Senior Legal Secretary, Corporate

Position: Legal Secretary

Law Firm: Top 20 Ranked Globally

Size: 4,000 Employees

Location: New York, NY

Onsite Schedule: Onsite, 3 days / 2 days from home

Target Salary: $100,000 - $140,000 with OT and Bonus as additional compensation

Job Description:

• Completes and carries out major assignments and a broad variety of tasks in support of the partner's Mergers & Acquisitions practice.
• Plans, coordinates, and ensures attorney Outlook calendars are maintained; identifies and resolves scheduling conflicts; coordinates complex travel itineraries.
• Prepares agendas, reports, and presentations; composes correspondence that is sometimes confidential.
• Maintains paper and electronic filing systems, helping to ensure compliance with Information Governance policies and procedures.
• Oversees billing matters (prebilling tasks including all approval forms and collaboration correspondence, international billing, liaise with biller regarding questions/issues, liaise with collections team); monitors client budgets for reporting purposes.
• Conduct new business intake and draft/edit legal documents.

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience supporting attorneys in Corporate Practice Support: M&A, Private Equity, Transactional Finance, etc..
• 5+ years supporting c-suite within a financial services company (Transferrable)
• Bachelors Degree (Preferred)