Legal Secretary

4 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Squire Patton Boggs Full time

Our thriving Manchester office is looking for a Legal Secretary to join our Real Estate practice group. We need you to be an organised, professional individual who has a "can do" attitude and willing to go that extra mile to help colleagues at all times.

Our Firm

Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated law firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business solutions by combining our legal, lobbying and political capabilities and invaluable connections on the ground to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses, start-up visionaries and sovereign nations. With over 1,500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across four continents, the firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence, delivering comprehensive legal services across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. In the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London.

Our Team

You will be working closely with the Legal Secretaries in our Real Estate practice group providing secretarial and administration support to the Partners and Associates. You'll be reporting into the Manchester office Secretarial Services Manager. Occasionally you may be expected to provide support to other teams as and when required.

Our Opportunity

In this dynamic and busy role, no two days will be the same This role would be ideal for someone who is currently carrying out administration and secretarial duties within an office environment.

You'll conduct client inceptions, billing and will have telephone and email contact with clients. There will be some element of documentation work along with general tasks such as expenses, arranging travel, filing and archiving and getting involved in the daily tasks of a busy law firm.

You must have a positive and professional approach at all times.

You

This is a varied role and you'll therefore need to be an organised and pro-active individual who can easily prioritise. You'll need to be a self-starter and able to manage your time and workload effectively as well demonstrate your flexibility and experience of working in a team to assist other departments when required. You'll also be able to use your initiative and identify where help is needed with limited supervision.

As you will be dealing with individuals at all levels, including clients of the firm, you must be confident in communicating warmly and professionally and have superb interpersonal skills. You'll have good knowledge of all Microsoft packages along with strong keyboard skills, and be meticulous about attention to detail.

You will have 2 years' experience of working in a professional service firm. Knowledge of Land Registry forms, uploading applications, as well as experience of Search Acumen would be preferable, but not essential as full training will be provided.

Monday-Friday, - flexibility required. Hybrid working available.

What you need to know

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, please visit our careers site at We are unable to process applications sent directly by email. Please complete an online application.

We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our diverse society. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.

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