Legal Assistant

Location: London
Salary: £55,000–£65,000 DOE
Working Pattern: Office-based

We have partnered with a growing organisation to recruit a Legal Assistant to support its Chief Legal Officer and wider business.

This is a broad in-house role covering legal administration, contract coordination, corporate governance, and wider corporate services. It would suit someone with experience supporting a legal function who is comfortable taking ownership of legal records, governance processes, and day-to-day coordination across multiple areas of the business.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain legal matter trackers, document registers, and central filing systems.
• Draft, format, proofread, and amend contracts, board papers, resolutions, minutes, and legal correspondence.
• Coordinate contract review, approval, execution, and e-signature processes.
• Maintain contract registers and track key dates including renewals, termination rights, and commercial milestones.
• Ensure executed agreements, legal records, and supporting documentation are accurately stored and easily accessible.
• Support board, committee, and shareholder meeting administration, including agendas, board packs, minutes, and resolutions.
• Maintain corporate registers, governance calendars, and supporting company secretarial documentation.
• Assist with routine corporate filings and coordinate with external company secretarial providers and legal advisers.
• Support the administration of data protection, compliance, and policy documentation.
• Coordinate information and documentation required for due diligence, audit, regulatory, and assurance requests.
• Maintain legal templates, guidance documents, governance records, and evidence repositories.
• Support invoice administration, supplier documentation, and payment approval processes where required.
• Act as a central point of coordination between Legal, Finance, Operations, HR, external counsel, and other third parties.