Job Description:

Legal Secretary – Commercial Property - Hybrid

£26000 - £31000 plus benefits (See below)

📍 Leicester

LM Talent Solutions are recruiting on behalf of our client, a well-established and highly regarded law firm, for an experienced Legal Secretary to join their Commercial Property team in Leicester.

About the Role

This is a great opportunity for a Legal Secretary to provide efficient secretarial and administrative support to fee earners within a busy Commercial Property team. The successful candidate will be a collaborative team player with a strong work ethic, excellent communication skills, and confidence using the systems and software needed to support commercial property matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Creating, amending and formatting documents, including copy typing, producing new versions and tracking changes
• Accurate typing from digital dictation, and preparing correspondence, reports, leases and other property-related documents
• Answering telephone calls professionally and taking accurate messages
• Opening, maintaining and closing client/matter files, including accurate filing
• Managing fee earner diaries and supporting meeting arrangements and logistics
• General administrative duties including scanning, printing, photocopying and preparing documents for signature
• Supporting property transactions — searches, Land Registry and Companies House documentation, Stamp Duty Land Tax returns, and completion/post-completion administration, as directed by fee earners
• Liaising with clients, agents, solicitors and third parties to obtain information and provide updates
• Supporting fee earners with time recording, billing and routine account queries

Client-Facing Duties

• Delivering a high-quality, client-focused service
• Preparing accurate correspondence and legal documents
• Handling client enquiries appropriately in a fee earner's absence, escalating where needed

Skills & Experience

• Excellent organisational, time management and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication
• High level of IT literacy, with confidence using document and case management systems
• Accurate preparation of legal documents and property-related forms
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Previous legal secretarial experience is desirable; commercial property experience would be an advantage

About the Client

Our client is a long-established, multi-award-winning law firm with a reputation for delivering exceptional results across a broad range of practice areas. They offer a supportive, inclusive culture, strong career development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package including profit share, discretionary bonus, generous holiday entitlement, private medical cover, and wellbeing initiatives.

Interested candidates should apply through LM Talent Solutions.