Legal Assistant - Dorset
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, Dorset, Blandford Forum
- Salary
- £17000 - £19000 per annum
- Closing date
- 12 Jul 2018
- Reference
- BBBH14715
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- Practice area
- Private client
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- Not applicable
- Position
- Legal assistant
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
Legal Assistant - Private Client - Dorchester
Legal 500 rated law firm with several offices in Dorset are seeking to expand their Private Client team and recruit a Legal Assistant.
The firm provides the full range of legal services and operates a supportive working environment.
The team deal with the full range of private work relating to Wills, Probate, Estate Administration and Tax & Trust matters.
Within the role you will provide the full range of administrative duties including; drafting documents, typing correspondence and completing application forms and speaking with clients.
Ideally, you will have some legal experience within private practice and seeking a law firm offering career progression and the chance to forge a long term career within Private Client.
A competitive salary is on offer with the chance of sponsored ILEx and on-going career support based at their Dorchester office.
To find out more please contact Garry Mewett at QED Legal on 01903 333100 or click on the "apply" button.
Company
QED
An acronym of the latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum which translates as "thus it is demonstrated" or "that which was to be demonstrated". It is most often used as an annotation at the end of a complex mathematical, scientific or philosophical argument to show that the author had proven what he had set out to prove. In recent times it has also been translated as "Quite Easily Done".
As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your firm or your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers
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