Legal Assistant

Job Summary

Job Title                      : Legal Assistant

Department               : Legal

Reports to                  : Legal Manager

Location                     : Al Hamra Business Tower, Sharq

Job Profile:

This role is responsible for providing executive secretarial and administrative support to Legal department in an efficient manner.

Job Description

• Coordination with External Law firms and the internal departments, reviewing the External Law firm invoices, and meeting with them as needed.
• Preparing legal liability letters by end of the year.
• Receiving court and other related documents.
• Sending case update to the Business Units, and updating the status of cases on the internal system.
• Maintain general filing system and file all correspondence in its respective segregated files
• Coordinate with IT department for issuing new equipment/assets. 
• Responsible to handle /process petty cash payments for the Legal department – Kuwait.
• Provide coordination support to KSA Legal & Finance team for required approvals as needed·        
• Support Travel arrangement within litigation team·        
• Facilitate HR, GS, and other related activities (eg AMEX) ·   
• Maintaining calendars.    
• Ensure company phone fills are processed on time.      
• Ensure regular availability of stationary stock.·        
• Any other ad-hoc duties as assigned by the manager.

Candidate Requirements

• University degree graduate
• 2-4 years experience working within a legal firm/department
• Must be a native Arabic speaker, with very good command of English language.
• Typing capabilities in both languages.
• Solid interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office applications including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook
• Has experience in transcribing dictation, translation of legal documents/court papers, contracts.
• Highly organized, detailed oriented
• Ability to multitask

Education