Corporate Legal Secretary

Sacco Mann is currently working on an exciting new opportunity for a strong Corporate Legal Secretary to join a well-established law firm in their Manchester office, providing secretarial and PA support to the team's Partners and fee earners. The successful candidate will have previous legal secretarial experience within a Corporate department.

To provide an effective and efficient secretarial support service. Communicating effectively across all departments and with clients. Continually looking to streamline and improve processes within the department.

Key Accountabilities:

To produce documents (including lengthy documents such as share purchase agreements) and letters as directed by fee earners by means of computerised word processing and document management systems.

To maintain electronic files and filing systems in an organised and efficient manner as required.

To attend clients by telephone and in person in a professional manner.

Redaction of documents

Compiling and maintaining electronic date rooms

Creating bibles of transaction documents

Maintaining, updating and reviewing statutory books

Companies House filings

Scanning documents in an organised and efficient manner

Company incorporations

To assist fee earners with day to day administrative matters as required including:-

Opening new files
Closing files and archiving
File organisation and filing in accordance with departmental procedures
Assisting with billing procedures, cheque requests and other account enquiries
Making appointments, arranging meetings and maintaining an up to date computerised diary
Making travel arrangements
Maintaining an up-to-date compliance record for the fee earners

To attend appropriate training courses to improve all elements of job requirements.

Any other reasonable task which may be required from time to time

Knowledge and Experience:-


Extensive knowledge of legal secretarial duties and skills
Extensive corporate knowledge including knowledge of Companies House, experience with online data rooms, bibles and corporate transactions not preferable but not essential
Advanced working knowledge of MS Office applications including specifically Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint
Accurate and efficient PC Skills
Accurate and speedy copy and/or audio typing skills
Experience of document Management System desirable
Experience of statutory books and company compliance desirable.


Personal Qualities:-

Demonstrates the ability to show initiative
Able to prioritise effectively
Ability to work under pressure
Flexible and professional approach
Excellent communication skills
Must be willing to undertake further training as required ? Willing to take on additional responsibilities desirable.

If you are a Corporate Legal Secretary or have the required experience and would like to apply for this role or receive the full job description, please contact Katy O'Loughlin at Sacco Mann. Alternatively, if you would like to hear about the other opportunities we have, please visit our website or contact one of our consultants directly.