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LEGAL SECRETARY CORP FINANCE PRIVATE EQUITY - LONDON CITY

Leading international legal practice seeks experienced Legal Secretary for Corporate Finance Private Equity Group.

MAIN RESPONSBILITY

To work as part of a highly motivated secretarial team to provide professional, proactive, high level secretarial support to an allocated group of fee earners and to the wider fee earning team.

Technical ability:

· To produce and amend documents with speed and accuracy;
· To format, paginate, number and present documents in the firm's house style;
· To proof read all work, checking for spelling and grammar ;
· To be a user of key software packages i.e. Word/Powerpoint and take responsibility for any training needs to improve relevant skills needed to meet the needs of the business;
· To proactively work with the fee earners to ensure relevant documentation is produced to meet clients' expectations and deadlines.

Administrative skills:

· Manage diaries of allocated fee earners in Microsoft Outlook to include:
making appointments;
arranging meetings/conferences;
sending and responding to invites;
booking restaurants;
· To prepare papers for meetings and deal with any necessary paperwork etc. following meetings attended by fee earners;
· Make travel arrangements as requested by the Fee Earner to include:
preparing itinerary;
booking hotels;
booking flights;
arranging cash/currency/visa/passport etc.;
· Process expense claims, payment requisition forms, returned advances;
· To maintain and update client and other relevant contact details on CMS/Connect database;
· To process all forms including new client form, new matter form, money laundering form etc.
· To ensure that all electronic filing and paper based filing is up to date and maintained at regular intervals;
· To prepare narratives and bills and keep billing files up to date;
· To carry out photocopying and scanning as required.

General Approach

· To show a positive approach and interest in the work that your fee earners are undertaking;
· Show initiative when responding to queries and actively try to seek solutions to problems;
· To support your fee earners when clients are demanding the work product to be delivered;
· To support and build working relationships with your own fee earners as well as other members of the team and to actively work for the interests of the whole team;
· To support and build working relationships with your colleagues in the secretarial team and to actively get involved in working activities within the team

Excellent remuneration and benefits package.

A MINIMUM OF 12 MONTHS UK LEGAL EXPERIENCE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THIS ROLE

LEGAL SECRETARY CORP FINANCE PRIVATE EQUITY - LONDON CITY

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