Hogan Lovells

Litigation Secretary

Hong Kong Full time

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We are looking for a full-time secretary to join our Litigation, Arbitration & Employment practice. The incumbent will be joining a high performing team environment, supporting a group of fee earners, providing a full spectrum of administrative and secretarial services. 

Key responsibilities:

  • Producing documents from instructions or dictation and preparing drafts
  • Devising and maintaining office systems, including data management and filing
  • Entering time to time keeping systems as instructed
  • Dealing with proper (electronic or otherwise) filing of correspondence and documents, both incoming and outgoing
  • Screening phone calls and handling enquiries
  • Managing diaries
  • Arranging travel, visas and accommodation
  • Billing and marketing materials
  • Liaising with clients and other colleagues and help with effective communications between fee-earners

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Some solid legal secretarial experience, ideally in a contentious practice at an international or sizeable law firm
  • Good English and Cantonese communication skills, with Mandarin as ideal
  • Ability to do dictation and type Chinese is desirable
  • Technology savvy and proficient in formatting legal documents and common work related software such as Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Shows initiative and desire to learn over time
  • Exercise care in handling work and in complying with instructions
  • Personable, proactive, trustworthy, responsible and reliable
  • Integrity and discretion when handling confidential information
  • Effective organisational and time management skills; with the ability to juggle the needs of various fee earners, manage expectations and multi-task
  • Able to work under pressure, with the ability to solve and/or raise problems or issues in a timely manner
  • Works well in a team environment

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