Legal Secretary
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Guildford
- Salary
- 23000.00 - 28000.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 06 Nov 2020
- Closes
- 04 Dec 2020
- Sectors
- Admin, Secretarial & PA
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Business Law Legal Secretary / PA
Guildford, Surrey
Up to GBP28,000 DOE
A highly regarded and top tier legal practice are seeking a motivated Legal Secretary / PA to join their reputable Business and Commercial Law team in their Guildford office. The team acts for a range of clients from owner managed businesses to large national and multi-national companies in a variety of sectors including manufacturing, retail, logistics and IT.
Areas of focus will include:
* Buying and selling businesses
* Joint ventures
* Distribution
* Agency and franchise agreements
* Intellectual property
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
* Taking instructions and progressing the files under the solicitor's instructions
* Assisting the team with larger scale, complex transactions in a secretarial nature
* Attending to clients of the firm
* Drafting a wide range of legal documentation such as shareholder agreements, business structure, business protection and business sales and purchases from dictation
* Making amendments to Articles of Association
* Assisting with all aspects of post completion matters including title registration and SDLT (Stamp Duty Land Tax) returns
* Preparing AP1 forms and dealing with registrations
* Maintaining a professional and polite demeanour at all times
* All general administration duties including, photocopying, scanning and organising the post
* Diary management for fee earners
Desired skills:
* Legal secretarial experience of at least 2 years is essential
* Due to the nature of the responsibilities in this role, it is essential that you have working experience of the Commercial Property transaction
* Experience of working with companies house and the land registry
* Fast and accurate typing speeds
* Be able to use a case management and digital dictation system efficiently
* Client focused
* Good knowledge of relevant computer programmes e.g. MS Office and online time recording
Guildford, Surrey
Up to GBP28,000 DOE
A highly regarded and top tier legal practice are seeking a motivated Legal Secretary / PA to join their reputable Business and Commercial Law team in their Guildford office. The team acts for a range of clients from owner managed businesses to large national and multi-national companies in a variety of sectors including manufacturing, retail, logistics and IT.
Areas of focus will include:
* Buying and selling businesses
* Joint ventures
* Distribution
* Agency and franchise agreements
* Intellectual property
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
* Taking instructions and progressing the files under the solicitor's instructions
* Assisting the team with larger scale, complex transactions in a secretarial nature
* Attending to clients of the firm
* Drafting a wide range of legal documentation such as shareholder agreements, business structure, business protection and business sales and purchases from dictation
* Making amendments to Articles of Association
* Assisting with all aspects of post completion matters including title registration and SDLT (Stamp Duty Land Tax) returns
* Preparing AP1 forms and dealing with registrations
* Maintaining a professional and polite demeanour at all times
* All general administration duties including, photocopying, scanning and organising the post
* Diary management for fee earners
Desired skills:
* Legal secretarial experience of at least 2 years is essential
* Due to the nature of the responsibilities in this role, it is essential that you have working experience of the Commercial Property transaction
* Experience of working with companies house and the land registry
* Fast and accurate typing speeds
* Be able to use a case management and digital dictation system efficiently
* Client focused
* Good knowledge of relevant computer programmes e.g. MS Office and online time recording