This role will primarily involve working with our intellectual property team on contentious workstreams. Experience of the Scottish Court of Session or English court process, managing your own litigation caseload in a debt recovery or similar paralegal role, and dealing with direct telephone calls from debtors/defendants, will be preferred. Other aspects of the role are likely to include supporting our real estate planning team with document management and due diligence, and supporting clients with projects such as data subject access requests.
About the role
CMS are looking to recruit an experienced litigation Paralegal / Senior Paralegal to join our Legal Services Unit in either our Glasgow or Edinburgh office. The Legal Services Unit is the centralised paralegal team at CMS. The successful candidate will undertake a varied workload, with the primary focus being providing support to our thriving intellectual property team, working for and with a variety of high-profile clients. If you have the skills and drive to help us develop our successful team, we want to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities:
The successful candidate’s key responsibilities will include:
- Scottish (Court of Session) & English Litigation Support (Undefended Actions) - Assist fee earners across Scottish and English cases with issuing Letters Before Action, assisting lawyers with raising court actions (including preparing paperwork and productions), dealing with additional stages of court process as required including the progressing of money judgments.
- Negotiation and liaison with target premises - Dealing with queries and contact from the recipients of letters before action, taking instructions from client and negotiation and management of a range of responses and behaviours.
- End-to-End Caseflow & Workbox Management - Manage tasks within the team’s joint workbox, ensuring court deadlines, enforcement activity, and client correspondence are actioned promptly and in line with jurisdictional requirements.
- Negotiation & Client Liaison - Negotiate sustainable payment arrangements in accordance with client instructions and court processes.
- Investigations, Asset Tracing & Insolvency Check - Instruct investigations, including property ownership searches, asset identification, and insolvency checks to support enforcement and recovery strategy.
- Enforcement, Tracing & Recovery Action - Instruct and oversee trace reports and enforcement action, including diligence and post-judgment recovery across Scottish and English jurisdictions.
About you
This dynamic and varied role is a fantastic opportunity for a diligent and ambitious paralegal possessing the below attributes and skills to join a thriving paralegal team:
- Attention to Detail: Meticulous attention to detail is essential.
- Organisational and Time Management Skills: Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously and to prioritise conflicting deadlines.
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills are necessary for interacting with lawyers, clients, and other stakeholders.
- Team Player: Ability to work well in a team whilst using your own initiative.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite: Familiarity with Word, Excel, and other relevant software.
- Legal Tech: A keen focus on leveraging digital tools to manage the full matter lifecycle — from instructions being received to enforcement. A hunger to learn new skills, including how to use new AI automation and other legal tech tools to support our evolving service delivery model.
Previous litigation experience (as a debt recovery paralegal or similar) is essential. A relevant paralegal qualification and / or a degree in law would be helpful, but not essential.
What’s in it for you?
We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:
Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
Flexible, hybrid working policy
Generous bonus scheme
Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
Holiday exchange scheme
Private medical insurance
Enhanced parental leave
Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.
Please note that we have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.
Skills Required
- Previous litigation experience (debt recovery paralegal or similar)
- Experience of the Scottish Court of Session or English court process
- Managing a litigation caseload and progressing money judgments/enforcement
- Dealing with direct telephone calls from debtors/defendants
- Attention to detail
- Organisational and time management skills, ability to prioritise conflicting deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Team player with initiative
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)
- Keen focus on leveraging digital tools and willingness to learn AI automation and other legal tech
- Relevant paralegal qualification and/or degree in law
What We Do
CMS is an international law firm with over 5,000 lawyers across 80 offices worldwide. They provide a wide range of legal and tax advice to help organizations thrive in changing times, offering deep local market understanding combined with a global perspective to support clients across various sectors.
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