Tech Paralegal

The Role

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Debt Capital Markets Paralegal to join our growing team. Origin is a leader in the growing capital markets technology space, now supporting over 100 major investment banks and bond issuers across our products. You will support our team of technologists and former investment bankers on all capital markets legal matters including:

• Helping design and develop our Documentation legal technology product
• Managing our issuance documentation database
• Working with issuers to convert legal documentation into machine readable form
• Working closely with DCM and issuer legal teams to ensure their documentation requirements are met
• Staying abreast of capital markets regulation

You will own the documentation tool from a legal content perspective and will be responsible for defining requirements with the technology team to ensure they fulfil client needs when delivered. This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic individual looking to join a fast-growing business at the ground level.

Requirements

Must Have

What you bring to the table:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree
• Legal experience either through degree or as a paralegal
• An understanding of and interest in technology and fintech
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and unflinching work ethic
• Enthusiasm, passion and humility

Nice to Have

• Experience in fixed income securities issuance with a particular familiarity of MTN programs
• Experience representing issuers and dealers in the capital raising process

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 24 days paid holiday in addition to bank holidays, your birthday off and 1 additional day of holiday for every year worked
• Hybrid working - flexible working hours (before 10am), part WFH (Mondays & Fridays) and up to two months of the year working remotely
• Established mentorship to help you grow in your career (and can offer external coaching where needed)
• Annual training budget up to £500 to attend conferences and workshops
• £500 home office budget
• Optional monthly socials (the last year includes bouldering, pasta making & DJing), team outings and annual company summer retreat (this year we went to Tuscany)
• Work with latest technologies (we aim to track the latest versions of our Angular/TypeScript)
• Established client base (Barclays, Deutsche Bank, The World Bank etc…)