Legal Assistant at a Leading Real Estate Company - Management FIRST

Management FIRST - Our client, a Leading Real Estate Company in Abuja, is seeking to hire a well experienced and detailed individual with experience in Real Estate to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Assistant

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• A Legal Assistant is a professional who conducts legal research, drafts documents, emails, and signatures for lawyers when they're unable to.
• Overall, they're responsible for supporting lawyers and making their job easier by handling administrative tasks

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to lawyer and enhance office effectiveness.
• Handle communication with clients, witnesses etc.
• Administratively support and attend trials
• Prepare seal documents
• File and document all legal documents and more.
• Deal with clients/Public matters as directed by legal head and as relate to company service and policy.
• Prepare case briefs and summarize depositions, interrogatories and testimony
• Conduct investigations and statistical/documentary research
• Locate and develop case relevant information
• Type up and file basic legal documents and correspondence
• Answer and direct phone calls
• Maintain contact lists
• Monitor deadlines and juggle calendars

Requirements And Skills

• Legal Assistant certification or diploma.
• Proven working experience as Legal Assistant or Legal Secretary.
• Familiarity with law, legal procedures and protocols, and court system
• Satisfactory knowledge of day-to-day operations of a legal office
• Computer literacy
• Proficiency in English
• Working knowledge of case management software.
• Excellent secretarial and organisational skills
• Ability to juggle multiple activities and work under pressure

Salary
N80,000 - N150,000 / month.

Application Closing Date
27th January, 2023.