The Opportunity
The UK & Ireland Legal Team is seeking a highly organised, proactive and effective legal support assistant. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced legal assistant to join a large and highly regarded inhouse legal team in a fun and friendly environment.
What will my accountabilities be?
You will provide legal and administrative support to the UK&I Legal team, supporting both the Governance sub-team and the Real Estate sub-team. Your accountabilities will include the following:
* Supporting on responding to Global corporate governance reporting requests.
* Maintain and monitor company registers.
* Support for Board Meeting preparation
* Company secretarial filings and regulatory supports
* Support changes to legal entities, such as change of registered address, change of directors, updating of powers of attorney
* Production of real estate transactional documents and reports, including formatting, numbering, cross-referencing, copying plans and other attachments, printing and binding
* Carrying out Land Registry and other searches
* Liaising with internal stakeholders in Global Legal and UK Development teams
* Arranging for transfers of completion funds
* Assisting with property transaction procedures, including completion and exchange
* Carrying out general administrative duties such as photocopying, scanning, and filing, and supporting the team with general administrative tasks as required
* Electronic filing of transaction files and documents
* Other support to the Real Estate and Governance sub-teams as required
What Team will I be a part?
You will be a part of the UK&I Legal Team, which is highly regarded across the business as a high-performing, friendly and dynamic team with a great reputation for influencing, challenging and leading those at all levels, across all departments. You will report into a Legal Counsel in the Real Estate Legal Practice Group. The wider UK&I Legal Department consists of around 23 team members.
Who are my customers?
* The UK&I Legal team
* McDonald’s Development team, which comprises separate teams of Acquisitions Surveyors, Estates Surveyors and Construction Project Managers
* The Global Legal Team, including Global Compliance, Global Litigation, and lawyers in other markets.
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