Our thriving London office is looking for a Legal Secretary to join
the Litigation and Competition Practice Groups. We need you to be an
organised, professional individual who has a "can do"
attitude and willing to go that extra mile to help colleagues at all times.
Our Firm
Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated law
firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business
and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business
solutions by combining our legal, lobbying and political capabilities
and invaluable connections on the ground to a diverse mix of clients,
from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses,
start-up visionaries and sovereign nations.
With over 1,500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across four
continents, the firm is renowned for its local connections and global
influence, delivering comprehensive legal services across North
America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. In
the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London.
The firm is committed to promoting an inclusive and supportive
working environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UK
offices, our well-regarded family and carer, wellbeing and DEI
programmes provide a variety of flexible working options to support
individuals' life journeys, helping our people pursue their personal
and professional goals.
Our Team
You will be supporting the Litigation and Competition Practice Groups
providing secretarial and administration support. You'll be reporting
into the London office Secretarial Services Manager and will be
working alongside Partners and Associates and other Secretaries in
teams. Occasionally you may be expected to provide support to other
teams as and when required.
Our Opportunity
In this dynamic and busy role, no two days will be the same. This
role would be ideal for someone who is an experienced Legal Secretary
who is able to deal with billing, client inceptions, assist with
managing busy diaries and inboxes. It would be helpful to have some
experience or knowledge of working in Litigation.
You'll be involved in complex billing tasks, to include finalising
and sending out bills, client and matter inceptions and understanding
KYC requirements. Extensive diary management and managing and
proactively dealing with inboxes. The role involves dealing with
international travel and all elements of a busy secretarial role.
You must have a positive and professional approach at all times and
work efficiently in a busy environment.
Monday-Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm
You
As this is a varied role, you'll need to be an organised, proactive
individual who can easily prioritise and juggle workloads. You'll need
to have the flexibility to assist other departments when required. You
should also be able to use your initiative and spot where help is
needed with limited supervision.
You'll have experience of complex billing, client inceptions and
managing busy inboxes and extensive diary management. Proven
experience of working in a law firm is essential.
As you will be dealing with clients of the firm, excellent
communication skills are key for this role. Ideally, you'll have good
knowledge of all Microsoft packages along with strong keyboard skills,
and a good eye for detail are a must.
You will be able to demonstrate experience as a Legal Secretary.
What you need to know
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, please
visit our Careers website at www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careers in
the first instance. We are unable to process applications sent
directly by email. Please complete an online application. We will be
reviewing applications and interviewing on an ongoing basis.
We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is
representative of our diverse society. We welcome applications
regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression,
age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental
status, race, religion or ethnicity. We will make reasonable
adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is
inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevant
data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.
