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Prestigious UK Law firm seeking an experienced Litigation/Dispute Resolution Legal PA/EA.
Salary - £47,000
Location - West-End
Hybrid - 3/2
This much sought after firm known for investing in their employees are garnering a great reputation for themselves within Litigation and as a result, need a talented Legal PA/EA to provide seamless support to Partners and a high service level with their clients.
A solid Litigation or Disputes background would be hugely beneficial. However, if your legal knowledge lies elsewhere, the firm take a refreshing approach and understand that your skills are transferable so don't let that put you off!
Prior experience as a Legal PA/EA within a Private Practice Law firm is an absolute must, along with strong technical skills and a can-do attitude.
For an idea of some the duties involved, please see the list below:
- Take full ownership of diaries, proactively managing all appointments, meetings and related logistics, working with partners to ensure that their schedules run smoothly and that they are where they need to be, at the scheduled meeting time, and that they are prepared for each meeting
- As agreed with each individual partner, manage inboxes responding to emails on their behalf, drafting emails appropriately, forwarding any client critical emails to other fee earners and secretaries in the team to action and respond and highlight any urgent/important emails that partner needs to respond to
- Take full ownership of tasks and manage workload against deadlines and business needs, working effectively and collaboratively with central support departments to efficiently deliver to deadlines
- Coordinate the billing process on behalf of the partners, proactively organising WIP and other financial management meetings, working with the wider department and Client Administrators to ensure billing processes meet deadlines
- Arrange regular catch ups with each partner to review their diary and commitments, to ensure that a good understanding of partners' clients and priorities is developed to help the partners make the best use of their time
- Introduce and implement best practice around key operational processes to enhance partner effectiveness and department performance
- Liaise with the Marketing & Business Development team and key contacts, proactively coordinating BD activities, playing a key role in the organisation of events, seminars & conferences for the team
- Arrange travel requirements, understand individual's personal preferences and manage all arrangements from start to finish (including journey details, accommodation, visa requirements, currency) and update diary to reflect all information
If this is ticking boxes for you, you'd like any further info or if you just need a chat please don't hesitate to contact me.
