Legal Secretary - Bristol, United Kingdom - DAC Beachcroft

DAC Beachcroft

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Bristol, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Job Introduction

DACBeachcroft is seeking a Legal Secretary to join our Professional & Commercial Risk (P&CR) team based in Bristol, on a full-time, permanent and hybrid basis.

Supporting the Secretarial Team Lead, the main purpose of this role is to provide an excellent standard of secretarial support to fee earning across the specified practice area.

Our Professional and Commercial Risk Team advises insurers and professional organisations when they are faced with the threat of a professional negligence claim.

They act on numerous high value and sensitive claims for clients throughout the UK and the rest of Europe, including accountants, architects, brokers, engineers, lawyers and their insurers.

The team is particularly experienced in the deployment of alternative dispute resolution techniques, including mediation and arbitration.

Main Responsibilities

Team Player and good initiative
Proactively manage diaries
Open new matters, including dealing with any billing criteria
Manage the case management system
Liaise and build relationships as appropriate with clients and their support staff
Book client and internal meetings
Prepare correspondence and documents from digital dictation
Answer and make telephone calls
Prepare document bundles/electronic bundles for fee earners
File, archive, photocopy, scan and fax documents as and when required
Ensure that client contact information is kept up to date
Assist with the booking of travel arrangements
Liaise with counsel and other legal representatives
Proactively assist with adhoc business development and communications activities e.g. client contact reports, delegate packs etc.
Effective prioritisation of tasks whilst managing a full workload
Proactively assisting with billing, cash collection and accounts queries and liaising with internal support teams to resolve issues quickly and effectively, including dealing with expenses claims
Sharing documentation using an electronic platform
Effectively work with fee earners and secretarial team members
Handle confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols
Previous secretarial experience within a legal/professional services environment, ideally within a Professional and Commercial Risk team is preferred (however not essential).
A secretarial NVQ / Diploma or equivalent would be beneficial but is not essential
Must have good IT skills, particularly in Microsoft packages
An excellent eye for detail with a concern for quality and accuracy
A focused client service approach is essential
Team oriented and collaborative with a flexible, can do attitude
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely orally and in writing

About The Company
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities.

We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami.

We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies.

We act for all of the UK's top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK's top-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings.

In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the 'Leading Individual' rankings.

Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate.

These accolades include two top prizes in the 'Excellence in Business Development' and 'Excellence in Technology & Innovation' categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards - the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales.

Our health sector team won the 'Crisis Management Team of the Year' award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the 'Business Development Innovation Award' at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as 'Cyber Law Firm of the Year' at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.

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