Paralegal / Legal Assistant for London Litigation Firm (Office Based)

We are a boutique litigation law firm and we work from offices based in the historic City of London, so if you would like be part of our support team connected remotely to our paperless London office then we would love to hear from you. We want to see how well you can put together a covering email and CV, which you can email us at hr@lexlaw.co.uk

Full Description of Vacancy:

Paralegals or Advocates, ideally experienced, with an English LLB/LLM/BVC/BTC and great English language skills to provide support to our lawyers and work groups (Litigation; Insolvency; Tax Litigation). Our City of London legal services firm of Solicitors & Barristers operates to very high professional standards and looks for junior lawyers who are capable of and wish to do the same.

Would suit dedicated and hard-working ambitious graduates with a strong academic background; committed to learning new professional skills and gaining legal knowledge and those holding a genuine desire to support the firm’s solicitors and barristers and follow their guidance.

Key Tasks & Duties:

• Electronic administration of files in our paperless office via Clio CMS
• To support the team and individual fee earners, with administrative tasks and action work as delegated by others
• Electronic document & file management & bundling
• Providing telephone reception cover
• Answering phone calls and greeting clients
• Liaising with clients, including the receipt of key documents
• Liaising with Chambers and mediation venues
• Filing documents on our systems & Court where necessary
• Ensuring incoming & outgoing post is dealt with effectively
• Writing SEO optimised legal articles on our blog websites
• Diarising key events & ensuring tasks/diaries maintained
• Conducting a daily firm wide agenda/calendar check meeting
• Opening new matter instructions accurately and on-boarding clients
• Ensure work issues or problems are reported immediately
• Any other tasks required to support the team

Desired skills:

• Must have excellent organisational skills;
• Must have excellent attention to detail;
• Good IT skills – able to open, read, input & edit, Word,
• Excel and Outlook documents and use Clio CMS;
• Excellent communication skills with a professional manner;
• Detail conscious and precise;
• Professional telephone manner;
• Previous work experience involving dealing with people is useful but not essential.
• Strong academic qualifications;
• Able to prioritise & recognise importance and urgency; and
• Proficient English language skills.

Personal qualities:

• Willingness, enthusiasm and ability to learn on the job;
• Hardworking, eager to learn and develop new skills;
• Team worker with a flexible, professional attitude;
• Friendly, confident and reliable;
• Enjoys detail and has a real interest in a legal career;
• Dresses appropriately for a legal office;
• Calm under pressure; and
• Conscientious and punctual.

Working Week (include how long lunch break is):

Your normal hours of work will be 40 hours per week, to be worked during the hours of 9am GMT to 6pm GMT on Mondays to Fridays inclusive with a lunch break of one hour (to be taken at noon GMT). You may have to work late or on weekends to help meet client deadlines.

Future Prospects description:

Could lead to a role as full-time Barrister or Solicitor qualification via Solicitors Qualifying Exams working either remotely or on a skilled workers visa in the UK for exceptional candidates.

Interview Start Date: ASAP

Monthly Salary: PKR 1,25,000 to 1,70,000 (based on experience) paid monthly with bonuses available for exceptional performance.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Rs125,000.00 - Rs170,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

Application Deadline: 23/12/2025