Legal PA/ Legal Secretary in Real Estate

A well-known and international law firm are now recruiting – this is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Senior Legal PA / Legal Secretary to join their Real Estate team on a part time basis working 3 days per week.

This is an initial 6month contract role and is a role for an individual who thrives on a fast paced and demanding environment and supporting senior stakeholders. You will be positive, professional, and able to deliver an exceptional quality of work under tight deadlines. You will have strong experience of working within the sector.  Energetic and enthusiastic, you will have the skills, knowledge and attributes to work flexibly and autonomously within our fast moving and changing environment.

Duties will include:

• Ensure all work is directed through the hub
• Ensure all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
• Draw up a plan to share any complex tasks which is time-bound
• Communicate with fee earners to keep them updated on a task's status
• Engage in mutual delegation of tasks between hub team members and assist the hub team to meet deadlines
• Ensure clear and concise record keeping relating to tasks undertaken and correct filing of tasks and supporting materials (e.g. email instructions / discussions)
• Developing specialist expertise including preparation of draft legal documents, attending to court filing, organising service of legal documents, expert and witness arrangements and appointments, conducting research at fee earner request, e-billing and client reporting
• Effective use of practice management system (Elite)
• File management
• Diary management
• Document Production
• Assisting with business development
• Arrange travel bookings, including flights, taxis, accommodation and rental cars, etc.
• Organising courier deliveries and collections
• Conducting various searches, including company/property searches etc.
• Close and archive files and matters (as per archiving guidelines/ policy)

To apply, please click on the button and send your Cover Note/CV with your contact details to Jo Benson.

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Important Notice
It is Career Legal’s policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. 

Career Legal is celebrating its 24th successive year in legal recruiting for the legal community across London and throughout the UK. Specific legal divisions cover full spectrum of legal recruitment on a permanent, contract and temporary basis. Specialist Legal Recruitment consultants with many years proven experience cover Legal Professional Services, Legal Business Support and Legal Office Support areas. Career Legal is known for being the legal recruiter of choice for: Lawyers, Legal Risk & Compliance, Legal Patent & Trademark, Legal Accounting, Legal Human Resources, Legal Marketing & Business Development, Legal Facilities Management, Paralegal, Legal DP & Creative Services, Legal Facilities & Office Support, Front of House and Legal Secretarial Personnel including Legal PA’s.