Practice Assistant

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Farrer & co Full time

Farrer & Co is synonymous with the highest quality legal advice and service.

We advise individuals, families, businesses, financial services, educational and not-for-profit organisations on every aspect of the law, wherever the need arises. From our offices in London we work with trusted professionals around the world to deliver a seamless international service.

Our clients present us with complex and varied challenges. Whether that's a complicated family trust issue, a multinational corporate transaction, or an emerging threat to their reputation, they need clear thinkers who can advise on the best solutions, fast thinkers when speed is of the essence and agile thinkers who can produce a fresh approach to get the job done. That's why they choose us.

Our clients value our in-depth knowledge, technical excellence and diversity of disciplines. But what really binds our long-standing relationships with them is our approach: pragmatic, plain speaking and always steadfast in our values, which we hold dear. Values which mean we gain our clients' trust, always strive to do the right thing, and aim for the best results for them.

Superb client service sits at the heart of everything we do. We are modern lawyers with timeless values.
- The DepartmentThe Contentious Department is one of four fee earning departments in the firm and is made up of three practice areas, as follows:
The **Contentious Trusts & Estates** team specialises in trusts and estates disputes. The team’s work breaks down into big ticket trust disputes often with an international element, and substantial probate disputes / inheritance act claims. We regularly appear in the High Court and the Court of Protection as well as courts in the Channel Islands and overseas.

The **Dispute Resolution** team handles a full range of litigation matters, from contract claims to large scale, complex multi-jurisdictional disputes and judicial review. We also have significant experience of alternative dispute resolution and, in particular, arbitration and mediation. We act for a broad array of clients including individuals, businesses ranging from small family businesses to significant corporates, banks, as well as schools, higher education institutions and not-for-profit organisations

The **Family** team advises on all aspects of family law from the financial aspects of relationship breakdown (which can involve complicated tax and trusts issues) and complex children cases, including international relocation, to pre and post nuptial agreements.
- Scope- Responsibilities**Organisational Support**
- Effective and proactive diary management
- Has an excellent knowledge of all systems/processes used within the Department
- Is professional and maintains effective communications with clients and Fee Earners, using an appropriate mix of communication styles
- Researches new clients/contacts and prepares bios before meetings, and conducts basic research (on-line or otherwise) for Fee Earners when required
- Arranges travel and any other activities on behalf of others, where appropriate

**Client Relationship and Business Development**
- Provides excellent service to clients, fee earners and colleagues, in a timely and professional manner, presenting a positive image of the Firm at all times
- Is aware of the differing needs of fee earners and is able to provide high quality PA support to any member of the department, tailoring their approach accordingly
- Recognises, respects and honours client confidentiality at all times
- Organises business development meetings and events for Fee Earners, and where they are held online offers technical support on the day
- Assists the BD team in the production of business development materials
- Understands and uses InterAction effectively to support fee earners BD efforts including recording all business development meetings in InterAction

**Document Production**
- Produces typed work accurately, a high speed and in accordance with the firm’s house style
- Makes effective use of the Document Management System
- Creates new documents from the Firm’s templates, using contact data from InterAction where appropriate
- Proof-reads all documents for spelling, grammar and sense, querying wording where appropriate
- Proactively uses initiative to compose correspondence on behalf of fee earners, requiring focused concentration and attention to detail
- Assists fee earners in the production of ebundles where required
- Thoroughly understands and uses the full suite of tools used in production of documents and the firm’s templates for these
- Prepares thorough and clear handovers following a period of cover

**IT Skills/Systems**
- Makes suggestions for additional training, as required
- Is capable of troubleshooting IT issues for fee earners and liaising with IT where these cannot be resolved within the team

**File Management**
- Ensures that files within the case management system are kept in good order so that documents can be eas

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