Legal PA - Private Client - Top ranked team - £44k - 2 days in!

Supporting a small team including Partners, they are ideally seeking a candidate with good developing experience of supporting their own allocation, who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is looking to take their career to the next level. The department are regarded as the friendliest at the firm too so you'll feel involved from the moment you walk in the door.

It is an absolute must that the Legal PA has strong secretarial skills, coupled with a can-do attitude. Experience within a Private Practice Law firm is necessary too, ideally within Private Client (or Tax, or Onshore/Offshore Trusts or Wills and Probate) but the firm take a refreshing approach and will consider other areas of law as your skills are transferable.

For an idea of some the Legal PA duties involved, please see the list below:

• Effective and proactive diary management


• Has an excellent knowledge of all systems/processes


• Arranges travel and any other activities on behalf of others, where appropriate


• Provides excellent service to clients, both internal and external, in a timely and professional manner


• Provides assistance in the delivery of marketing communications


• Organises business development meetings and events for Fee Earners, and assists in the production of business development materials in liaison with the Marketing team


• Creates typed work of a high quality, formatting in accordance with house style, at high speed, with accuracy


• Makes effective use of the Document Management System


• Proof-reads all documents for spelling, grammar and sense, querying wording where appropriate


• Proactively uses initiative to compose correspondence and send on behalf of Fee Earners


• Prepares bills (including bill narratives) with minimal supervision, as required by Fee Earners


• Prepares AML documentation and obtains relevant documentation from clients in a timely manner, as required by Fee Earners


• Carries out conflict searches
  
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