Legal Assistant

Headway

Dubai, UAE

Ref: HP966-65

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client, a leading law firm is seeking an experienced bilingual legal assistant to report to a Partner.

The role will involve:

• Document typing, analysis and proofing, amending (normal editing/track change) and formatting documents as required;
• Plan and schedule meetings and appointments, make and/or confirm appointments for lawyers;
• Audio typing;
• Takes and transcribes oral dictation of notes, memos and legal documents;
• Providing secretarial coverage to the various practice groups and reception when the support staff is on annual or sick leave, or when they require extra secretarial assistance;
• Amending pre-bills as per changes done by the lawyer;
• Drafting legal documents such as legal correspondence and reports;
• Receiving queries from clients and distributing them to relevant lawyers;
• Preparing documents for presentations;
• Entering and editing time sheets and filing the same (month-wise and date-wise);
• Entering contact information into Interaction
• Translating legal documents from English to Arabic and vice-versa.

Salary:
AED 10,000 to 15,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

Requirements

• Good written and verbal communication skills in Arabic and English;
• Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft applications e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is required;
• Excellent touch typing skills;
• Committed team player;
• Good client management skills

About the Company

Headway has a proactive approach to recruitment and the methodology we employ ensures we take the time to understand the needs of both clients and candidates to guarantee the right fit.

We aim to create open, consultative partnerships with our Clients and Candidates whilst maintaining an honest and professional approach at all times.

As a team we are ethical yet innovative; focused yet flexible; realistic yet enterprising. We believe in earning our success by working with you to create yours.

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Legal Assistant salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 9,000

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