Our thriving London office is looking for a Legal
Secretary to join our Litigation Practice Group. We need you to be
an organised, professional individual who has a "can do"
attitude and is willing to go the 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.
Our Team
You will be supporting the Litigation Practice Group
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 is 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 and is able to support
a head of department.
You'll be involved in complex billing tasks, to include
finalising and sending out bills, client and matter inceptions and
understanding KYC requirements. You will also be involved in
extensive diary management as well as 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, be able to deal with sometimes confidential work, and
demonstrate efficiency in a busy environment.
Monday-Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm - flexibility required.
Hybrid working available.
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 is experience of Litigation.
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 is 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 site at
www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careers. We are unable to process
applications sent directly by email. Please complete an online application.
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.
