Legal Team Assistant

Selectus Recruitment Solutions; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Selectus Recruitment Solutions partners with a leading international investment firm to recruit a seasoned Legal Team Assistant to support the General Counsel and senior lawyers. This is not a junior role requiring maturity, discretion and ownership of EA and administrative tasks.

Working Monday to Friday with one day remote, you will manage complex diary coordination, travel, expenses, confidential documents and governance materials, while ensuring leadership priorities are met in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Experienced as an EA within Legal, Compliance, Risk, financial services or professional services.
• Highly organised, discreet and detail-focused.
• Proactive, resourceful and resilient.
• Comfortable supporting senior stakeholders.
• Naturally curious and keen to understand the bigger picture.
• Able to manage changing priorities with composure.
• Comfortable receiving direct, constructive feedback and using it to develop.

Responsibilities

• Complex diary and meeting management, travel and expenses.
• Supporting the General Counsel and senior lawyers across competing priorities.
• Preparing, formatting and proofreading legal documents, correspondence and presentations.
• Managing confidential documents, version control, signatures and execution.
• Maintaining team trackers, records and management systems.
• Supporting board materials, governance and regulatory processes.
• Coordinating actions and deadlines and ensuring excellent follow-through.

Skills

EA experience

Highly organised

Discretion

Stakeholder management

Proactive

Calm under pressure

Job description

Legal Team Assistant

Leading International Investment Firm

Monday–Friday including 1 day WFH

A role where calibre matters more than title.

An exceptional opportunity for aseasoned, intelligent and highly capable EAto join the in-house Legal Team of a highly respected international investment firm.

Despite the title of Team Assistant, this isnot a junior role. You will support the General Counsel and senior legal professionals, taking real ownership across EA, operational and administrative responsibilities.

You will be responsible for:

• Complex diary and meeting management, travel and expenses
• Supporting the General Counsel and senior lawyers across competing priorities
• Preparing, formatting and proofreading legal documents, correspondence and presentations
• Managing confidential documents, version control, signatures and execution
• Maintaining team trackers, records and management systems
• Supporting board materials, governance and regulatory processes
• Coordinating actions and deadlines and ensuring excellent follow-through Identifying problems and proactively improving processes and ways of working

We are looking for agrown-up EAwho is calm under pressure, thinks ahead, uses good judgement and doesn't need to be micromanaged.

You will be:

• Experienced as an EA withinLegal, Compliance, Risk, financial services, investment management or professional services
• Highly organised, discreet and detail-focused
• Proactive, resourceful and resilient
• Comfortable supporting senior stakeholders
• Naturally curious and keen to understand the bigger picture
• Able to manage changing priorities with composure
• Comfortable receivingdirect, constructive feedbackand using it to develop

This is a genuinelynon-hierarchical, intelligent and collegiate environment. The people are excellent, egos are low, standards are high and everyone is encouraged to contribute.

There is autonomy, trust and a genuine emphasis on development alongside a culture where people stay for the long term.

If you are a high-calibre EA looking for a role where maturity, judgement and intelligence are genuinely valued, this could be an outstanding next move.