The role
Fantastic opportunity for a proactive and driven
experienced Legal Secretary to join our leading Banking team, supporting
Partners Richard Sealy and Chris Lister, as well as our wider team of fee
earners. This role is based in our Manchester office. While a regular office
presence of three days per week is required, Gateley fully embraces hybrid
working, offering a mix of home and office work. If you’re seeking a role
within a supportive, ambitious, and energetic team, and want to join an
award-winning law-led professional services business, we’d love to hear from
you.
The team
Our
Banking & Finance team has a wealth of experience in all aspects of banking
& finance transactions. We act for lenders across the sector, providing end
to end advice which helps our clients to manage risk and comply with regulatory
requirements. We act for a wide range of financial institutions including the
major UK clearing banks, challenger banks, specialist lenders, asset-based
lenders and numerous fund-based lenders.
Our
borrower client base encompasses a wide variety of organisations including
large corporates, owner-managed businesses, property developers and investors,
many of whom we have had a close on-going relationship with for a number of
years. Our
practice is extensive and wide ranging covering a wealth of banking expertise. We
have one of the most active private equity and acquisition finance offerings in
the market, with experience of acting for private equity houses, management
teams and debt funders (including banks and speciality debt funds) across a
number of debt structures).
We
also have an extensive real estate finance practice, with experience in real
estate acquisitions, investments and developments and managing extensive
portfolios with relationships with various lenders, major house builders and
developers across a range of sectors. We
have experience in specialist work for asset-based lenders. As well as acting
for many ABL funders in the market, our breadth of experience and knowledge of
each funder's requirements means that we are also able to act
The person
The
successful candidate will be confident liaising with colleagues, clients and
external parties, proactively organising and managing diaries and taking the
lead on tasks to ensure an exceptional and seamless secretarial support
service.
In
particular we look for the following attributes:
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At least three to five years’ previous
legal secretary experience is essential.
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Experience within a professional services
environment is highly desirable.
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Experience and competence in:
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Typing, drafting and producing documents
efficiently and accurately.
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Document management – to include generating
documents using Word, Power Point and Excel.
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Experience completing manuscript
amendments.
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General secretarial tasks that may vary
depending on workload and capacity – to include compliance tasks as required.
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Diary management, ideally including travel
and event booking.
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First class, confident communication
skills, both written and verbal.
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Excellent levels of accuracy.
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Capability to prioritise and multitask
effectively, with good time management and organisational skills.
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Willing to continually learn and adapt to
new procedures.
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Ability to take initiative and
self-motivate.
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Experience of working under pressure to
tight deadlines while remaining calm.
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Always demonstrate discretion and maintain
absolute confidentiality.
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IT skills - Microsoft Word, Microsoft
Excel, dictation, typing, formatting and editing PDF documents.
This job description is not an exhaustive list due to the requirements of the role. Therefore, the job holder may be required from time to time to carry out other ad hoc tasks as requested.