Governance & Contracts Legal Executive Assistant

Marston Holdings Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 annual leave days + bank holidays

Enhanced maternity/paternity package

Health cash back plan

Staff benefits and discounts

Pension scheme

Job summary

Marston Holdings Limited, the UK’s largest judicial services company, seeks a highly organised Legal Executive Assistant to join its in‑house Legal Team. You will provide essential administrative and governance support across the function, ensuring contracts, records and processes are managed accurately and within required timescales.

You will work closely with lawyers and senior stakeholders, coordinating documents, overseeing regulatory filings and supporting DocuSign/CLM workflows to enable

Qualifications

• Previous administrative experience in a professional, corporate or regulated environment.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and records management with audit trails.

Responsibilities

• Manage incoming post, legal correspondence and regulatory documents; triage and escalate high-risk matters.
• Coordinate execution of contracts, leases and legal documents; manage wet-ink and electronic signatures.
• Maintain central repositories of agreements and archival systems with version control.
• Support legal operations tools (CLM, DocuSign) with user assistance and data quality.
• Open matters, maintain trackers, arrange meetings and assist with routine correspondence.
• Assist external counsel by coordinating documents, instructions and deadlines.
• Support claims, hearings, bundles and regulatory processes as required.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Professional communication

Microsoft Office proficiency

Legal tech familiarity

Education

Legal/secretarial qualification (desirable)

Tools

DocuSign

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) systems

Job description

Marston Holdings Limited, the UK’s largest judicial services company, seeks a highly organised Legal Executive Assistant to join its in‑house Legal Team. You will provide essential administrative and governance support across the function, ensuring contracts, records and processes are managed accurately and within required timescales.

You will work closely with lawyers and senior stakeholders, coordinating documents, overseeing regulatory filings and supporting DocuSign/CLM workflows to enable