English Language Editor

Описание

Mariam Rahim
mariamrahim@mail.ru
+7 (993) 4426724
+7 (911) 8932521 (Whatsapp/Telegram)
Citizenship: Russian Federation
I have recently moved back to Russia, from the UK where I grew up and currently live in St Petersburg. I am a personable and friendly professional who has a proven ability in a wide range of functions. An enthusiastic learner with drive and motivation. A great team player and excellent communicator who achieves goals with determination.

KEY QUALITIES

Responds positively to pressure, able to prioritise work and meet deadlines.
Conscientious and outstanding attention to detail.
Able to develop strong relationships with colleagues at all levels.
Effective communicator at all levels.
Reliable and hard-working.
Skilled in supervising, managing and co-ordinating others.
Accomplished at adapting to varying demands and circumstances.
Excellent document management and organisational skills.
Adapts easily to new technology.

EDUCATION & TECHNICAL SKILLS

Native English
Fluent Russian
Advanced French
Ms Office Suite: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Microsoft Teams; Skype, Zoom
SAP Fiori, Perfect Information, Delta View, Adobe Acrobat, InterAction, DocsOpen/Interwoven Desksite, Worksite
LexisNexis and Westlaw
TEFL
NVQ Level 2 - Telesales

2005 - 2006 BPP School of Law Legal Practice Course (Pass) including Debt Finance, Equity Finance and Private Acquisitions

2001 - 2005 University of London, Queen Mary
LLB Law Honours Degree (2.1): Subjects include, Company Law, Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law [2003 - 2004: Université Panthéon Assas, Paris 2: Erasmus (Pass): Subjects include, French Civil Law and Competition Law]

1999 - 2001 Richmond upon Thames College
A Levels: Russian (A); Mathematics (B); French (C); English (D)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Sept 2012 - June 2022
Transactional Legal Assistant - Corporate (Financial Services Department)

Client account management within the Financial Services Regulatory Department for all clients.
Drafted engagement letters for every new file opened within the Department, including drafting the scope of work and accurately reflecting agreed fee arrangements/structures, from information provided within email correspondence.
Conducted legal research using special legal databases, and researched advice the firm provided in the past using internal search facilities, to provide summarised conclusions to Partners, in response to client enquiries.
Assisted with company secretarial functions for valuable clients, including drafting Director Board Minutes and Resolutions, Shareholder Resolutions, Powers of Attorney and Articles of Association; and providing guidance by email on corporate procedures such as changing a company name, the resignation and appointment of directors, the appointment of Attorneys, and adopting new Articles.
Conducted documentation reviews of client contracts to determine specific rights.
Performed large scale multi-jurisdictional surveys for global banks, including negotiating contractual terms between local counsel in over 20 different jurisdictions and the client bank; researching laws of anti-bribery and corruption to determine whether requirements satisfied and summarising outcomes for the client by email.
Co-ordinated monthly billing procedures and reviewed all draft invoices and their narratives: Arranged and held meetings with Partners to determine requirements for specific client accounts for approximately 150 client files, of various sizes, monthly. Thereafter, liaised with Associates to distribute draft bills to them, and ensure their timely return; and I liaised with the Billing Department for finalising of the bills according to specific requirements. I also proofread the narratives and client information on every invoice for spelling, grammar and style errors, inconsistencies, or inaccuracies. I maintained a record of the status of files billed.
Corresponded with clients by email and held telephone calls with clients, to answer questions on invoices or engagement letters.
Assisted with client on-boarding and requested any additional information needed, from the client.
Regularly worked closely with Partners and different support departments; built strong working relationships that improved productivity.
Attended monthly training and read regular bulletins on financial services regulatory reforms.

Herbert Smith LLP Aug 2012 Paralegal - Litigation

Worked on a large arbitration relating to gold mining authorisations and licence issues.
Indexed large volumes of documentation and verified content of documents received electronically.
Worked in a small team to review all copies of documents which filled approximately 100 large folders.
Translated the meaning of Russian mining documents from Russian to English, in order to index.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP Nov 2011 - May 2011
Legal Assistant - Corporate

Worked on a valuable stainless steel company acquisition.
Helped on a multi-million Euro offering of senior loan notes for a metal producer.

Proofread first to final drafts of entire documents such as Offering Memoranda and Prospectuses for share issues, public offerings and listings on the London Stock Exchange, as well as Annual Reports produced for filing at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Performed complex research and drafted a Practice Note on Schemes of Arrangement for publication by LexisNexis, as well as conducting regular general legal research for senior members of staff.
Assisted the Litigation Department with a large hearing involving two valuable telecoms providers; checking an index of over 500 documents against hard copy documents in order to verify content and description for a valuable hearing the following day.
Used Internet search engines, company websites and specialist information websites such as Perfect Information, the Securities and Exchange Commission and Companies House Direct, to locate publicly available documents, filings and company summaries, thereafter, compiling detailed corporate profiles.
Attended at the Royal Courts of Justice to conduct insolvency and litigation searches.

Mayer Brown International LLP Feb 2011 - Nov 2011
Transactional Paralegal - Finance

Assisted with post-completion work for one of the largest project financing transactions of its kind, at the time. This involved a multi-million US Dollar finance to a mining company for the construction and development of its precious mineral mine in Mexico.
Worked on the completion of the first ever securitisation deal in Norway involving auto-loan receivables to the value of over 1 billion GBP.
Assisted on the closing of two large multi-jurisdictional securitisations of trade receivables, for a large international bank as Purchaser.

Collected electronic and original signatures for large closings, often involving over 100 documents, accurately, quickly and conscientiously and maintaining an up-to-date record.
Successfully liaised with different members of staff across the firm and abroad in order to secure the successful execution and delivery of documents, obtain any fee estimates and ensure the timely completion of deals; giving clear instructions, circulating information and gaining confirmations as required.
Attended offices of clients, administering the signing of documents, effectively. This included providing instructions on jurisdictional signing requirements, when necessary.
Drafted documents such as Board Minutes, Director's Certificates and Notices to borrowers on loans subject to the securitisation.
Attended conference calls with clients in order to understand and action their commercial and legal needs.
Creating transaction bibles and indexing original documents, thereafter sending to all parties according to their specific requirements.

Denton Wilde Sapte LLP (now Dentons) July 2006 - Mar 2009
Transactional Paralegal - Finance

Assisted with leveraged finance, real estate finance and asset finance transactions. I worked on UK and multi-jurisdictional deals for huge global banking clients.
Proofread large leveraged finance loan agreements to strict time constraints (sometimes overnight), for typographical errors, punctuation, grammar, house-style, and edits entered by the Secretary Department.
Managed a multi-million EUR, Asset Finance transaction. I attended conference calls, liaised with overseas counsel and drafted security documents such as charges over ships, assignments and guarantees.
Collated large volumes of documentation on completions.
Conducted company searches at Companies House and compiled reports based on my analysis of the information registered.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Subscriptions Marketing Limited, London Sept 2009 - Feb 2011
Sales Broker

- Secured sales of newspapers and magazines by telephone, meeting and exceeding monthly targets and achieving, on average, 500 sales per month.
- Spoke to over 100 people daily, engaging and building rapport with every reader.
- Conformed to legal, regulatory and professional requirements on every call.
- Communicated with a wide range of customers, adapting my tone, speed and levels of detail to the type of person, their interests and the product.
- Handled objections and negotiated successfully.
- Overcame challenges with determination and patience.

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

- I love to go to the theatre and watching ballet.
- I am fond of playing tennis.
- I love to spend time with my three dogs.
I am interested in visiting new places.
Previously a volunteer and case worker at BPP Pro Bono society; successfully representing a client at the Property Tribunal.
Final Year Principal Officer of the Queen Mary Pro Bono Group; coordinating and attending free advice clinics of law firms, researching and drafting first drafts of advice for lawyers.
General Secretary of the Queen Mary Law Society.


REFEREES: I can provide referees if needed.