Role: Legal Assistant
Department: Projects & Corporate
Role overview
The legal assistant will support one partner and other nominated lawyers, and will be involved in a variety of clerical duties, ranging from document drafting and preparation, specific process driven tasks, preparation of client communications, file management and day-to-day administrative support. The role will be required to work across:
- assisting business development, including preparation of fee proposals, engagement letters and meeting minutes with clients, and translation of clients’ instruction from Mandarin into English (or vice versa);
- preparing and reviewing legal agreements and transaction documents (as instructed);
- providing transaction closing support to fee earners, including preparation of transaction closing checklists, coordinating the signing of documents, managing the collation of condition precedent documents and condition subsequent documents for drawdown;
- post-closing support including preparation of document bibles, distribution of transaction documents and other document management tasks;
- conducting legal research and due diligence exercises as well as creating and maintaining precedents;
- facilitating best practices sharing and fostering relationships across WFW’s practice groups and its’ clients;
- developing improvements to internal processes to streamline and maximise efficiency within the Group; and
- responsibility for monitoring and reporting on regulatory changes and developments, and industry-specific regulations.
Role requirements
- Hold a Diploma level in legal studies or are an experienced legal secretary with comprehensive knowledge of legal processes.
- Have at least two years of legal experience either as a paralegal/legal secretary in a corporate function. Candidates with exposure to M&A/Project Finance would be highly regarded.
- Clear and professional in both written and verbal communication. Note that fluency in English and business level Mandarin language skills (both written and oral) are essential.
- Enthusiastic, can-do, positive approach to tasks and situations, as well as requests for action outside normal scope of duties.
- Have a desire to continue learning, strive in problem-solving and have a strong work ethic.
- Want to fit into the Firm’s culture of being collaborative, enterprising, inquisitive and hard-working.
A PLUS MANPOWER SERVICES PTE LTD
EA License No. 16C8280
MOM Reg No. R22107790
