Sarah Beecham

• Daily inbox management including reviewing emails, highlighting urgent correspondence and drafting responses
• Diary management and provision of high-level administrative support to ensure that all necessary arrangements are made and all documents are prepared and available ahead of meetings
• Preparing correspondence and court documents
• Preparing briefs
• Filing court documents
• Facilitating communication between clients and team members ensuring prompt responses to inquiries
• Transcribing legal documents
• Developing and maintaining filing systems
• Developing and maintaining various registers

· Extensive and proactive diary management

· Daily inbox management including reviewing emails, highlighting urgent correspondence and drafting responses

· Organising internal and external meetings and events

· Provision of high-level administrative support to ensure that all necessary arrangements are made and all documents are prepared and available ahead of meetings

· Designing and implementing processes to keep the practice running smoothly

· Preparing and amending correspondence and other documents

· Assisting with business development projects, pitches and preparation of marketing materials

· Managing monthly billing process

· Training and supervising administrative staff

· Extensive and proactive diary management

· Daily inbox management including reviewing emails, highlighting urgent correspondence and drafting responses

· Complex event planning for client and industry focused events

· Provision of high-level administrative support to ensure that all necessary arrangements are made and all documents are prepared and available ahead of meetings

brief preparation

Preparing correspondence and court documents

Brief preparation

· Preparing and amending correspondence and legal documents

· Assisting with business development projects, pitches and preparation of marketing materials

· Managing monthly billing process

· Recruiting and training administrative staff

· Extensive and proactive diary management across multiple time zones

· Coordinating complex travel itineraries including flights, accommodation, visas, ground transport and all other related logistics

· Organising internal and external meetings and events

· Preparing and amending correspondence and other documents

· Assisting with business development projects, pitches and preparation of marketing materials

· Preparing expense reports in multiple currencies

· Preparing billing narratives, invoices and various financial reports

· Senior Legal PA to Global Practice Group Leader (Litigation Arbitration and Employment) and Global Head of Business Management and Marketing

· Extensive and proactive diary management across multiple time zones

· Daily inbox management including reviewing emails, highlighting urgent correspondence and drafting responses

· Coordinating complex travel itineraries including flights, accommodation, visas, ground transport and all other related logistics

· Provision of high-level administrative support to ensure that all necessary arrangements are made and all documents are prepared and available ahead of meetings

· Organising large scale events such as leadership team meetings, management team retreats, practice briefings and firm wide retirement dinners

· Managing, tracking and reporting on firm initiatives and projects as required

· Providing administrative assistance on pro bono cases, managing key dates and deadlines, preparing bundles and managing logistics for hearings and inquests

· Providing administrative assistance to visiting partners and management team members from international offices

· Providing assistance to Group Manager to manage secretarial absences and allocate secretarial cover as well as approving holiday requests

· Assisting recruitment team to manage candidate applications and interviews

· Preparing complex expense reports in various currencies

· Personal Assistant to Partner and the Global Director of Clients and Industries

· Proactive diary management across multiple time zones

· Organising internal and external meetings

· Preparing complex travel itineraries including flights, accommodation, visas, ground transport and all other related logistics

· Preparing and amending correspondence and other documents

· Assisting with business development projects, pitches and preparation of marketing materials

· Preparing expense reports in multiple currencies

· Providing assistance with conflict searches, matter openings and billings

· General administrative support including printing, scanning and bundling

· Secretarial role in a Litigation/Corporate Recoveries team working closely with a Senior Partner and a team of Lawyers

· Extensive and proactive diary management

· Preparation of correspondence and legal documents

· Preparation for court appearances and meetings including collating and bundling documents

· Liaising with process servers to arrange service of documents

· Conducting personal service of documents and drafting Affidavits of Service

· General administrative assistance including, photocopying, scanning, printing, paginating and indexing

· Training new staff in relation to department specific procedures

· Expense management and billing

· Filing and e-filing

· Team Secretary for the Planning and Environment Department

· Working closely with team members as well in-house clients to ensure that all deadlines are met

· Attendance at weekly team planning meetings to assist with weekly work allocations and scheduling

· Screening of incoming telephone calls and providing detailed messages to relevant members of the team and in-house clients

· Pro-active diary management, including arranging in-house meetings, external meetings, conferences and mediations

· Coordination of document disclosure process including drafting documents and arranging document inspections

· Drafting day to day correspondence, invoices and internal memorandums

· General administrative assistance including printing, bundling, indexing and filing

· Legal Secretary for a team of Lawyers within the Government Insurance and Risk Litigation Department

· Preparation of correspondence and legal documents through the use of digital dictation and copy typing

· Amending correspondence and documents

· Diary management, including coordination of medico-legal examinations, expert witnesses, conferences, mediations and court appearances

· General administrative support, including printing, photocopying, scanning, indexing and paginating

· Travel arrangements including flights, transfers and car hire

· Physical and electronic filing and file maintenance

· eceptionist/Secretary for a boutique legal practice

· Face of the company and first point of contact for all clients

· Screening of incoming calls, forwarding telephone enquiries to relevant staff members and taking detailed messages

· Diary management for several fee earners, including scheduling client appointments and maintaining key date/reminder system

· General administrative tasks including preparation of correspondence, photocopying, printing, data entry and copy typing

· Assistance with advertising and marketing including preparation of monthly newsletters and client alerts