Melanie Smith Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Australia

• Extensive domestic and international business travel – cost/ budget management, transport logistics, flight and accommodation bookings, visas, foreign currency
• Diary management
• Board / Committee presentations and reports – document production, formatting and collating
• Full coordination of meetings with external parties, clients and internal staff - invitations/ RSVPs, room bookings/setup, equipment needs, and catering as required
• Support with document creation, particularly word processing and PowerPoint presentations
• Event coordination

London, United Kingdom

• Personal Assistant to Jennette Newman; Head of London Office, Sector Head of Lloyd’s & London Market and Director of Global Insurance Law Connect
• Drafting correspondence
• Dealing with first line telephone enquiries
• Typing/assistance with confidential partnership documents
• Substantial diary and travel management
• Coordination and participation at small and large scale events

Brisbane, Australia

• Assisting solicitors and the branch manager with the running of client files across a variety of workers’ compensation, motor vehicle, public liability and sexual abuse matters
• Maintaining a high level of oral and written communication with clients, barristers and opposing parties
• Drafting documents in the pre-litigation phase as well as assisting with court documents when required
• Drafting correspondence on behalf of solicitors
• Coordination of medico-legal appointments, meetings and compulsory conferences
• Substantial diary management