Legal Operations Lead — Division & Team Enablement

Mishcon de Reya LLP; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mishcon de Reya LLP seeks a proactive Legal Operations leader to manage and develop a team providing administrative and operational support to fee earners. You will act as the central point of contact for office management across the division and provide an ambassadorial, engaging leadership style to clients and staff.

The role includes day-to-day team leadership, recruitment, workload management, and driving compliance while collaborating with the People team to ensure high performance and

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an administrative/management support role, ideally in a legal environment.
• Proven experience leading a team and managing performance and wellbeing of staff.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Collaborative approach with ability to influence and build networks.
• Excellent IT proficiency and adaptability with internal systems.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact for Partners, managing calls, emails, meeting requests and correspondence.
• Full proactive calendar management ensuring optimal use of time.
• Ensure partners are prepared for meetings with notes and minutes; follow up actions.
• Support fee earners in client/matter lifecycle, ensuring compliance with policies.

Skills

Team leadership

Legal environment

Organizational skills

Communication

IT proficiency

Job description

Mishcon de Reya LLP seeks a proactive Legal Operations leader to manage and develop a team providing administrative and operational support to fee earners. You will act as the central point of contact for office management across the division and provide an ambassadorial, engaging leadership style to clients and staff.

The role includes day-to-day team leadership, recruitment, workload management, and driving compliance while collaborating with the People team to ensure high performance and