Legal Assistant - Corporate and Commercial

Russell Cooke LLP; Southampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A legal firm based in Southampton is seeking a full-time Legal Assistant to provide support to their corporate team. The role involves assisting with transactions, managing multiple files, and delivering high-quality client service. Candidates should possess a law degree, strong organizational skills, and attention to detail. This position offers a supportive environment with career development opportunities and competitive salaries.

Benefits

Career development programme

Competitive salary

Generous benefits

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a law degree or equivalent experience.
• Excellent keyboard and IT skills are required.
• Strong literacy and numeracy skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist with transactions, shareholder agreements, and general commercial matters.
• Manage multiple files autonomously while working to deadlines.
• Participate in training and activities for Legal Assistants across the firm.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Proactive learning attitude

Education

Law degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Legal Assistant - Corporate Commercial

The Role:

We are seeking a confident, proactive, flexible, enthusiastic, self‑motivated and professional full‑time Legal Assistant/Paralegal to provide support to our Corporate team based in the centre of Southampton.

• Assist a growing corporate team with a substantial workload including transactions such as buying and selling businesses as well as investment arrangements, shareholder agreements and general commercial matters.
• Is that of a fee earner undertaking chargeable work with a personal time and fee target. The individual will also be required to assist the team with general administration, including matters such as DocuSign and post completion work.
• As with any fee earner, Legal Assistants will be expected to carry out non‑chargeable work in addition to the chargeable work required. This may include, but is not limited to, providing assistance with marketing activities and undertaking appropriate training.
• Legal Assistants will generally be expected to be self‑supporting in terms of typing and administration and will have an hourly rate and fee target set accordingly, but where it is commercially justifiable they may be provided with appropriate administrative.
• The role is expected to require excellent literacy, numeracy, accuracy and attention to detail, with excellent keyboard and IT skills.
• The Legal Assistant’s enthusiasm and energy are expected to allow them to make a full contribution to the dynamic operation of their team.
• They will take responsibility for their own success seeking continuously to improve their own skills and to provide good value to clients in the legal services they provide.
• The Legal Assistant will operate under the supervision and responsibility of a designated lawyer within each department.
• Legal Assistants should be prepared to participate fully in training and activities designed for Legal Assistants across the firm.

Personal Characteristics:

• Whilst the successful candidate will receive close supervision and support from experienced Solicitors, they will be required to manage their workload autonomously.
• Strong organisational and time management skills are required as the role will involve the efficient and cost effective management of multiple files, working to strict deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills are essential to demonstrate understanding of our clients’ needs and expectations and when communicating with colleagues.
• Focused attention to detail, speed and accuracy are important for all written documentation.
• The candidate should be a team player and contribute to the success of the team.
• The successful candidate will need to have a law degree (or conversion / GPDL) or some experience of working in a law firm and be proactive, capable and willing to learn.

Your career development

All our staff benefit from our cohort based career development programme. We understand the importance of building an internal network and have developed this excellent cohort programme to allow our lawyers to work together across the significant range of practice areas and share their knowledge, experiences and networks.

Salary And Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, agile working and generous benefits. We maintain a busy programme of events for our thriving office communities. Our activities are as diverse as our work and our people. We welcome direct applications. If you would like any further information about the firm please contact a member of the HR team.

We have a diverse workforce and aim to attract high calibre applicants that reflect the demography of our geographical location and client base. Individuals will be employed solely on merit and the requirement of the position. No applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, race, marital status, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender Identity or religion. Reasonable adjustments will be made to eliminate or reduce disadvantage.