Legal PA

Job description / Role

Our client are a large semi government company based in central Abu Dhabi who are currently undertaking several very senior and interesting projects in the Middle East. Subsequently they are looking to expand within their legal team and require an experienced Legal Assistant to join them.

As with all roles there will be a lot of ADHOC duties - but some basic requirements will be:
- Perform administrative and other duties to support the day-to-day activities of the legal department
- Organize and maintain department filing systems (electronic and paper files)
- Track contract negotiation and execution status
- Monitor annual filing requirements and prepare and file as needed
- Track and monitor legal department invoices
- Manage department calendars and arrange and coordinate meetings
- Make travel arrangements and prepare expense claims for the department
- Manage office supplies
- Prepare routine correspondence and presentations
- Be the contact person for the company’s online project management tool (Podio)
- Perform other administrative tasks as assigned

Requirements

The successful candidate will have worked withing an administrative role, preferably in a corporate legal setting. As the role will be within a Legal department they must be detail-oriented, able to work on multiple tasks and ensure that all assignments are accurately and swiftly!

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.