Job Description
Role Overview
The Legal Secretary will provide comprehensive secretarial support to a range of fee earners, including Partners, Associates, and Trainees. This job description is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities.
Duties/Responsibilities
1. Administrative Support: Assist fee earners with administrative tasks such as bundling, indexing, and general organization.
2. Client Care: Handle client correspondence, open files, conduct conflict checks and sanctions searches, and collaborate with the AML team during the client/file opening process.
3. Client Interaction: Serve as the first point of contact for clients via phone, email, and face-to-face interactions. Proactively support client activities and requirements, including taking messages and answering simple queries.
4. Document Preparation: Prepare client registration documents, engagement/assignment letters, conflict checks, money laundering and sanctions searches, and audit letters under the direction of the partner/fee earner.
5. Email Management: Manage inboxes and file emails, ensuring urgent emails are promptly addressed by fee earners or forwarded to another fee earner in their absence.
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