Legal Secretary - Residential Conveyancing / Property

Leading London law firm seeks an experienced and confident Legal Secretary to join their well-regarded Residential Conveyancing team, on a temp-to-perm basis.

You'll be supporting busy partners with a fast-paced and varied workload and your responsibilities will include:

• creating documentation in Word and Excel including correspondence, reports and agreements;
• drafting conveyancing documentation including contracts, transfer deeds and post-completion applications;
• diary management for fee-earners;
• client liaison, being a friendly and positive client point of contact, and accurately keeping contact details;
• record-keeping, digital dictation, opening and closing files, assistance with client billing, filing and archiving etc.

You'll have recent legal secretarial experience in residential conveyancing (lease extensions, selling and purchasing, new builds and developments etc), and very good knowledge of the forms and processes used.

You'll also have a fast typing speed (above 65wpm) and solid confidence with Microsoft Word and Excel, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be able to work well under pressure.

This firm is very well respected with an excellent reputation, and friendly and supportive working atmosphere, and are offering a competitive package with solid benefits.

Candidates are encouraged to apply promptly as short-listing for this exciting opportunity will begin immediately.

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Verity Appointments prides itself on providing an excellent service to candidates and clients, however competition will be high for this role, and we may not be able to contact everyone individually. If you have not been contacted within five working days you should assume you have not been successful on this occasion, but we hope that you will apply for any other positions that interest you in the future.