Paralegal to Solicitors (London)

Role: Paralegal

Reports to: Solicitor

Location: London

Salary: Competitive

The Firm and Role: We are partnered with a leading intellectual property firmdedicated to protecting and enforcing their clients' IP rights. Together, we are seeking a Paralegal toprovide secretarial support to Solicitors with minimal supervision and to undertake both routine and complex paralegal / secretarial duties.

Key Tasks

• Preparing letters and formal documents
• Working on agreements
• Attending to daily administration requests for the solicitor such as file management, email filing, scanning and photocopying
• Sending emails on behalf of solicitors
• Completing conflict checks
• Calculating and preparing client invoices, to include debit and credit notes
• Opening and closing case files in the systems, Inprotech and CMS
• Adding and updating deadline dates in Inprotech and diaries
• Completing expenses requests

The Candidate

• Previous legal secretarial experience (in any legal discipline)
• Knowledge or experience of Intellectual Property
• Strong typing and keyboard skills
• Previous experience of working with digital dictation and audio typing
• Experience in billing clients and working within a complex billing structure

Knowledge and skills

• Demonstrates an organised approach to their work
• Familiar with managing and working with key dates
• Strong prioritisation skills gained within a high deadline environment
• Excellent spelling and grammar
• Demonstrates strong attention to detail and take pride in producing high quality work
• Excellent communication skills, particularly written