Legal Secretary

Legal Secretary - Cheltenham

Salary: Market Competitive

The Company

Our well-established client is looking to appoint a full time Legal Secretary to join their team. Our client is a specialist firm of solicitors based in 4 different cities with over 100 years of experience in the provision of legal services.

The Role

Our client has an exciting vacancy for a legal secretary. The role is suited to an experienced Legal Secretary in property work. The candidate will be supporting a busy team. The idle incumbent must provide professional and comprehensive secretarial support to a number of fee earners in the real estate team which could include some of the following disciplines:

• Landlord and tenant
• Commercial property
• Business development
• Strategic land
• Construction
• Highways and Rights of Way
• Environmental

Role Responsibilities:

• Document production
• Amending documents
• Scanning and dealing with incoming post
• Dealing with dictation on BigHand and email requests
• Communicating with clients and taking messages for fee earners
• Managing fee earner diaries and appointments
• Carrying out duties associated with opening and closing matters and ensuring compliance data is collated
• Ensuring that accurate records are maintained so that bills can be produced on time
• Ensuring that all systems are updated, and accurate records are kept
• Overseeing the fee earners inbox when required and to deal any emails

Essential Skills & Requirements:

• Good knowledge of practice management systems and other commonly used software
• Experience and knowledge of landlord and tenant / 1954 Act papers
• Land registry applications experience is essential
• Stamp Duty Land Tax Returns experience is essential
• Experience with commercial property transactions is essential
• Professional telephone manner
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Experience in a demanding, high performing professional services environment
• Good time management skills
• Attention to detail
• To be friendly, professional, and approachable at all times

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