Legal Secretary - Corporate & Commercial
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- Wales, Cardiff
- Salary
- £16000 - £24000 per annum + depending on experience
- Closing date
- 29 Aug 2019
- Reference
- BBBH26341
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- Practice area
- Corporate/Mergers and acquisitions
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 1 year
- Position
- Legal secretary
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
A Legal Secretary is required to join a Legal 500 National Law Firm in their Cardiff Offices.
The Legal Secretary will be supporting a busy team of Corporate & Commercial Lawyers.
Corporate & Commercial Law or Banking Law experience is preferred, you should ideally have at least 1 years' experience as a Corporate Legal Secretary, ideally having worked at Senior or Partner level. We will also consider candidates from Banking Law backgrounds.
You should be a technically competent Legal Secretary PA with a profound knowledge of Corporate Law, legal terminology and legal processes. You should be able to handle and prioritise a busy workload.
Experience in extensive document formatting is essential. You should also have previous experience of complex travel arrangements and diary management. You will be a point of contact for significant clients, so professional communication skills are a must.
This is a very busy Corporate & Commercial Law department so you should enjoy a fast-paced environment.
Salary advertised is a guide only and will be dependent on experience. Excellent benefits package including generous holidays, pension scheme etc.
To apply please send your CV to Sarah Ward at QED Legal or get in touch for further information.
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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