Legal Administration Assistant - Banking

at  Hill Dickinson LLP

Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Newcastle, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong. With more than 950 people including 200 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.
Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.
Job role: Legal Administration Assistant
Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00 (35 hours per week)
As the winner of two Working Families’ awards for ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Recruitment 2022’ and ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award 2020’, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.
Team: Banking
Location: Manchester
Benefits: At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.

Here are some examples of what we offer:

• 25 days’ annual leave
• Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
• Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
• 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
• Flexible, agile and home working

ROLE OVERVIEW

Introduction to the role:
To provide an effective and flexible administrative service and support the Manchester Banking team, to ensure it functions efficiently in a manner which meets its objectives and the on-going needs of the team and the firm.
Introduction to the team:
The Banking team comprises of 4 Partners, 4 Legal Directors, 2 Senior Associates, 3 Associates and 2 Paralegals, based across the North West but servicing clients on a national basis. The team have a breadth of technical expertise within banking, lending and finance transactions and work closely with clearing banks, lending institutions, niche finance houses and specialist lenders to offer a solutions-based approach. The Legal Administration Assistant role will play a key part in the team by providing support for our busy Partners and fee earners.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• File Management – creating and archiving electronic files and ensuring compliance procedures are adhered to (including KYC and AML procedures)
• Records - archiving and recovery of records as requested by fee earning staff
• Scanning and photocopying documents
• Filing
• Billing
• Legal research
• Assisting the team with transactions including the management of electronic data rooms
• Dealing with post completion transaction matters