Legal Assistant – Commercial / Land & Development

Job Title: Legal Assistant – Commercial / Land & Development

Job Purpose:  To work within the busy Commercial department providing high quality support to enable lawyers to carry out their work and help free up time for them to work on more technical and complex matters. To engage with the team and clients to build and develop strong working relationships.

Typical Activities:

Responsible for: –

• Providing administrative support to a high standard
• Dealing with client’s matters where appropriate working alongside the lawyer to manage expectations and deliver a high level of service.
• Conducting legal research and drafting legal documents when required
• Preparing files for billing
• Screening incoming calls
• Sorting and prioritising mail, emails and messages
• Provision of a professional, efficient & friendly service to clients with the ability to recognise when clients may be going through a difficult process.
• Commitment to the LEXCEL & Investors in People standards, the requirements of the Law Society and to understand them.
• Being familiar with the requirements of the Solicitors Accounts Rules which affect the receipt and payment into the bank of cheques and the accounting of client’s monies.

Support with: –

• Liaison with clients and other parties to update and ensure awareness of transaction process at the appropriate times.

Essential and Desirable Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Essential:

• Experience of legal work, ideally in a busy Commercial team.
• To have the ability to remain calm, polite, and focused when dealing with different situations.
• To have excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• The ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with all colleagues.
• Experience of drafting legal documents
• Sound general administrative experience.
• Great attention to detail
• To enjoy a varied workload and working at pace
• To be able to produce a high standard of work when under pressure.
• The ability to make sound decisions taking ownership when required.
• To present in a professional manner
• To demonstrate flexibility in approach

Desirable:

• A strong background in legal conveyancing work

Salary:

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