Legal Executive Assistant

at  Wise May

SKILLS:

• Minimum of three years’ word processing experience in the Legal industry
• Possess a high level of technical competency using various software packages
• Ability to multitask while supporting multiple Fee Earners
• Excellent communication skills
• Build and foster positive relationships across the department and firm
• Work with all other employees to assist in achieving the Firm’s goals

• Type revise and finalize Word documents, including correspondence, memoranda, pleadings, reports and other legal and non-legal related items for the firm’s practice and administrative areas
• Create and/or revise Adobe, Word forms, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets
• Drafting and preparing correspondence and documents, which accurately reflect fee-earner instructions
• Proofread and edit documents for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and formatting and make appropriate corrections
• Partner diary management which involves working across different time zones
• Coordination and booking of travel arrangements including flights, hotels, visas, accommodation, and itineraries.
• Processing of expenses
• Billing and invoicing of clients
• Assisting fee-earners with time recording, proactively prompting and using sound judgement, where necessary