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Nobury, London

London, United Kingdom

A London based UK Top 100 Law Firm. Temporary Contract• Personal Assistant to the Head of Business Recoveries.• Preparing court bundles, handling correspondence, diary management and daily communication with the department’s Fee Earners.• Organised Corporate Events on behalf of the Managing Partner, including:• Charity Quiz event – collated the quiz questions and completed all administration.• Organised a Client “Away Day” to France, including all travel arrangements, luxury picnics and champagne.• Arranged international travel for Partners.

A global Law Firm, 5 time Winner of Law Firm of the Year. • Working on a temporary contract, developed a reputation within the firm for excellence and flexibility. As each contract came to an end another department requested services. Departments worked in included: Dispute Resolution, Insurance, Litigation, Corporate and Aviation.• Worked as PA to the Head of Dispute Resolution, preparing her for meetings, writing briefs, and conducting research on clients in preparation for meetings.• Organised and managed a number of Events, including:• A Water Rafting “Away day” for the Insurance department.• A surprise “Thank you event” to celebrate team performance.• A Cocktail Evening, setting up a functioning temporary Cocktail Bar on the premises.• Extensive diary management, arranging meetings, seminars, conferences and travel arrangements within the UK and globally. Arranging lunches internally and with clients.• Gateway for client telephone calls and responding to internal and client enquiries.• Liaising with Counsels’ clerks and preparing instructions and documents for Counsel.• Creating PowerPoint presentations for external and internal events.• Entering timesheets and expenses into the system for Fee Earners, assisting with billing, preparing WIPs, creating bill letters and amending narratives, researching billing/WIP information using Elite.• Liaising with Business Development/ Marketing, ensuring marketing brochures were current.• Maintaining and updating social media with current articles and videos, maintaining CPD records and updating client details on Interaction.

A City based Law Firm specializing in Insurance and commercial clients. Winner, Law Firm of the Year 2014 & 2015.• Typing decisions for a Partner who specialised as a Panelist on domain name disputes. Worked in the Intellectual Property and Corporate departments.• Drafting letters and preparation of files for client meetings.• Liaising with clients arranging meetings, lunches and dinners and arranging international flights.• Reconciling expenses on a regular basis, audio and copy typing of documents and general correspondence.• Opening new client and matters using electronic forms, archiving and filing (electronic and hard copy).• Monthly billing - liaising with accounts department, amending time narratives where necessary and preparing final bill and narratives.• Travel representative responsible for liaising with the firm's designated travel company arranging train and air travel for other fee earners within the department and throughout the firm when necessary.• Assisting in arranging business meetings, including booking rooms, arranging lunches and meet and greet.

London, United Kingdom

An Am Law 100 Global Law Firm, outside counsel to 43 FORTUNE 100 companies. Held four secretarial roles: • Secretary working for a Partner, Counsel and Associate in the IP Litigation Department and an Associate in the Pharmaceutical department.• Secretary to IP Transactional Partner and Assistant Solicitor and Float Secretary.• Senior Secretary to IP Transaction Partner and Head of Telecommunications Department.

Post Graduate Certificate, Creative Writing, Level 3, Merit

Post Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Arts, Humanities And Literature, 2.1

Graduated with a 2:1 BA Hons Degree in Humanities and Literature

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