Legal Secretary – US Law firm

McKinlay Law; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading US law firm in London seeks a legal secretary to support litigation lawyers. This role requires at least a year of experience in a secretary position, with excellent organisation and IT skills. This is an excellent opportunity for applicants looking to advance in a prestigious law firm environment.

Benefits

Excellent benefits

Hybrid working opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year experience as a legal secretary required.
• Excellent IT skills and secretary skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage diaries – organise meetings and appointments.
• Liaise with clients – take messages and deal with enquiries.
• Perform digital dictation and prepare documents.
• Organise travel for legal team including visas and bookings.

Skills

Organisational skills

Client liaison

Digital dictation

IT skills

Job description

We are no longer accepting CVs for this position.

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Our client, a well renowned US law firm, requires a legal secretary to provide secretary and admin support for a team of litigation lawyers. A minimum of a year’s experience as a legal secretary is required however they are not concerned about which area of law you have worked in.

• Diary management – organising meetings, appointments, logging fee earner time.
• Client liaison – taking messages, dealing with enquires.
• Digital dictation, typing documents and correspondence.
• Organising all travel including visas, currency, hotel bookings etc.

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone with excellent secretary and IT skills looking to progress into a large London law firm. Fantastic working environment with offices close to Liverpool Street station. Excellent benefits and the opportunity for hybrid working is available.

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.