Legal Secretary

Our client is a leading specialist IP firm with a dedicated team of solicitors and Trade Mark Attorneys, supported by experienced Paralegals and Legal Secretaries. With offices across the UK and Europe, the firm has built an excellent reputation and recently moved into their impressive new headquarters in the city.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Legal Secretary who enjoys working closely with fee earners and clients and is looking for a varied role with excellent opportunities for professional development. The firm offers a hybrid working model and is keen to hear from candidates with at least one year’s relevant legal secretarial experience.

This new role will assist a Partner solicitor, key responsibilities:

• Providing administrative and secretarial support across a range of matters.
• Diary management, meeting arrangements, and travel arrangements.
• Drafting and preparing letters, agreements and legal correspondence.
• Assisting with preparing court documentation and bundles.
• Opening/closing case files.
• Monitoring key deadlines.
• Carrying out conflict checks. 
• Client billing and processing expenses. 
• General administrative tasks.

 Experience

• Previous legal secretarial experience
• Knowledge or experience of Intellectual Property and/ or litigation
• Strong typing skills
• Some previous experience of working with digital dictation and audio typing
• Experience with legal billing

This is a brilliant opportunity for  a legal secretary eager to progress in litigation/IP within a wonderful team at a truly impressive firm.