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Job Title


Legal Assistant


Company : HAYS


Location : London, UK


Created : 2025-05-01


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Join a leading telecommunications provider as a Legal Assistant ! About the role Our client is in the process of adopting a new contract management system and needs a Legal Assistant to help ingest thousands of legacy contracts into the system. This role involves both administrative and legal support tasks. This is an excellent opportunity for recent law graduates or administrators/data entry clerks with an interest in law to begin your legal career and see how the industry works. Tell me more, tell me more Our client is currently looking for a new recruit in joining their team, please read on! You can also ask our friendly recruitment team any questions you may have about the role, between 8:30am-5:30pm Monday to Friday. Shifts: Monday Friday (37.5 hours per week) The must haves: Administrative/data entry experience and attention to detail. Keen interest in a legal career or recent law graduates are welcome to apply. Strong administrative skills. Interest in company secretariat and governance. Flexibility to travel for project support. Key responsibilities Review and check contract files. Alter file names according to a naming convention for better search functionality and linkage. Identify contract types, effective dates, and links to other contracts. Arrange board meetings and liaise with Executive Assistants. Obtain signatures via DocuSign, Update structure charts. Complete quarterly reviews of corporate structure. Update board/project folders (Board Minutes/agreements). Support due diligence requests, Assist with auditor requests. Aid in the approval of financial statements (replicate Board Minutes, upload documents to board portal, collate signed copies, and arrange filing at Companies House). Draft documents for a large project in June. Complete administrative tasks post-submission, which may take up to 3 weeks. Whats in it for you? Our client loves to reward their people for doing a great job. This is a contract role until 11/07/2025 with visibility to extend . A day rate, in-scope IR35, 15.22 per hour (via a Hays approved umbrella company) This role provides a remote working access from the comforts of your own home and only going to our state-of-the-art office in London, twice per week . Some travel will be required as part of this position. Next Steps Once youve applied, one of our friendly recruitment consultants will give you a call and talk you through the screening process. If your application is successful, youll be involved in a live virtual interview with one of our clients hiring managers to get to know you better. We look forward to speaking to you!