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Legal Secretary - Ipswich

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Legal Secretary - Ipswich

Permanent
London
Posted 1 month ago

Website Owen Reed

Legal’s our bag

Owen Reed is looking to recruit a skilled Legal Secretary to join a top law firm in Ipswich.

The department

We have one of the best regarded and largest dedicated property departments within the country, numbering over 100 specialists. Our property lawyers are particularly experienced in dealing with development and investment, planning, secured lending and landlord and tenant matters.

Our lawyers come from a range of backgrounds, including major City practices, other major national and regional firms, industry and local government and include individuals with construction, planning and commercial expertise. The depth and range of expertise means the team can work together in major and complex transactions on cost effective terms, providing our clients with true value for money.

The team currently comprises a number of specialist qualified Commercial Real Estate solicitors and Partners, making us one of the largest Commercial Real Estate teams in the East of England.

We have the strength and depth of expertise to ensure we deliver the service you would expect in respect of technical quality, practical approach and timeliness of advice.

The property team has experience in all areas of contentious and non-contentious legal matters, representing clients from a broad range of public and private organisations as well as individuals and senior executives and we are proud to act for sector leading clients nationwide and some of the East of England’s most important businesses and institutions.

Purpose of job a Legal Secretary

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious Secretary to join our successful and growing Commercial Real Estate team in Ipswich. We are seeking someone who will work as a member of our existing team of secretaries and administrators to support the lawyers in all aspects of their work. We are looking for the right person for this role, and all applicants will be considered on their individual merits, regardless of their prior experience – we are as happy to work with someone at the start of their career as we are someone with decades of experience; what matters to us is your ability to work effectively and efficiently as part of a team, supporting others and being supported by them.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with our lawyers in delivering excellent client service on the full range of Commercial Real Estate deals, both locally and nationally, including residential and commercial development, investment sales and purchases, leasing and asset management (acting for both landlords and tenants), real estate finance and general advisory work.

Accountabilities of a Legal Secretary

Technical ability:

Producing and amending documents with speed and accuracy
Formatting, paginating, numbering and presenting documents in house style
Proof reading all work, checking for spelling and grammar
A user of key software packages and applications, including the Land Registry portal, DocuSign and third party search providers, and taking responsibility for any training needs to improve relevant skills needed to meet business requirements
Working proactively with colleagues to ensure documentation meets client expectations and deadlines
Processing property searches, responding to search provider queries and collating/tracking results for lawyers to review.
An understanding of ledgers and the ability to deal with any enquiries relating to credit/debits and client account balances.

To apply for this job email your details to nat@owenreed.co.uk

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