Legal support assistant Work, Jobs in United Kingdom (with Salaries)

Assistant: Legal Support (Junior Legal Secretary - Real Estate)
Mayer Brown LLP —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
Legal Support Assistant
HCR —Cambridge
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Annual leave
- Gym membership
Legal Assistant
Zaya Legal services —London
- £2,000 - £2,500 a month
- Customer service
- Administrative experience
- Analysis skills
Quick apply
Legal Support Assistant
Stephens Scown —Truro
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Office
- Administrative experience
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
Legal Support Assistant - 6 Month FTC
Howard Kennedy —London
- Monday to Friday
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
- Time management
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
11d
Legal Assistant - Onboarding
Dean Wilson LLP —Brighton
- £26,250 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- English
- Annual leave
- Life insurance
Legal Assistant / Client Support Analyst
Juno —London
- Full-time
- Flexible schedule
Quick apply
Legal Assistant/Secretary
Jagdev Legal —Birmingham
- £25,000 - £28,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Flexitime
Quick apply
7d
Receptionist and Part-time Legal Assistant
KT SOLICITORS LIMITED —London
- £24,000 - £28,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Accounting
Quick apply
Legal Administrative Assistant
Haynes and Boone, LLP —London
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
Legal Support Assistant
Ashfords LLP —Bristol
- Full-time
- Administrative experience
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Work from home
11d
Legal Team and Operations Assistant
Financial Times —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Organisational skills
- AI
- Annual leave
3d
Conveyancing Assistant
Burtons Consulting —Remote
- £24,785 - £26,500 a year
- Full-time
- Remote
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
Quick apply
8d
Legal Practice Assistant
King & Spalding —London
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Employee assistance programme
- Gym membership
11d
Legal Support Assistant
Humber Law —Beverley
- £24,420.00 - £35,883.76 a year
- Full-time
- Administrative experience
- In-person
Quick apply
6d
Legal Support Assistant
Chattertons Solicitors —Stamford
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Quick apply
7d
Legal Assistant (Dispute Resolution)
BWS Law - Solicitors —Loughborough
- £24,000 - £25,000 a year
- Full-time
- Administrative experience
- Analysis skills
- IT
Quick apply
14d
Wills, Probate and Estate Planning - Legal Support Assistant
Gardner Leader LLP —Maidenhead
- From £28,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- Administrative experience
- Typing
Quick apply
Legal Assistant (Private Client)
Aberdein Considine —Glasgow
- Full-time
- Computer literacy
- English
- Microsoft Office
4d
Legal Assistant
Geoffrey Miller Solicitors —Tower
- £23,500 - £27,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Outlook
- Customer service
- Administrative experience
- Store discount
- Health & wellbeing programme

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Assistant: Legal Support (Junior Legal Secretary - Real Estate)

Mayer Brown LLP -
London

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Job details

Full-time

Qualifications

Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
GCSE
Typing

Full job description

Overview:

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.

We are a collegial and collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Legal Practice Support Team in our London office as an Assistant: Legal Support.

Standard hours are 9:30am to 5:30pm with flexibility in accordance with the needs of the business.

Our current working from home policy allows for two days working from home, subject to business need.

The Legal Practice Support Team is expected to provide cover within the office five days per week, so working from home days must be coordinated with the Legal Practice Assistant Team Leader.

This policy is subject to change and does not form part of contractual terms

Responsibilities:

Technical:

Scheduling, labelling, and storing deeds, files, and folders.
Performing online searches via Land Registry Portal and Searchflow.
Creating extranet sites such as HighQ and renaming/uploading/downloading documents.
Making diary appointments, arranging meetings (including booking rooms, confirming dates and locations, distributing agendas, and preparing material where required) and diary management.
Organising travel arrangements and preparing itineraries where necessary.
Preparing material (often using PowerPoint) for presentations.
Quick and accurate preparation of bills ensuring they are sent out as quickly as possible, following up with Accounts or other departments as required.
Typing and amending correspondence and documents, which are often lengthy, and undertaking amendments, as necessary.
Accurate proofreading of documents, paying particular attention to headers/footers.
Assisting with timesheet posting if required.
Submitting expenses and invoices in ChromeRiver.
Entering data on internal systems/databases (e.g., InterAction, Excel, etc.).
Prepare New Matter memos, ensuring accuracy and correct spelling of companies/individuals/checking with fee earners where necessary.
Complies with all internal policies, procedures and processes and keeps technical skills up to date (i.e., identifies where refresher/new training is required in response to any changes in the role).
Photocopying, filing and other general administrative duties.

Personal Management

Filing of paper documents, electronic filing and keeping administrative files up to date.
Follows firm's archiving process as set by Information Governance.
Closing files promptly, transferring files over when a fee earner leaves, etc.
Arranging courier deliveries.
Ensures distribution lists are kept up to date, amending as necessary after new conflicts checks.

Client Focus

Assisting with client queries in a professional and timely manner.
Assist internal clients (all groups within the business) with queries and respond in a timely manner.
Assisting with business development initiatives, i.e., organising client lunches, etc.

Communication

Liaising with clients and telephone callers when fee-earners are out of the office. Taking down accurate messages and dealing with queries or assisting callers wherever possible.
Assist and take ownership for internal/external queries in a polite and professional manner using the most appropriate medium, seek out information and resolve queries.
Maintains confidentiality and discretion at all times, flagging any concerns or issues at the appropriate level.

Teamwork

Assisting with general office duties and providing back up support for other LPAs and/or fee-earners as required to ensure the smooth running of the business.

Results Driven

Assists/supports Counsel, Associates, PSL's and trainees with internal processes, i.e., organises work to Evening group, picks up IT issues and resolves accordingly.
Checks new matter memos for accuracy, checks for clearance and keeps fee earners abreast with any issues or reminders. Co-ordinates a file where this may be cross-group.

Qualifications, Experience and Personal Attributes:

Educated to GCSE or equivalent, A Level preferable.
Minimum RSA II typing.
A legal practice assistant qualification an advantage

Experience:

Knowledge of Real Estate work within a legal environment essential.

Technical Abilities:

Accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Strong technical skills, advanced Word and Outlook and a working knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint and Internet.
Typing speed 60 wpm +

Personal attributes:

Personable, flexible and enthusiastic approach to teamwork.
Good, articulate telephone manner.
Self-starter, ability to use initiative and provide pro-active support to fee-earners.
Ability to pay attention to detail, particularly with emails, and to check own work.
Reliable and well organised.
Ability to work under pressure within strict deadlines and takes responsibility for their work.

At Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed.

Our culture promotes mutual respect, acceptance, cooperation and productivity among people from all backgrounds and values different perspectives and ideas.

One of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our Employee Resource Groups - LGBTQI+, Fusion (Race & Ethnicity), Multi-faith, Women, Enable (Disability), Social Inclusion and Opportunities Network and Work and Me (Family).

We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.

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