Job description
Wise May is looking for a Legal Secretary to support the Private Wealth Team at a leading London Law Firm in the West End. With previous experience in Private Wealth or Tax, you will support with diary management, travel booking and billing.
This is a full time, permanent role with hybrid working (3 days a week in the office, 2 days remote) and the hours are 9:30am-5.30pm.
Legal Secretary duties and responsibilities to include:
• Full secretarial support to fee earners
• Drafting of correspondence and documents, reformatting into business house style.
• Filing, document management, opening new matters and archiving
• Diary management, coordinating internal and external meetings
• Maintaining contact information, collating lists of parties for specific deals
• Email management and archiving of emails
• Organising attendance at seminars, work related travel, accommodation etc
• Other ad hoc tasks when required
Legal Secretary key skills and experience required:
• Demonstrable experience as a Legal Secretary within Private Wealth or Tax in a Law firm.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage deadlines and competing priorities.
• Experience of using case management software.
• Judgement and problem solving.
• Excellent MS Office skills.
Company Benefits:
• Up to 27 days Annual leave
• Wellbeing programmes
• Employee Assistance programme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension scheme
• Life Assurance