The Firm

Mishcon de Reya LLP is an independent law firm with offices in London and New York. Founded in1937 by Victor Mishcon, the firm now employs nearly 600 people, with over 300 lawyers offering a wide range of services to companies and individuals. In every area of law that we operate, Mishcon de Reya LLP prides itself in providing a best in class service to its clients. Specifically, we offer the following legal services: corporate; dispute resolution; employment; family; private client; and real estate.

The Department

At Mishcon de Reya LLP, our heritage in private client work is at the heart of our firm. Historically, the private client focus has been on tax and estate planning, trust and succession disputes, and family. Mishcon Private brings together these areas while, at the same time, broadening the practice to include reputation protection, immigration, family office management, fraud defence, residential property and art. Our clients include wealthy individuals and families and range from the high profile to the very discreet. The team at Mishcon Private comprises litigators, media law experts, art, tax and immigration specialists, and is highly experienced at dealing with family disputes and complex multi-jurisdictional cases.

Main Responsibilities / Duties

• Proactive diary management: coordinating and managing multiple diaries including booking appointments and making travel arrangements

• Administration: typing, billing, filing, handling correspondence, photocopying, faxing, archiving, taking minutes in meetings, transcribing audio dictation and copytype letters, memos and reports

• Researching, analysing, and drafting documents, and conducting due diligence

• Preparation of bundles and other legal documents as required

• Interpreting general business periodicals, professional journals, annual reports, etc

• Client contact: acting as a point of contact for clients; preparing for and attending client meetings when required; liaising with clients in a timely, professional and courteous manner

• Knowledge Management – creating and maintaining of precedents and providing support to the department's Professional Support Lawyers as and when required

Person Specification

• Must have strong organisational skills with a flexible, ‘can-do’ approach to work

• Excellent attention to detail

• Confident, professional manner

• Ability to build relationships with internal staff members

• Proficient with Word, Excel and other Microsoft Office applications

• Candidates should ideally be experienced with copy and audio typing (digital dictation) – with a typing speed of around 60 wpm.

• Mandarin languages skills are desirable