Legal Secretary

Job Reference: BBBH75140

Posted by: Ella Baker

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Permanent
Industry: Admin and Secretarial
West End, London, UK
Β£45000 – Β£55000 per annum

Description of role:

🏒 Law Firm

πŸ“ Mayfair

πŸ“ Legal Secretary

πŸ’· Β£45-55,000

πŸ•” Monday-Friday

Our client is a well-established boutique law firm, based in Mayfair. They have developed a very strong high net worth client base, with a large focus on residential property and a core client following comprising of overseas investors, wealthy UK based property owners, offshore registered companies and property developers/traders.

Our client is seeking a legal secretary with at least 5 years’ property experience coupled with a working knowledge of KYC/AML compliance requirements and procedures. You will be handling very high value purchases/sales and a good level of working know-how and knowledge of a property transaction is essential.

Key duties would include:

  • File/matter opening (including drafting the requisite AML forms)
  • Undertaking AML searches
  • Dealing with the firm’s onboarding process
  • Carrying out searches
  • Liaising with the land registry
  • Audio typing
  • Independently drafting basic emails, letters and boiler-plate documents
  • Undertaking typical pre and post completion tasks to include SDLT returns, Land Registry applications, dealing with notices of assignment/charge
  • Keeping document management system up to date
  • Answering telephone
  • Having direct client/introducer contact from time to time

They have a very collaborative, supportive and team-working environment and are seeking a forward thinking legal secretary to join them!

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