Legal Secretary (Corporate) - Toa Payoh

The legal secretary will support a team of 5 to 6 fee earners, including Partner(s) in administrative and executive matters.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain diary planning and coordination, making appointments and co-ordinating internal and external meetings;
• Travel management, booking transport, hotels, meetings and producing detailed itineraries;
• Coordinating business development and client liaison initiatives, including updating database information and assisting with marketing initiatives and events;
• Dealing with all aspects of claiming expenses;
• Dealing professionally and promptly (internal and external) telephone calls and communications;
• Preparing bills, maintaining accurate billing/contact details, preparation of narratives and drafting first bills with covering letters; liaising with accounts team;
• Providing secretarial assistance, includes copy typing, formatting documents, creating correspondence, pitches and presentations;
• Organising documents and management of filing, updating database, archiving files;
• ACRA/LawNet searches/E-filing;
• Run conflict checks and compliance queries;
• Support other members of the secretarial team and to provide cover as and when necessary to ensure that work is completed to a high standard;
• Assist with reception duty. Secretary may also be called upon under normal circumstances to cover the reception when the receptionists are busy coordinating drinks and biscuits/lunch for big meetings, etc.

• At least 2 years’ of relevant offshore experience preferred however those with many years in local law firms and experienced in supporting a big team including Partners are welcome to apply
• Able to speak Mandarin to interact with Clients directly
• Good technical knowledge in MS Word, Powerpoint and Excel with an excellent typing speed and ability to create presentations using Powerpoint
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage stakeholders
• Accurate, with high level of attention to detail
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Able to produce and amend documents with speed and accuracy
• Able to format, paginate, number and present documents
• Enthusiastic and positive approach to tasks and requests for action outside normal scope of duties
• Ability to manage pressure and conflicting demands
• Liaising with the team in a professional and courteous manner
• Ability to maintain tact and diplomacy, trust and confidentiality
• A team player, highly organised and able to assist others

Interested candidates are invited to write-in and email with a detailed resume stating qualifications, experiences, current/expected salary to [email protected].

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.