Legal PA - Commercial

Job description / Role

A large corporate Law firm, with over forty offices throughout the globe, is currently seeking an experienced Legal PA to join their busy Commercial department within the Dubai office. On their behalf, we are looking for someone with excellent secretarial and legal skills, a keen eye for detail and ideally experience of working within professional services.

Main duties will consist of audio and copy typing of legal documents to include, letters, reports, forms etc., monitoring of Outlook calendars, preparation of standard letters and documentation for approval by fee earners, acting as a point of contact for internal questions and telephone calls and preparation and handling of all ancillary documentation as necessary (i.e. filing, faxing, photocopying and scanning).

Monitoring deadline files and liaising with the fee earner to ensure appropriate action is taken, overseeing emails, post and preparing basic email responses in the absence of your fee earner, ensuring urgent correspondence is forwarded on to a lawyer in their absence.

Arranging travel and dealing with associated expense claims on behalf of the associate and additional ad-hoc responsibilities as and when necessary i.e. opening new files.

Requirements

There will occasional dictation over the telephone, making calls to attorneys / clients / surveyors by request to obtain information, filing personal documents and correspondence and maintaining personal files.

Additionally there will cover for other team members when required, including reception.

Candidates must have a solid skillset that reflects 3-5 years secretarial experience, sound communication skills, both written and verbal in English and a typing speed of 65 wpm plus.

About the Company

Irwin & Dow was established in 2013 to provide clients with a unique and highly personalised recruitment service, providing the very top calibre of candidates across the business support and secretarial function.

We provide a refreshing approach, working in close partnership with clients and candidates across diverse industry sectors; large MNC’s, government & semi -government entities, SME’s, local businesses and in the start-up and UHNWI support framework.

Great people equal great success: all our candidates are interviewed personally by a member of the team, and we develop longstanding and in-depth relationships with our clients, understanding their corporate culture and goals to ensure a successful outcome for both parties.

Our values of discretion and diplomacy are paramount, and we are pleased to be a partner of choice for clients and candidates.