Legal Assistant

We have partnered with a growing organisation to recruit a Legal Assistant to support its Chief Legal Officer and wider business. This is a broad in-house role covering legal administration, contract coordination, corporate governance and wider corporate services. It would suit someone with experience supporting a legal function who is comfortable taking ownership of legal records, governance processes and day-to-day coordination across multiple areas of the business.,

• Maintain legal matter trackers, document registers and central filing systems.
• Draft, format, proofread and amend contracts, board papers, resolutions, minutes and legal correspondence.
• Coordinate contract review, approval, execution and e-signature processes.
• Maintain contract registers and track key dates including renewals, termination rights and commercial milestones.
• Ensure executed agreements, legal records and supporting documentation are accurately stored and easily accessible.
• Support board, committee and shareholder meeting administration, including agendas, board packs, minutes and resolutions.
• Maintain corporate registers, governance calendars and supporting company secretarial documentation.
• Assist with routine corporate filings and coordinate with external company secretarial providers and legal advisers.
• Support the administration of data protection, compliance and policy documentation.
• Coordinate information and documentation required for due diligence, audit, regulatory and assurance requests.
• Maintain legal templates, guidance documents, governance records and evidence repositories.
• Support invoice administration, supplier documentation and payment approval processes where required.
• Act as a central point of coordination between Legal, Finance, Operations, HR, external counsel and other third parties.
  
  Previous experience as a Legal Assistant, Legal Secretary, Legal PA, Company Secretarial Assistant, Legal Operations Coordinator or similar.
• Experience supporting an in-house legal team, law firm, professional services organisation, financial services business or other regulated environment.
• Strong experience managing legal documents, records, trackers and filing systems.
• Experience supporting commercial contracts and coordinating approval or execution processes.
• Exposure to corporate governance, board administration or company secretarial work.
• Experience using e-signature platforms, document management systems or workflow tools.
• Exposure to compliance, data protection, due diligence or finance administration would be beneficial.