We are recruiting for a Legal Assistant to join our Private Client team in London. As a Legal Assistant, you will provide efficient and effective administrative support to the team, enabling the department to function effectively and achieve its objectives.
Key Responsibilities
1. Manage an administrative workload under the guidance of fee earners.
2. Provide administrative support to fee earners including file-opening, telephone management, document production (incl. audio-typing, managing voice recognition procedures and outsourcing providers), filing/archiving, photocopying, email management, online portal management, and dealing with post.
3. Draft documents and bills, under supervision, using appropriate precedents and templates to accurately reflect fee earner instructions.
4. Undertake basic legal processes, under supervision, such as assisting to process cases through portals, obtaining relevant documentation, arranging case meetings, arranging funding, liaising with the court, completing relevant forms, and processing monies.
5. Correspond with clients as required through telephone, email, letter, and face-to-face.
6. Provide excellent client service at all times.
7. Provide administrative support for business development and marketing activities including booking facilities and refreshments, booking specialists, preparing presentation materials, and associated marketing documentation.
8. Time record for all work where possible.
Skills, Experience, and Attributes
1. Previous experience in a Legal Assistant role within a Private Client department.
2. Excellent organisational capability with the ability to effectively prioritise.
3. Strong written communication skills.
4. Demonstrate a good understanding of client relationship management.
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