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Legal Support Assistant

Employer
Ashurst
Location
Glasgow, Glasgow City
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
21 Aug 2019

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About Ashurst:

Ashurst is a leading global law firm with a history spanning almost 200 years, and clear strategy for our future growth. Our in-depth understanding of our clients and commitment to providing exceptional standards of service have seen us become a trusted adviser to local and global corporates, financial institutions and governments in all areas of commercial law. To find out more please visit here

Our clients want us to take responsibility for efficient sourcing of legal services without compromising on quality. We also want to maximise operational efficiency and remain competitive and innovative.

To respond to these challenges, Ashurst established a new Division – Ashurst Advance - to deliver innovative, market-leading legal sourcing solutions, consistent with Ashurst's status as a global elite firm.  These are innovative, legal roles reflecting the fundamental changes in the provision of legal services and you will have an opportunity to be at the forefront of change and to help to shape the new model.  You will provide high quality, highly skilled administrative input to colleagues within the Ashurst global network of offices, covering a wide range of transactions and advice for Ashurst's premier client base. 

In order to comply with regulatory and client requirements, Ashurst will undertake appropriate vetting of staff. When applicants accept a job offer, Ashurst, alongside a specialist provider, will undertake professional verification and background checks.  These checks are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance with our legal and regulatory obligations

Business Area: Ashurst Advance

Role: Legal Support Assistant

Location: Glasgow

Reporting to: Supervisor - Legal Support Assistants

Hours of work -

Monday to Friday, 09.00 – 17.30, you will be required to work such hours as are necessary to carry out your duties.

Department/ Role Overview:

The role of the Legal Support Assistant is to provide proactive and professional administrative support to the members of the Ashurst Advance legal analyst, legal technologist and legal project management teams as well as, from time to time, other practice areas within the firm.

Main responsibilities:

The core function of the Legal Support Assistant role is to be part of a team managing a large scale ongoing project. This involves high volume administration including  managing and maintaining spreadsheets, tracking emails, producing daily internal reports for lawyers, partners and other stakeholders, updating work trackers, meeting deadlines, completing the matter opening process and liaising with fee earners and internal support functions from across the Ashurst global network.

Additional responsibilities may include:

  • Bibling tasks
  • Small redaction exercises
  • Running document comparisons
  • Data verification
  • Proof reading
  • Hard and soft copy document management (execution of documents, setting up and managing data rooms)
  • Inbox and diary management
  • Providing support to the wider Ashurst Advance teams
  • Assisting with Pro Bono projects

Tasks undertaken by the Legal Support Assistant will grow and develop as the Ashurst Advance teams expand.

 Essential skills and experience:

  • Educated to Higher Grade or equivalent
  • Strong time management skills
  • Attention to detail and thoroughness are essential
  • Good written and oral communication
  • Confident and professional manner
  • Committed, hardworking and responsible
  • Ability to manage own workload
  • Well-developed IT skills - being competent in the use of Word and Excel, and familiarity with Outlook would be advantageous.

Desired skills and experience

  • HNC or HND in business or legal services is desirable but not essential

Company

Ashurst is a leading progressive global law firm with a rich history spanning more than 200 years. We are proud of our history and are future-focused, having expanded into new technologies through our NewLaw division, Ashurst Advance, and our consulting arm. Our in-depth understanding of our clients and commitment to providing excellent standards of service have seen us become a trusted adviser to local and global corporates, financial institutions and governments in all areas of commercial law. To find out more please visit  www.ashurst.com

Company info
Telephone
+44 20 7638 1111
Location
London Fruit & Wool Exchange
1 Duval Square
London
E1 6PW
United Kingdom

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