Legal Assistant

2 days ago

London Area, United Kingdom Handle Recruitment Full time £25,000 - £40,000 per year

An instantly recognisable consumer brand – a name synonymous with brand promotion through the exploitation of media, entertainment and sport – is looking for a Legal Assistant.

Please note that this is a
12month Fixed Term Contract
.

You'll be joining a team of five lawyers and one paralegal. Your role is to assist the Legal Team in all aspects of business support and, in particular, act as an interface between Legal and the business. You'll become familiar with the legal tools, policies and templates and be able to point members of the business in the right direction to resolve their request for legal support.

You will provide administrative support across the team, including managing their matter management system, media rights system, managing approval and signature processes and keeping their templates up to date.

The successful candidate will need to have a positive "can-do" attitude, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and be ready to try their hand at any tasks assigned to them.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Acting as the first responder to legal queries from the business, engaging further legal support from the team as required; being the primary support to the Legal Team on a wide range of matters and routine administration; and supporting by enabling the delivery of high quality, timely and efficient legal advice and support across the business.
  • Maintaining the team's bank of templates and support on their roll-out and usage. You will take ownership by pro-actively spotting issues and glitches and ensuring they are resolved; support and assist the teams with the production and delivery of training to the business; and assist in the management of legal projects, ensuring they are running smoothly and remain on track
  • Maintaining the legal matter and media rights management systems; managing senior management approvals and signature processes, and the Legal Team meeting agendas, training calendars and support on team diaries and other ad-hoc administrative tasks; creating and managing project trackers, summaries and other internal documents; supporting on the management of external legal service providers and related budgets and billing; and supporting with drafting of simple letters and agreements

More information will made available upon request by suitable candidates.

Experience required:

  • You should have a Law degree or previous experience in a Legal administrative or coordination role, preferably in-house; strong organisation and time-management skills; the ability to work in a team as well as independently; and the ability to handle multiple competing priorities and meet tight deadlines across a variety of projects. You should also have experience working with a matter management system

Our clients are committed to inclusion and diversity; are proud to provide equal opportunity workplaces; and on their behalf, we will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender assignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.

Interested candidates should send their CV to Nick Wasserman for consideration. All successful candidates will be contacted within 5 working days of application. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, though, we are not always able to respond directly to everyone, but we will try our very best.

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