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We have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Coordinator to join our Real Estate department on a 12-month fixed-term contract, supporting our telecoms sector team. This full-time role is based in our Bristol office, where you will work closely with our Business Administration Manager and be aligned to a specific client team.

About Osborne Clarke
Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 270 Partners and more than 900 talented lawyers across 26 locations. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle current issues and prepare for future challenges, advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We thrive on working closely with our clients on new deals, products, and solutions that transform their businesses, markets, and sectors. Our unique, approachable culture is fundamental to our success.

The Bristol Real Estate department consists of 52 fee-earners and 9 PAs. You will support our telecoms sector team, which comprises approximately 20 members, evenly split between qualified lawyers and paralegals. The team works closely with the Business Administration Manager.

As a Legal Coordinator, you will provide a wide range of services to the telecoms sector team, including but not limited to:

• Supporting team members with various tasks: including searches, engrossments, finance requests, and deeds archiving.
• Monitoring new instructions on HighQ: ensuring the accuracy of all pre-requisites supplied and data input related to instruction allocation.
• Assisting with the billing process.
• Circulating data for weekly client progress reports.
• Assisting with generating purchase order number requests: updating relevant platforms with purchase order number information.
• Monitoring team inboxes: especially when team members are on leave.
• Diary management: arranging team meetings and booking meeting rooms for internal and client meetings.
• Handling incoming and outgoing post: requesting and collating hard copies, saving them to the system, and managing distribution.

Along with previous administrative experience, you will also:

• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail.
• Possess good written and verbal communication skills.
• Remain calm under pressure, demonstrating prioritisation skills.
• Competently produce and format letters and documents.
• Be proficient in using various computer packages such as Outlook, Word, and Excel.

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. We value the health and wellbeing of our people, and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Patrick Fermin Ryan (Recruitment Advisor) on Patrick.FerminRyan@osborneclarke.com.

Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke, we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.