De Brauw is looking for a paralegal to support its Corporate practice. Corporate is one of our largest practices, providing services to a range of international and domestic companies and financial institutions. You will be working on a range of high-end corporate and commercial matters in a young, dynamic and international team.

About the role

As a paralegal, you will be providing our lawyers (advocaten and notaries) with extensive, hands-on legal support. This includes legal research, drafting of documents, preparing statements and supporting transactions. You will also be responsible for administrative tasks and will make creative use of templates and models. In this highly diverse role, you are proactive in how you organise your workload and are innovative in coming up with smart ways of working, or ideas to simplify our processes.

We are constantly improving the way we work and are looking for you to help innovate the paralegal role to make it one of the most competitive in our industry. Together with our legal advisers, legal project managers and other professionals, you will be providing an integrated service to our business and making sure we can operate effectively as a firm.

About you

The ideal candidate for this position:

• has a bachelor's degree in law or an HBO-level legal qualification (or experience in a similar paralegal role)
• preferably has experience in assisting lawyers or other professional specialists
• is interested in corporate law
• has excellent drafting skills
• has a good command of English and Dutch (written and spoken)
• is eager to learn
• is well organised, assertive and pro-active
• is highly flexible and focused on achieving results.

Who are we?

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is an international law firm that is deeply rooted in the Netherlands. De Brauw advises more than 70% of the largest multinationals with headquarters in the Netherlands. De Brauw specialises in high-quality legal advice in complex transactions, proceedings and regulatory issues for companies and financial institutions. Over the years, De Brauw has built up a large and close-knit international network of renowned law firms. About 650 individuals are on staff at De Brauw in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Shanghai and Singapore.