Legal Admin Assistant - Residential Property

Moore Barlow; Lymington; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job description

The vacancy

We are currently seeking a Legal Admin Assistant to join our Residential Property Team in Lymington.

More About Us

Formed via a merger in 2020, Moore Barlow is a leading law firm and we aim to be the best law firm to work for regionally. We are a career firm, providing access to long-term career opportunities and an environment built on the premise of being “human first”. Put simply, we care as much about your career as you do.

We are featured in The Times’ Best Law Firms 2024 list, and consistently achieve recognition for the quality of our services in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners.

We are now 450 people, including 280 lawyers and 58 Partners, with offices across the South-East and London.

More About The Residential Property Team

Led by Mike Wilson (Partner and Chair of the Property Division), our Lymington-based team is part of our wider Residential Property Team. This portion of the team is well-renowned for providing legal advice on a wide variety of residential property transactions, particularly those of a higher value, and often involving additional complexities such as complex financial arrangements, very short timescales, listed buildings and large portions of land. While based in the idyllic Lymington office, our team are able to (and regularly do) advise on transactions in London, the South East and further afield.

Our team pride themselves on their client-centric approach; they recognise the importance of fully understanding a client’s objectives and ensuring they receive an efficient, pragmatic, and dedicated service regardless of the complexity of their matter. This approach paves the way for repeat instructions from returning clients and their families, and there are numerous examples of the team servicing multiple generations of the same family.

Day To Day

As a Legal Admin Assistant, you will play a crucial role by providing support to our specialist lawyers on a wide range of tasks, ensuring they are able to work at optimum efficiency and deliver the right outcomes for their clients.

1. You will support the Residential Property Team with a broad range of administrative tasks, including the preparation of engagement letters, filing opening and associated due diligence, document production, and general assistance to the team as necessary.
2. You will assist and support more senior members of the team with work or tasks as required.
3. You will assist with arranging appointments, as well as other internal and external meetings.
4. You will be responsible for accurate photocopying and scanning, as well as the management of incoming and outgoing post.
5. You will handle telephone enquiries, ensuring accurate details are taken and passed on to the relevant lawyer for follow up.
6. You will help to manage the lawyers’ diaries by ensuring important information is added, including meetings and deadlines.

What We Look For

Our Firm is built on the value of being “human first” and, because of that, we are looking to attract those who have a passion for delivering excellent standards of client service, and the drive to continuously learn and improve. We are ideally looking for:

1. Individuals with fantastic communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with both clients and colleagues.
2. Initiative for self-improvement, and a willingness to get stuck into new tasks and challenges required to meet individual and department objectives.
3. A proactive and collaborative work ethic.
4. The ability to time manage and prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
5. A willingness to get “stuck in” and support others across the team when needed.
6. We care deeply and as such you will adopt a highly-attentive and client-focused approach to your duties.

If you feel that you have this experience, and are passionate about advancing your career in our leading Residential Property Team, then we strongly encourage you to apply.

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Brandon Duchesne, Talent Acquisition Manager, for an informal conversation - [e-mail].

Who We Are

We are Moore Barlow, a top regional career law firm with a simple mission – to make a difference.

We support our clients and the communities we help through providing outstanding legal services with empathy and expertise. A full service law firm, we support these core client groups: Individuals & Families, Entrepreneurial Businesses & Organisations and Personal/Catastrophic Injury & Medical Negligence.

We are passionate about making a difference to our people, their careers and care deeply about their experience at work. Moore Barlow aims to be recognised as the best career law firm to work for. This means that we care as much about your career as you do. So whether you join us early in your career, in one of our outstanding business support functions or are continuing an already rich career in law, you’ll find Moore Barlow a great place to further build your experience.

With numerous top-tier rankings in law, exceptional quality of work and named a Times Top 100 best law firm to work for, we have big plans. We are seeking passionate, human-focused individuals like you as we continue to grow. With over 450 dedicated professionals including 70 Partners and 272 Lawyers, Moore Barlow offers substantial opportunity for further advancement and personal development.

What We Can Offer

Our culture is open, diverse and inclusive and we look for likeminded individuals who recognise that it’s this individuality that allows us to be truly different to other firms. Everything we do is underpinned by the Moore Barlow Way, which is a set of values and principles to ensure consistency of experience no matter which team you work within.

As a true career firm, we seek to reward the great work our people undertake with continued personal development opportunities. We have big plans for growth, and we see that this creates extensive opportunity for our people as we move towards our long-term ambitions.

In most of our roles, we are also open to supporting hybrid, flexible working and different work patterns. What you do outside of work is as important as your time inside of work – and we want to strike the right balance for both the individual and the firm.

We also offer great benefits including 28 days’ annual leave, private medical insurance, income protection, life assurance, firmwide bonus scheme and a generous pension scheme.

If you’re seeking to join a firm that seeks to provide a personal and highly engaging place to work – we are confident that you’ll find this at Moore Barlow.

Our values

Human
first
Stronger
together
Lead the
way
Make it
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