Based in Lewes, East Sussex

Salary range: £20-£25,000

About Adams & Remers:

We are a long established law firm with a professional, modern, client-centred approach. Delivering exceptional service to our clients is at the heart of everything we do.

We have an excellent reputation and have built strong, responsive and complementary practice areas that help private individuals, businesses and institutions in the UK and internationally. We have developed expertise in established and emerging sectors to ensure we offer the best specialist advice available.

We have offices in Lewes and London, with this role being based in our Lewes office. Across our practice areas of Commercial and Residential Property, Private Client, Litigation and Corporate and Commercial, we have 18 partners and a full team of around 100.

Our Litigation teams are based in both Lewes and London and cover both personal and commercial litigation in the UK. Our specialist areas in commercial litigation are business disputes, property, insurance, health and safety, environment, debt recovery and trustee disputes. In personal litigation, we specialise in property disputes, family law, and probate and trust disputes.

Our clients include local authorities, government agencies, landed estates, receivers, national companies, charities, trustees, family-owned businesses and individuals.

Our approach is always to find practical solutions that make commercial sense and are cost effective for our clients with the aim of avoiding Court proceedings as far as possible.

Our team is ranked highly in Chambers High Net Worth Guide and Legal 500 and our lawyers also have excellent personal rankings across various directories. We receive excellent feedback from our clients, industry partners and referrers:

“Knowledgeable, commercially-minded and effective.”

“Stand out lawyers in this practice area.”

 We strongly believe in taking the time to get to know our clients – really listening and understanding their business and personal goals, and what matters most to them.  We think ahead and give the best advice not just for now but for the future. Our clients return to us and recommend us highly. Creating and nurturing strong professional partnerships and referrer relationships are also key to our new business development in corporate and commercial matters.

The Role:

 We are looking for a Legal Assistant to join this team to carry out:

• File opening and closing;
• Drafting engagement letters
• Amending documents from manuscript and copy typing of documents
• Dictation – correspondence and emails
• Diary management
• Liaising with clients, Courts, Counsels’ Chambers and other third parties
• Preparing bills, management of payments, receipts and transfers, dealing with arising queries and issues
• Preparing Court forms using Oyez
• Preparing instructions to Counsel

 Skills needed:

 The successful candidate will have:

• Previous experience of working as a Legal Secretary or Legal Assistant
• Fast, accurate typing skills and the ability to format documents
• The ability to follow procedural and legal protocol
• A methodical approach and good time management
• Excellent IT skills, including Word, Excel and databases
• Good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team
• Positivity and adaptability
• A high standard of written and spoken English
• The ability to work independently and use initiative
• Previous experience of working in a Litigation/Dispute Resolution team would be an advantage

Working for Adams & Remers:

We fill our teams with people who are professional, motivated and reliable and share our values and our determination to deliver the best possible experience for our clients.

To help you develop yourself and your role, we offer a friendly working environment with opportunities for training and development to help you strengthen your skills and expertise.

We have a strong focus on wellbeing and provide you with excellent support and resources.  Our friendly, welcoming team regularly organise social events to keep us connected.

The salary for the position is £20,000 to £25,000 depending on experience.  We offer a very competitive benefits package including discount vouchers, virtual GP service and fitness and nutrition health checks.

 Applying:

If you are interested in the role please send your CV and covering letter to Alison May (HR Advisor) alison.may@adamsandremers.com