Friday, 21 September 2012

Legal Assistant For Baker & McKenzie International

Job Title     Legal Assistant
Country     Egypt
Job Category    Secretarial Work
Job Type    Full Time
Description     Legal Admin Assistant 1- General secretarial work including:  Formatting and typing contracts and bilingual documents.  Maintaining filing system  Scanning & photocopying  Faxing  Printing e-mails  Telephone calls 2- Schedule/Calendar management, etc. for attorneys (i.e. deadlines, due dates, follow-up dates, travel arrangements and/or accommodations and sets up teleconferencing) 3- Maintaining and updating associates task list, reminders and monitoring projects deadlines. 4- Responsible to edit, review and prepare in final form and correct legal format: legal documents, contracts, agreements, amendments, resolutions, and correspondence, completed independently or from verbal, written or dictated direction for final review and/or signature of attorney. 5- Assist in time sheet entry. 6- Receive and handles all incoming mail for assigned attorneys. 7- May perform basic research and compile data (i.e. statutes, rules, regulations, codes, etc). 8- Coordinating and following up with office paralegals to ensure completion of assigned matters by Attorney. 9- Responsible for file management (i.e. preparing files, archiving, E-Filing) 10- Assist in ordering office paper & envelopes supplies 11- Filling in security clearance forms 12- Prepare engagement letters and conflict checks under supervision and review of Partners Assistant.
Qualifications    • Office administrative and secretarial practices and procedures, such as proficiency with: business correspondence, English language, proficiency with: computers for word processing and spreadsheet applications, calculator, facsimile machine and photocopier. • Speed and accurate typing. • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, coworkers and the public, to interpret, explain and monitor office activity. • Record keeping, report preparation, filing methods and records management techniques, correct English usage. • Providing varied, responsible, and often confidential secretarial and office administrative assistance. • Planning, directing and reviewing the work of assigned staff and instructing staff in work procedures. • Organizing work, setting priorities, meeting critical deadlines, and following up assignments with a minimum of direction, composing correspondence independently or from brief instructions.
Gender    Any
Experience    3 - 5 Years.
Salary (L.E.)    Negotiable
Job Contact Info.    Hadeel    Hadeel.Gamaleldin@bakermckenzie.com