Department Overview
The UK & I 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 in‑house legal team in a fun and friendly environment.
Who are my customers?
* 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.
Responsibilities
* 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.
Qualifications
* Advanced user of Word and competent with other Microsoft Office applications such as PowerPoint and Excel, as well as Adobe Acrobat.
* Proficient at formatting, editing, and comparing and cross‑referencing contracts in Word, and formatting and proof‑reading documents and correcting common mistakes confidently and without supervision.
* High levels of efficiency with good attention to detail.
* Excellent organisational skills and diary management skills.
* Pride in ensuring tasks are carried out correctly and efficiently.
* Team player with helpful, collaborative approach and "can‑do" attitude.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills.
* Experience with web filing at Companies House and awareness of the UK Companies Act highly desirable.
* An interest in real estate, and desire to take ownership of workload and applying independent thought to progress tasks.
Compensation
Bonus Eligible: EDIT
Long ‑ Term Incentive: EDIT
Benefits Eligible: EDIT
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