RUSSIAN-SPEAKING IN-HOUSE LEGAL ROLE
- Recruiter
- Law Staff Legal Recruitment Ltd
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £30000 - £45000 per annum
- Posted
- 17 Nov 2016
- Closes
- 15 Dec 2016
- Ref
- RC24150Z
- Contact
- Ryan Cotton
- Job Title
- Solicitor
- Practice Area
- Company / Commercial, Corporate
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Assistant company secretary – junior role for ambitious bi-lingual solicitor, legal executive or similar
THE FIRM
Located in one of London’s most prestigious addresses in a beautiful period property, this FTSE-listed Russian firm dealing in natural resources is looking to appoint an assistant to the company secretary. It is visualised that this role will be filled by a junior lawyer who has a background in corporate, company or commercial law and is looking for an opportunity to build on this experience within a challenging in-house role.
THE ROLE
Although it is not strictly necessary that the successful candidate be a qualified lawyer, and some elements of training will be provided, it is unlikely that a non-lawyer could fulfil all the requirements of this role. You will be maintaining and updating databases and statutory registers, drafting agreements, dealing with due diligence and translating legal documents as well as producing correspondence in English and Russian. Please note that it is imperative that the successful candidate can speak Russian at native-speaker level. When applying for this vacancy, please quote reference RC24150
THE CANDIDATE
You will:-
Be a solicitor with at least 2 years’ PQE, a similarly-experienced legal executive or paralegal, in-house counsel or similar;
Have previous experience in a similar role or a solid background in a relevant area of law such as company commercial or corporate matters;
Speak fluent Russian.
RUSSIAN-SPEAKING – IN-HOUSE LEGAL ROLE
THE FIRM
Located in one of London’s most prestigious addresses in a beautiful period property, this FTSE-listed Russian firm dealing in natural resources is looking to appoint an assistant to the company secretary. It is visualised that this role will be filled by a junior lawyer who has a background in corporate, company or commercial law and is looking for an opportunity to build on this experience within a challenging in-house role.
THE ROLE
Although it is not strictly necessary that the successful candidate be a qualified lawyer, and some elements of training will be provided, it is unlikely that a non-lawyer could fulfil all the requirements of this role. You will be maintaining and updating databases and statutory registers, drafting agreements, dealing with due diligence and translating legal documents as well as producing correspondence in English and Russian. Please note that it is imperative that the successful candidate can speak Russian at native-speaker level. When applying for this vacancy, please quote reference RC24150
THE CANDIDATE
You will:-
Be a solicitor with at least 2 years’ PQE, a similarly-experienced legal executive or paralegal, in-house counsel or similar;
Have previous experience in a similar role or a solid background in a relevant area of law such as company commercial or corporate matters;
Speak fluent Russian.
RUSSIAN-SPEAKING – IN-HOUSE LEGAL ROLE