The Corporate Team in Glasgow is a growing and high‑performing part of Weightmans' national Corporate offering. The team delivers high‑value transactional and advisory work across Scotland and beyond.
Requirements of the role;
* Supporting the Partners and other fee-earners with regards to client relationship management, business development and general secretarial support.
* Updating and maintaining key dates in the relevant diaries, as well as co-ordinating events and seminars, in close cooperation with fee-earners
* Provision of secretarial support to the fee-earners in the team.
* Processing of dictation received from the designated fee-earners along with any work allocated by the team manager or support team manager
* Case file management and support
* Creation of correspondence and documentation under direction and on own initiative
* Maintaining a high level of accuracy
* Adherence to the service levels within the team (especially as required by client service level agreements) and ensure work is completed within these levels at all times
* Effective liaison with the team manager and support team manager to ensure high quality of service to clients
* Effective liaison with other support staff to manage workloads efficiently
* Active progression of one's own professional development with support from the team manager and support team manager
* Dealing with confidential client matters
* Providing assistance with billing and archiving
* Providing support in relation to case management and IT systems
* Compliance with relevant policies and procedures
* Working in accordance with Weightmans' values
This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role.
About You
Ideally you will have previous experience of working in a similar role and in a similar environment. As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We are also looking for you to have:
* Extensive legal secretarial experience who is pro-active and works well in a fast paced environment
* Fast, accurate typist with good audio typing skills.
* Ability to create and amend large, complicated documents (i.e. automatic numbering, track changes etc).
* Excellent organisation and time management skills.
* Good teamwork skills.
Please Note:
We encourage candidates to speak to us direct/apply direct for the opportunities we have available.
Why work for us
Come and join our award-winning organisation and team. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 19th consecutive year at Britain's
Top Employers awards 2026
, and ranking
top 10
in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.
Embark on this journey with Weightmans towards becoming one of the Top 30 UK Law firms.
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