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Legal Secretary – Real Estate Team
The Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Legal Secretary to join our busy and highly regarded Real Estate team based in our Horsham office.
Supporting a number of fee earners, you will play a key role in ensuring the team operates efficiently by providing first-class secretarial and administrative support. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and takes pride in delivering an exceptional service to both colleagues and clients.
The ideal candidate will have previous experience as a Legal Secretary, ideally gained within a Commercial Real Estate or Property team, and will be confident managing multiple priorities while building strong working relationships.
Key Responsibilities
• Providing high-quality secretarial and administrative support to a number of fee earners within the Real Estate team.
• Managing busy diaries, arranging meetings, travel, conference calls and client lunches.
• Acting as a key point of contact for clients, delivering a professional and responsive service by telephone, email and correspondence.
• Preparing documents, correspondence and meeting packs, including drafting standard documentation where appropriate.
• Managing incoming post, emails and telephone calls in the absence of fee earners.
• Supporting business development activities, including the preparation of pitches, presentations and marketing materials.
• Maintaining accurate client information on the firm's CRM system.
• Producing and maintaining Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations and other documents.
• Assisting with financial administration, including expenses, residual balances, financial reports and dashboard updates.
• Organising team meetings and social events.
• Providing wider administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the Real Estate team.
• Travelling between office locations on occasion, where required.
About You
You'll be an organised, proactive and professional Legal Secretary who enjoys working as part of a team and delivering outstanding support.
You'll also have:
• Previous experience working as a Legal Secretary within a law firm (essential).
• Experience supporting multiple fee earners in a busy legal environment.
• Experience within Commercial Real Estate or Property Law (highly desirable).
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with a professional telephone manner.
• A proactive approach and the confidence to work independently using your own initiative.
• A commitment to delivering exceptional client service.
• High levels of discretion, professionalism and confidentiality.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Experience of BigHand and Peppermint would be an advantage but is not essential.
Why Join Us?
You'll become part of a friendly, supportive and collaborative Real Estate team where your contribution is valued. We offer a professional working environment, opportunities to develop your skills and the chance to work alongside experienced legal professionals on a broad range of commercial real estate matters.
If you're an experienced Legal Secretary looking for your next opportunity in a respected and growing law firm, we'd love to hear from you.

Hybrid working statement

You'll spend at least 60% of your working week in the office, though we know there is no one-size-fits-all and arrangements may vary from role to role. Our strong culture is founded on working together in the office, which we aim to maintain through our people being regularly co-located, working cohesively and in collaboration with one another.

A certified B Corp™

At Cripps, our purpose is to make a positive and lasting difference. It’s why we do what we do. In 2024, we became a certified B Corporation to make a legal and very public commitment that we mean what we say. As one of only a handful of UK B Corp law firms, we are held accountable to our social and environmental promises. We are transparent on what we are doing well and where we are falling short. We are excited about the opportunities this affords us to continually improve as a responsible, sustainable, and inclusive business. Come and join us to help solve real world problems, champion big ambitions, and make a personal impact on our people, our clients, our planet, and our communities.
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