French Speaking Legal Secretary

McKinlay Law; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international law firm in London seeks a bilingual Legal Secretary/PA to provide administrative support to a team of partners. Candidates must be fluent in both French and English and have at least 2 years’ experience from a similar firm. Key duties include managing correspondence, preparing expense reports, and handling diary management. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly team and work on various interesting tasks.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years’ experience as a secretary/legal PA from a leading law firm or similar.
• Complete fluency in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Dealing with correspondence and legal documentation.
• Preparing expense reports.
• Diary and calendar management.
• Transcribing digital dictation.
• Entering timesheets.
• Opening and closing files.

Skills

Fluent in French

Fluent in English

Exceptional communication skills

Client skills

Job description

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Leading international law firm are looking for a French speaking Legal Secretary / PA to provide PA, secretarial and administrative support to a small team of partners. It is essential that you are completely fluent in both French and English as well as previous experience as a secretary / PA.

This will be a wide-ranging role and duties will include:

• Dealing with correspondence
• Preparing expense reports
• Diary and calendar management
• Dealing with correspondence and legal documentation
• Assisting with putting together presentations
• Transcribing of digital dictation
• Entering fee earners’ timesheets
• Dealing with telephone calls and delegating enquiries
• Opening and closing files

It is essential that you have at least 2 years’ experience as a secretary / legal PA from another leading law firm or similar as well as complete fluency in both French and English. In addition, exceptional communication and client skills are also essential.

Fantastic opportunity for a bilingual legal secretary to join a top firm and assist a friendly team with an interesting array of work.

McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details.