Italian Speaking Paralegal / Secretary

McKinlay Law; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A commercial law firm in London is seeking a legal secretary fluent in Italian and English to support a team of lawyers. This position involves diary management, client liaison, and billing tasks. While prior experience is beneficial, the firm offers training for motivated graduates or trainees. A great opportunity to gain law firm experience in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Positive and proactive attitude.
• Willingness to learn and be trained.

Responsibilities

• Manage diary and scheduling for lawyers.
• Conduct anti-money laundering checks.
• Liaise with clients and manage communications.
• Create and update client records.
• Handle billing and invoicing tasks.

Skills

Fluent Italian

Fluent English

Strong IT skills

Job description

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Our client, a commercial London law firm, is looking for a legal secretary who can speak fluent Italian and English in order to assist a team of Italian lawyers. Whilst some paralegal assistance will be required from time to time, this is primarily a secretarial position but they will consider law graduates / LPC graduates looking for a start in a law firm.

• Diary management.
• Anti-money laundering checks.
• Liaising with clients and gatekeeping duties for fee-earners.
• Creating and updating client records.
• Billing and invoicing.

Previous experience would be helpful, however they are happy to train and mentor a graduate or trainee secretary with a positive and proactive attitude. In addition to the required language skills, it is also essential that you have strong IT skills. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with little experience to gain invaluable law firm experience in a friendly and very team orientated firm.

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.