Legal Assistant

7 months ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Eversheds Sutherland Full time

Region 1- EMEA
- Practice group 1- Litigation & Dispute Mgmt
- Office 1- Leeds
- Position type 1- Permanent
- Summary 1
- We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with 5,000+ colleagues in more than 30 countries. We’re full service with deep niche and sector experience. Whatever challenge, wherever in the world, we’re equipped and ready to meet it. We live our values, we’re purposeful and purpose-led. So although the world is fast-moving and rapidly changing, we see it as a place where everyone can thrive. We’re ambitious for our clients, our communities - and for you. Whether you’re starting out on your career or well established, whether you’re a lawyer or in business services. If you’re looking for what’s next, we are too.

What to expect

For business professionals, our environment is highly collaborative with value being placed on diversity of ideas, skills and mindsets. Not least yours. It’s energetic, fast-moving and there’s always something new to get involved in. You will get exposure across geographies and the firm as a whole. The future is a place of opportunity. Focusing on your success and for what’s next, will ensure you thrive too.

Our team

The EHS team is publicly recognised as a top tier, market leading practice which helps many of the world’s leading organisations through difficult times. Whether responding to a crisis as it emerges, dealing with regulators on site or representing duty holders in Coroner’s Courts, Magistrates Courts, Crown Courts and the Court of Appeal, we have it covered.

Over the last decade we have developed a number of compliance products, deep diving system integrity issues and building robust EHS management systems for clients around the world. We conduct due diligence for our clients when they buy and sell companies, offer advice on product safety, import and export situations and, increasingly in the ESG space.

The work is fast paced, interesting and with a real human dimension.

Role and key responsibilities
We are seeking a talented and motivated individual to join our EHS team as a legal assistant. We hope to work with our new legal assistant to help them qualify as a solicitor, either through the CILEX route or via SQE.
- Attending meetings and hearings to take notes
- Collating information and uploading to our document management platforms
- Providing basic marketing support to clients, lawyers and fee earners, arranging client events and marketing collateral and creating supporting PowerPoint presentations
- Taking the lead on team finances, assisting on credit control and debt management, supporting the fee earners with accurate client billing and budget
- Diary management and booking travel for team members
- Organise summary documents and collate information for reporting purposes
- Research and ongoing CPD management for the team
- Attending centrally organised external training and disseminating notes to the EHS team
- Preparing court bundles
- Drafting witness statements and chronologies
- Opening and closing files
- Co-ordinating and managing compliance projects, collating data from the global Eversheds Sutherland network
- Proof reading/cross referencing documentation

Skills and experience

We are looking for:

- A team player who is ambitious with a desire to progress
- Proficient on Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Hungry to learn
- Degree educated
- Prepared to travel around the UK, including some overnight stays when clients require (the team work in courts, tribunals and client sites around the country).

What’s in it for you?

At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world.
- We’re fair, transparent and equitable
- We share in the success of the firm, reward alignment to our values, going above and beyond and your individual performance
- We support flexible ways of working through our remote working policy and commitment to flexible, agile and hybrid ways of working
- We support your health and performance through our dental, healthcare and wellness support
- We support everything you are and all you bring through our powerful commitment to diversity and inclusion
- We provide a platform for your career, whatever your ambitions through our structured professional and personal training, mentoring and development programs
- We provide experience and opportunity through international and cross-function exposure
- We provide an opportunity to give back through our pro bono work and community engagement
- We help you plan ahead through retirement planning, insurance and assurance

Diversity and inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, “Inclusive” is a core business value. We bring together different skillsets, global mindsets and approaches. We foster diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. We have an inhere


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