Job Title: Legal Assistant
Location: Hybrid – Paddington Office (2 days/week: Monday + Wed/Thur)
Contract Length:11 weeks (with potential for extension)
Start Date: ASAP
Working Hours: Standard full-time hours
Pay:£13.18 per hour
Overview:
We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Legal Assistant to support both the Legal and Company Secretarial teams within a large, fast-paced organisation. This is a short-term role focused heavily on administrative work, and while you’ll gain exposure to legal documents, it’s important to note that this is not a stepping stone into a legal career.
This role is ideal for someone with some legal admin experience or a recent law graduate who’s looking for hands-on experience in a corporate legal environment, without expectations of progressing into a paralegal or solicitor track during this placement.
Key Responsibilities:
Essential:
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Location: Hybrid – Paddington Office (2 days/week: Monday + Wed/Thur)
Contract Length:11 weeks (with potential for extension)
Start Date: ASAP
Working Hours: Standard full-time hours
Pay:£13.18 per hour
Overview:
We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Legal Assistant to support both the Legal and Company Secretarial teams within a large, fast-paced organisation. This is a short-term role focused heavily on administrative work, and while you’ll gain exposure to legal documents, it’s important to note that this is not a stepping stone into a legal career.
This role is ideal for someone with some legal admin experience or a recent law graduate who’s looking for hands-on experience in a corporate legal environment, without expectations of progressing into a paralegal or solicitor track during this placement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Legal Document Support
- Review, categorise, and rename legacy legal contracts
- Ensure file names follow set conventions for better document management
- Identify key contract elements (type, dates, linkage to other documents)
- Contribute to a large-scale document ingestion project involving 1000+ contracts
- Company Secretariat Support
- Arrange board meetings by coordinating with Executive Assistants
- Handle DocuSign signature requests and tracking
- Update company structure charts and manage board/project folders
- Support due diligence and auditor requests
- Assist in preparing and filing financial statements with Companies House
- June Project Support
- Draft and prepare a significant volume of legal documents
- Travel to Reading (at least once; expenses reimbursed) to support submission to Companies House
- Complete follow-up administrative tasks once submissions are processed
Essential:
- Legal admin experience or a recent law graduate (not actively pursuing a legal career short-term)
- Willing to travel to Reading during the project (expenses reimbursed)
- Strong attention to detail and highly organised
- Comfortable with repetitive, document-based tasks
- Interest in company secretarial work or corporate governance
- Experience with DocuSign and digital filing systems
- Hybrid: 2 days per week in the Paddington office (Monday + Wednesday or Thursday)
- Supportive and collaborative team environment
- Informal 30-minute interview with team members
- No second interview stage
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