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Legal Assistant

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United Kingdom

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Full time

15 days ago

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a skilled Legal Assistant to join a dynamic Dispute Resolution team. In this role, you will provide essential legal and administrative support, managing client matters from inception to conclusion. Your responsibilities will include researching legal issues, drafting court documents, and advising clients. This position requires a proactive individual with excellent communication skills and a strong ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment. If you're ready to take on a challenging role that offers the chance to make a real impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of two years experience in a legal assistant role.
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Provide legal and administrative support to the Dispute Resolution team.
  • Research legal issues and draft documents for court.

Skills

Interpersonal skills
Communication skills
Legal research
Document drafting

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Exciting new vacancy for an experienced Legal Assistant to provide legal and administrative support to a busy Dispute Resolution team, undertaking fee earning work and managing client work from the start of the matter through to the conclusion. Candidates will need to be able to identify legal and factual issues in cases, and help to produce a plan as to how the client’s aims can be achieved. Tasks will include researching legal issues, drafting correspondence and documents for court, providing legal support and advice to clients, attending court and client meetings, as well as other general duties as required.

Candidates must have a minimum of two years experience in a similar role, and be able to work independently in a fast paced, busy department. You’ll need excellent interpersonal and communication skills, competent use of MS Office (Word, Excel etc), and the ability to deliver a high standard of work.

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