Paralegal, Debt Recovery & Asset Recovery

Harper Macleod LLP

Glasgow

We are looking for an experienced paralegal to join our multi-award winning, top tier (Legal 500) Debt & Asset Recovery team. 

Your role will be varied and challenging and will involve working with our client portfolio, which includes UK Government, Scottish Government Departments and Agencies, Financial Institutions, RSLs, as well as businesses across multiple sectors. 

In particular, your role will involve:

• dealing with your own workload and reporting directly to clients and lead partner(s)
• handling your own files from instruction through to completion
• providing effective support to other team members (as required)
• processing files in respect of debt recovery matters, drafting correspondence and legal documentation to maintain consistent and appropriate communication with clients, and other external third parties.

Skills and experience required:

• experience in dealing with high-volume debt recovery instructions and utilising online case management systems whilst still maintaining close working relationships with clients
• Paralegal qualification in civil litigation (preferred but not essential)
• capable of using own initiative and working with limited supervision
• flexible and proactive approach
• organised and able to prioritise
• ability to work as part of a team in a fast-moving environment and able to handle a challenging caseload. 

Let your ambitions and ours go hand in hand

At Harper Macleod you’ll be part of a collective effort that is never satisfied: celebrating the successes and inspiring one another to always improve. You want to deliver extraordinary results for your clients. We want to deliver extraordinary opportunities for you and encourage you to make a difference.

Harper Macleod’s culture is the sum of the actions of the people who make up our business – it’s built around taking calculated risks and pushing for innovative solutions.

You know that doing things the right way is always the best way – the right things for clients, colleagues, and our communities. We will never compromise on this.

In 2025, we were proud to be named the best law firm in Scotland by the prestigious Chambers UK to go alongside many other accolades. A year earlier, we were named ESG Firm of the Year and the only Scottish law firm to be included in Legal 500’s Green Guide, both for the second year running.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, active colleague engagement, wellbeing, sustainability & CSR programs, and the opportunity to develop your career.

We believe the best is yet to come for Harper Macleod. If this sounds like the type of firm you’d like to be part of, maybe the best is yet to come for you?

Harper Macleod LLP is committed to promoting equal opportunities and developing a diverse workforce

To apply please send your CV to Kirsty.hunter@harpermacleod.co.uk