and support will be on offer as the successful candidates will benefit from the extensive knowledge within the patent formalities team.
About you
- Candidates will be able to demonstrate an interest in IP/patent law and practice. A covering letter demonstrating interest in this area of law will be an advantage.
- Candidates should be motivated, enthusiastic and interested in pursuing a career within patent prosecution long-term.
- IT literacy and good typing speed and skills are required.
- Good communication skills, both written and oral. Flexible in attitude and approach to work.
- Able to demonstrate effective organisational, prioritisation and team working skills. At times the successful candidates will be working to tight deadlines and under pressure and will be required to maintain high levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Able to take responsibility for proactively managing a significant and varied volume of work to defined timescales.
- Previous paralegal or secretarial experience is preferred.
Equal Opportunities
At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. We're diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive. For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please view the Diversity & Inclusion pages on our website.
Please apply online or contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions. For information regarding our competitive range of benefits please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.
Please note that CMS have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.
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Company
CMS is a future facing international law firm. With 74 offices in 44 countries and 5000+ lawyers worldwide, and home to business services colleagues across everything from Information Technology, Human Resources and Innovation to Finance, Diversity & Inclusion and Communications. The firm’s core purpose is to build rewarding futures for its clients, people, and communities.
We’re a global law firm. We focus on the big and the small. We look to the future and embrace agility and challenge. We are experts in our sectors and have the rankings to back that up. But it’s not all sectors and rankings. We focus on relationships. We’re a community. We look out for each other, encourage everyone to be themselves, and the best version of that. We’re friendly and go-getting. We act with purpose and find passion in what we do. We seek out different ways of thinking and doing. We don’t want everyone to be the same. We know the best route forward is with the most diverse group of colleagues as possible. We’re here to build a better future.
In a world of ever-accelerating change where technology is increasingly important in the deployment of global strategies, every team at CMS is empowered to operate and innovate in ways that best meet clients’ needs. We encourage ideas from every corner of our business. We are also committed to addressing our own impact on the environment and approach to sustainability, as well as advising clients with their related legal needs.
We strive to spend more time looking at our clients’ world than inwards at ours. That’s what makes our approach different. Being able to see things from our clients’ perspective means our people are approachable and accessible. And this means we have a genuinely supportive, open culture you won’t find everywhere.
Our culture
It’s all about relationships. Our relationship with you, your relationship with us, and the relationships we have with clients and the communities around us. We want you to thrive and show your personality. Foster community, work together, listen, be open, and help each other succeed. Act with purpose and find passion. Strive for progress and embrace challenges. Seek out different ways of thinking and doing. We value trust over rules.
At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. We're diverse, supportive, and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive.
Whatever your specialism, and whether you’re a lawyer or a business services professional, a career at CMS gives you huge scope to carve out a brilliant career as you help us, and our clients, to face the future with confidence.
- Website
- https://cms.law/
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 20 7367 3000
- Location
-
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
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