We are a growing busy law firm looking for a superstar Legal Assistant to join our team.
Reporting directly to two dynamic and passionate lawyers, you will be charged with the responsibility of managing and coordinating their workflow and providing administrative and paralegal support.
The best candidate for this position will have an entrepreneurial mindset and seek to facilitate and improve the workflow and fuel efficiency to the team's work. The ideal candidate will also have strong work ethic and will be proactive and comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
To be successful in this role, you'll need to be able to:
- Complete administrative duties such as organising documents in paper and electronic filing systems, making copies, managing correspondence and logistics in strict confidence.
- Draft correspondence and basic legal documents such as notices.
- Translate legal documents from Arabic to English and vice versa (preferred).
- Create, implement and improve processes, guidelines and policies for a more efficient workflow.
- Maintain and monitor lawyers diaries and effectively schedule and coordinate activities.
- Investigate the facts of a case, gather and organise evidence and other legal documents for lawyers' review and case preparation.
- Conduct research on relevant laws, precedents and commentary.
- Participate in business development activities.
Skills You possess the following skills:
- Strong administrative skills.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to manoeuvre between different people, cultures and organisations.
- The ability to read and write English and Arabic fluently and translate between both languages (preferred).
- Proactive and takes initiatives.
- Ability to take direction and to self-manage own workload.
Ideally you will have the following qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor's degree in law desirable.
- Paralegal certificate or other equivalent qualifications.
- Advanced experience or qualifications in Microsoft suite including word and excel.
- At least 3 years' experience in a professional busy legal environment preferably assisting in the commercial/corporate and litigation/arbitration departments.
- Experience in translating English to Arabic and vice versa (preferred).
Job Details Job Location Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Company Industry
Legal
Company Type
Unspecified
Job Role Legal
Employment Type
Full Time Employee
Monthly Salary Range
Unspecified
Number of Vacancies
Unspecified
Job Ref.
JB3827316
Preferred Candidate
Career Level
Mid Career
Years of Experience Min: 1 Max: 5
Degree
Certification / diploma
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