Senior Legal PA

Company: McKinlay Law
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Job Overview

Leading international law firm with stunning offices in the City is looking for a Legal Personal Assistant to support two senior partners, including the London managing partner. The role requires strong organisational skills, discretion and the ability to manage a busy workload across multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

  • Extensive and complex diary management, often across several time zones, and troubleshooting scheduling conflicts
  • Proactively anticipating the partners’ needs in advance of meetings, conferences, etc. and taking action to ensure they are properly prepared
  • Typing and amending documents including correspondence, agreements, and digital dictation
  • Travel management including hotels, taxis and transfers, flights, currency, visas, and creating detailed itineraries
  • Drafting, amending, and proof‑reading agendas, PowerPoint presentations and other pitch documents
  • Arranging events, lunches, dinners, seminars, and meetings, including sourcing restaurants and private hire venues
  • Carrying out conflict checks on new clients and collating the KYC documentation
  • Proofreading documents
  • Tracking expenses
  • Anticipating potential issues and understanding priorities
  • Assisting with confidential projects

Qualifications

Substantial experience as a legal PA is essential. The ideal candidate has supported partners at senior, managing or board level and can multi‑task, manage highly confidential documents, and maintain a busy workload. Excellent communication skills are required, as you will be dealing with senior stakeholders, both internally and externally.

Other Information

Location: City Offices, London (short walk from Liverpool Street Station).

Salary: £40,000 – £58,000 (depending on experience).

Employment type: Full‑time.

Seniority level: Not applicable.

Job function: Legal and Administrative.

Industry: Legal Services and Law Practice.

We endeavor to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours; however, due to volume we may not respond to every applicant individually.

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Posted: October 22nd, 2026