About this role
Location: London
Salary: £37,000-£42,000
Contract: Permanent, full time
A top international law firm is looking for a Legal PA - Employment to join its Legal Operations team and support a group of Employment lawyers. It's a varied role with plenty of client contact, in a friendly and high-performing team.
What you'll do as our Legal PA - Employment
- Support the matter lifecycle: new matter set-up, retainer letters, conflict checks, CDD and KYC, filing, closing inactive matters and archiving
- Help with billing: making sure files have the right rates and discounts, Money on Account is collected, unpaid bills are chased with Credit Control, and disbursement invoices go out on time
- Be the first point of contact for your fee earners: calls, emails and meeting requests
- Manage calendars across multiple time zones
- Book travel through the in-house provider, sort itineraries and handle expense claims
- Organise client breakfasts, lunches and dinners, and log referrals and contacts in InterAction
- Delegate formatting and typing to the Document Production Unit and admin tasks to the Business Administrators
- Cover Senior Legal PAs when needed
What we're looking for
- Admin experience supporting a team in a professional services environment, ideally legal
- Strong time management and the ability to re-prioritise without fuss
- Excellent MS Office skills and real attention to detail
- Comfortable working within compliance and quality control processes
- A warm, professional communicator, written and verbal
- Discretion with confidential information
- A team player who's happy to help colleagues out
If you're an experienced legal support professional ready for a Legal PA - Employment role at a top international law firm, apply today.