Clyde & Co is currently recruiting a Legal Assistant to join the team led by Partners Ernest van Buuren and Melissa Tang . Our legal assistants provide a range of administrative support to a number of fee earners in order to ensure that lawyers are fully supported in the delivery of legal services to our clients.
About the role
- High level of legal secretarial support to fee earners as required
- General administration including inbox management, drafting correspondence and court documents
- Monthly billing, including ensuring that client SLA's and specific billing requirements are followed
- Attending to client and matter queries, including managing the process of opening new clients and matters, through to closure of a matter
- Generating briefs to counsel and liaising with junior and senior counsel on matter coordination
- Capturing and recording fee earner time including business development activities and liaising with clients
- Diary management, including organising internal and external client meetings and arranging travel
- All other ad hoc duties as required.
About you
You have a track record of strong performance in administrative or legal support whereby your stakeholders rely upon the organisation and service you provide. This is a litigated practice and the successful candidate will ideally have a combination of some but not necessarily all of the following skills and experience:
- Minimum 2 years legal admin or professional services experience
- Proficiency across all Microsoft Office applications
- Superior time management to complete tasks efficiently
- Superior attention to detail
- High level of professionalism and service excellence with clear and concise communication
- Flexibility to work autonomously and as part of a team environment
- Experience with Elite 3E and iManage will be highly regarded
- A positive attitude to work, and an adaptable and collaborative approach
- Provide assistance with all other reasonable work-related fee earner requests.
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