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Paralegal - Debt Recovery

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EDF UK

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United Kingdom , London

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At EDF, success is personal. Here you’ll develop a career that’s unique to you. Whether you want to move horizontally, deepen your specialty, or advance through the levels — it’s your journey, powered by us. Join us and be part be of our mission to help Britain achieve Net Zero.

Job Responsibility:

  • Providing proactive, preventative, and commercially focused debt recovery support to EDF Energy’s Customers business
  • Managing the full lifecycle of debt recovery litigation, including coordination of enforcement actions
  • Supporting litigation and preventative legal work for the Corporate & Steering Functions (CSF), which covers areas such as employment, supply chain, corporate finance, transactions, and board governance
  • Helping with debt recovery and then advising on methods of enforcement of debts, not limited to instruction of High Court Enforcement, seeking Legal Charges, Attachment of Earnings and insolvency tools
  • Providing full support across all contentious debt recovery matters across EBS, Small Business and Retail
  • Providing full end to end debt recovery action for non-payment of energy charges
  • Taking ownership and pro-actively managing a large caseload of debt recovery matters to maximise recoveries
  • Drafting proceedings, considering any Defences, instruction of counsel, drafting witness evidence, preparing court bundles and preparing witnesses for trial
  • Drafting accurate and legally persuasive procedural documents to be used in court
  • Instructing barristers (where needed and approved), advising the business on prospects of success
  • Working closely on court cases with Managing Legal Counsel and highlighting any legal risks succinctly in a timely manner
  • Maintaining an accurate matrix of all debt recovery matters on which Legal are instructed

Requirements:

  • Strong experience in debt recovery, an interest in litigation, and dispute resolution
  • Background in regulated industries and customer-focused environments
  • Skilled in managing large caseloads
  • strong organisational and analytical abilities
  • Knowledge of county court enforcement methods (e.g. HCEO, charging orders)
  • Experience with court advocacy and attending hearings (travel required)
  • Commercially aware with broad legal knowledge
  • Effective communicator, able to advise stakeholders and senior leaders
  • Comfortable working under pressure and across multiple projects
  • Flexible, proactive, and willing to develop across legal areas
  • Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
What we offer:
  • Competitive salary
  • Potential for an annual bonus
  • Market‑leading pension scheme
  • Customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days and more

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 14, 2026

Expiration:
February 26, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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