Business Administrator – Corporate/Disputes - (6 month FTC) in London

Legal Support Services includes document production specialists, paralegals, researchers, legal project management experts and legal operations professionals. The team covers a wide range of administrative, operational, and specialist matter and fee earner support using cutting-edge tools and innovative tech solutions to provide exceptional and frictionless service to the fee earners across the firm. The Legal Operations team forms part of the Legal Support Services department and provides high value administrative support for fee earners with a focus on matter management, diary management, travel and business development.

Duties and Responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to support the Legal Operations teams within the Fee Earning departments to ensure the smooth running of the client/matter lifecycle, following documented procedures, ensuring all required information/documentation is obtained, issued and correctly stored on the Firm's systems. The role will be office based in our London office 5 days per week. The main duties include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting the London and Cambridge Legal Operations teams with:

• The production of billing guides, inputting of billing data, the distribution of invoices to clients and the filing of all bill related documentation.
• The matter opening processes.
• Archiving, in particular the scanning and proper scheduling of deeds and documents.
• Filing, scanning, printing and photocopying.
• Using technical applications such as Docusign, PDFDocs, Bundle Docs, High Q and other apps.
• Managing data sites for transactions and clients.
• Logging referrals and contacts to InterAction and updating the systems.
• Processing fee earners expense claims.
• Producing engrossments and the binding of legal documents, both hard and soft copy.
• Arranging couriers.
• Co-ordinating the incoming and outgoing daily post.
• Supporting the Fee Earners with room bookings and Audio Visual support.
• Working with other legal operations colleagues in the business with a view to providing holiday, illness, and other necessary cover to agreed standards.
• Providing ad-hoc support to the Fee Earners on other matter management-related tasks as and when required.
• Recording tasks and assigning tasks and workflow on a task management system.
• Supporting fee earners with Tech applications.
• Maintain various spreadsheets and systems with the location of original documents.

Skills/Experience

• Previous experience within a customer service role or a professional service environment.
• Strong academic background.
• A strong team player, willing to help with other tasks as needed in order to meet the needs of the business.
• Organised and methodical, with excellent attention to detail.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with a range of people.
• Able to communicate effectively, with warmth and professionalism, to clients and colleagues both orally and in writing.
• Genuine interest in the legal field is desirable.
• Ability to demonstrate experience in dealing with time-critical situations is desirable.
• High levels of discretion, the ability to deal effectively with sensitive or confidential information and to maintain confidentiality in respect of those matters which are commercially sensitive or secret and only share them with colleagues and others on a need-to-know basis who are themselves bound by an obligation of confidentiality.

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

About Mishcon de Reya LLP

Mishcon de Reya is an independent law firm, which now employs over 1400 people with more than 650 lawyers offering a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. The firm has grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone. With presence in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Singapore, Hong Kong and UAE, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work the firm undertakes is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, centred around three increasingly entwined and connected sectors: the Innovation Economy, Private Wealth and Capital, and Real Estate. The firm is known as a disputes powerhouse with a formidable capacity firmwide for dispute resolution.

We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.