Legal Assistant

Title: Legal Assistant (m/fd)

Based at: Wertheim Village

About the role

As our Legal Assistant, you will assist the Legal Team with the management of contractual documentation, bank relationships, and other legal documents and projects as they arise. You will also provide support for other departments in the Village on any legal related issues.

Key responsibilities

The key responsibilities of this role will include some or all the following.

• Provide general administrative support at all times
• Draft legal correspondence
• Maintain and manage a five year diary and prepare weekly office diaries
• Maintain a filing and archive system for all legal documents

• Manage the sign off procedure for all contractual documentation
• Maintain a proper inventory of legal documents and contracts
• Coordinate and follow up on the renewal of bank guarantees and insurance certificates

• Follow up outstanding pre and post signature matters with Brands
• Attend Village Compliance meetings, prepare and follow up on any legal issues related

About You

We are looking for an individual who can display the following experience and skills:

• Degree education in Paralegal, Rechsanwaltsfachangestellte/-r or Bürokauffrau/mann is preferrable
• Experience in the legal industry is preferrable
• Computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft Office

• Excellent word processing skills with experience in drafting or translating documents
• Able to work well with all levels across the business and to adapt to a fast pace environment
• A good communicator
• Ability to prioritise your work to meet tight and multiple deadlines
• Ability to both work as a team and work independently with minimal supervision

• Very good English and German language, any other language would be beneficial