Legal Secretary - Commercial Property

Sewell Wallis are currently working with a well-established law firm, based in York, North Yorkshire, that is looking for a Legal Secretary to join its successful Commercial Property team. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, takes pride in getting the detail right and likes being the person that fee earners and clients can rely on. You'll provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the Commercial property team, helping to keep matters moving from instruction through to completion. If you're already working as a Legal Secretary within residential property, or have relevant property experience and are ready for your next challenge, this could be a really good fit. What will you be doing? You'll be providing day-to-day secretarial and administrative support to fee earners, including: * Preparing, formatting and amending correspondence, contracts, reports and other legal documentation.Producing documents accurately using templates, precedents, digital dictation and fee earner instructions. * Managing diaries and arranging client appointments, meetings and telephone calls. Acting as a professional first point of contact for clients, estate agents, lenders and other external contacts. * Handling incoming calls, emails and post, dealing with routine queries and making sure anything requiring legal input is passed to the appropriate fee earner. ...