Commercial Litigation Legal PA

Larbey Evans Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Excellent employee benefits

Friendly culture

Job summary

Larbey Evans Ltd in London is seeking a Junior Legal PA with experience supporting fee earners in Dispute Resolution and litigation. You will manage diaries, prepare documents from templates, and liaise with clients while maintaining confidentiality.

The role offers a salary up to £37,000, hybrid working (2 days in the office, 3 days remote), excellent benefits, and a friendly, collaborative culture within the firm's legal team.

Qualifications

• Experience as Legal PA in a law firm.
• Experience supporting a fee earner allocation in Litigation.

Responsibilities

• Manage diaries for fee earners with minimal supervision.
• Process applications, forms or searches with minimal supervision.
• Know systems/processes within the Department.
• Provide excellent service to clients, internal and external, in a timely and professional manner.
• Act as a first point of contact for Fee Earners.
• Assist in marketing communications and record business development meetings in the CRM.
• Maintain client confidentiality at all times.
• Create typed documents to house style, quickly and accurately.
• Utilise the Document Management System effectively.
• Create documents from templates using CRM data.
• Proofread documents for spelling, grammar and sense.
• Prepare bills as required by Fee Earners.
• Prepare AML documentation and obtain relevant documents from clients.
• Conduct conflict searches and correctly identify the work type.

Skills

Diary management

Client service

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Tools

CRM system

Document Management System

Job description

Commercial Litigation Legal PA

A top UK law firm is looking for a Junior Legal PA with experience supporting fee earners in Dispute Resolution and litigation, who is ready to take the next step in their career as a Legal PA. You’ll have your own allocation of lawyers.

What’s On Offer

• Salary to £37, 000
• Hybrid working (2 days office / 3 days remote)
• Excellent employee benefits
• Friendly & collaborate culture and working environment

Commercial Litigation Legal PA – What You’ll Be Doing

• Effective and proactive diary management, and awareness of Fee Earners' workloads to plan ahead, with minimal supervision
• Processes relevant applications, forms or searches, with minimal supervision
• Has a good knowledge of all systems/processes used within the Department
• Provides excellent service to clients, both internal and external, in a timely and professional manner, presenting a positive image of the Firm at all times
• Acts as a first point of contact for Fee Earners
• Provides assistance in the delivery of marketing communications, and records all business development meetings in the CRM system
• Recognises, respects and honours client confidentiality at all times
• Creates typed work of a high quality, formatting in accordance with house style, at high speed, with accuracy and following internal guidelines
• Makes effective use of the Document Management System
• Creates new documents from the Firm’s templates, using contact data from the CRM system where appropriate
• Proof-reads all documents for spelling, grammar and sense, querying wording where appropriate
• Prepares bills, as required by Fee Earners
• Prepares AML documentation and obtains relevant documentation from clients in a timely manner, as required by Fee Earners
• Carries out conflict searches and correctly identifies the work type

Commercial Litigation Legal PA – What We’re Looking For

• Previous Legal PA / Secretarial experience gained within a law firm essential
• Experience supporting a fee earner allocation in Litigation