Administrator – Corporate


We are looking for a Legal Administrative Assistant to join the Corporate business group to support the Southampton based team.  The team deal with a range of work including business and company sales, purchases and investments, reorganisations, restructurings, demergers, joint ventures shareholder agreements and Company Secretarial work.  The successful candidate will have proven excellent communication and organisational skills required to assist the Solicitors in the team, and to support the team leader.  We will consider full-time or part-time candidates for this role.  Attendance at the office is required three days a week.

An example of the Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Provide administrative support to assigned fee earners and the Company Secretarial team
  • First point of contact for clients and 3rd parties
  • Assisting with client meetings as needed eg. copying documents / ID etc
  • Assist and work cooperatively with other administrators to provide support to other/non-assigned fee earners as appropriate
  • Opening new clients/matters in Peppermint/DMS upon receipt of Risk Matrix from lawyer
  • Saving template Terms of Business and template Letter of Engagement to DMS for lawyer to settle
  • ID verification using IDU App where possible
  • Running conflict checks, obtaining AML documents, creating the e-file and all relevant sub-files
  • Undertaking SmartSearches and saving to DMS
  • Printing, filing, scanning and dispatch of incoming/outgoing post
  • Closing files – organising deeds/documents and accounts/billing, archiving
  • Organisation of documents including printing and bundling of documents and binding engrossments, scanning and organising e-files, timely sending out of documents to relevant parties
  • Other ad-hoc tasks as required

Skills / Experience Required

  • Demonstrates “ACTS” values and behaviours
  • Strong IT skills and aptitude and able to adapt to new technologies and systems
  • Experienced user of Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams and Zoom
  • Good working knowledge of Peppermint and DMS
  • Good manner with clients and third parties
  • Excellent communication skills are essential (oral and written)
  • Ability to work productively/proactively with Partners and staff across the team
  • Able to engage fully with our clients and other professionals and contacts to provide an excellent service
  • Numerate
  • Good organisational skills
  • Ability to prioritise
  • Willing to learn and improve skills
  • A willing team player
  • Positive and enthusiastic approach
  • Attention to detail and accuracy
  • Adaptable, flexible and ability to multi-task

How to Apply

  • Please email [email protected] to apply with a copy of your CV and cover note to explain your interests in the role.  Please also confirm your salary expectations.
  • Interviews: The interview process will start as soon as suitable candidates have been identified. We will notify you in advance if you are required to carry out a drafting exercise/skills test as part of the interview process.
  • If you have any questions, please email Rob Brown at [email protected] or telephone on 023 8085 7441.
  • Your personal data will be processed in line with our applicant privacy policy which explains how we treat your data.

Please note that we are currently only accepting CVs from direct applicants.