PRIVATE CLIENT PARALEGAL

I am currently working with a leading Legal 500 law firm who are seeking an experienced and ambitious Paralegal to support their busy Private Client team at there Chester office.
This is an excellent opportunity with a well respected and forward-thinking law firm that offers genuine opportunities to progress, flexibility, excellent work life balance, professional and personal support, as well as competitive salaries and bonus schemes.
You MUST have experience working within a Private Client team to be considered for this role.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROLE -

• At least 1 years experience supporting a Wills and Probate team
• Previous work experience as legal assistant/paralegal
• Satisfactory knowledge of day-to-day operations of a legal office
• Working knowledge of case management software
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills
• Ability to juggle multiple activities and work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE -

• Dealing with queries raised by clients, solicitors and other involved parties
• Provide client updates and monitor matter progression
• Opening and closing matters on the case management system compliant with the firm’s AML and quality standards and SRA regulations
• Supervised drafting of basic correspondence, forms and documents.
• Submitting/registering forms and legal documents Probate Registry, Certainty and HMRC
• Responsible for the organisation, safe custodian and release of Wills, Lasting Power of Attorney’s, Probates and other associated legal documents.
• Searches and registering Wills with Certainty
• Preparing and submitting bills, payments and receipts, liaising with the finance team
  If you are an experienced assistant/paralegal seeking a new challenge with a leading law firm, please provide your most recent CV - oscar@ljwsolutions.com