Legal Personal Assistant

The Role

A leading corporate law firm are seeking a Litigation Personal Assistant to provide essential administration support to Partners/Fee Earners. You will be a team player who is enthusiastic and will actively engage with the company culture and core values.

Responsibilities

• Providing efficient administrative support service to Fee Earners, including the preparation of high-quality proposals and presentations
• Fast accurate document production on litigation matters: preparation of a high volume of court files, trial bundles with tight timescales
• Extensive diary management, using Microsoft Outlook, booking travel
• Assisting with correspondence, billing, and administration tasks
• Updating our document management system and providing accurate and timely assistance with soft & hard copy filing
• Assisting with other ad-hoc administrative and project requirements
• Proactive support across all other departments on a need’s basis

What you will have

• 2+ years’ experience of working as a PA in a professional services/partnership environment
• Current working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Proactive, professional can-do attitude with exceptional attention to detail and pride in work.

Desirable

• Experience  of creating marketing type material such as client documentation and presentations
• Experience of using digital dictation systems such as Bighand
• Experience of using time recording and invoicing systems such as Expert
• Experience of matter inception and working with document management systems such as Filesite

Next Steps:
Please submit your application or speak to a specialist consultant from the Abacus team on 0044 (0) 28 9031 3157 for a confidential discussion. We aim to respond to all inquiries within 4 business hours.
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