About the role

The main focus of this role is to provide secretarial and administrative assistance to fee-earners. You will be closely involved in all aspects of managing the practice, in particular ensuring that the fee-earners in Corporate team receive the highest quality administrative and coordination support.

Key responsibilities

• monthly end billing coordination for fee-earners, including managing client invoices/collection records with the support of Finance team;
• diaries management and arranging appointments;
• organising and preparing complex travel itineraries;
• using content management systems to maintain and update internal databases;
• organising and planning internal and external meetings, including co-ordinating agendas and papers;
• word processing, audio and copy typing, and creating and maintaining filing systems;
• preparing presentations;
• acting as a liaison point for clients and colleagues;
• assisting in-house and external events
• performing ad-hoc duties as required

Key competencies

• Minimum 4 years' experience working in International law firm
• Minimum 2 years' IPO experience
• have exceptional interpersonal and organisational skills
• be highly self-motived and resilient under pressure
• have strong proficiency in the Microsoft ‘Office’ package and Chinese Word Processing
• Fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with key internal and external contacts

We are a modern, progressive law firm. We think differently and we have built a culture where individual skills and personalities can shine. At Eversheds, we believe that innovation comes from a culture of genuine equality and diversity and we are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, or once in post.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Information provided will be treated in strict confidence and only be used for consideration of your application for the relevant post within Eversheds. Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly according to our Personal Information Collection Statement, a copy of which will be available upon written request.

Eversheds is one of the world's largest full service international law firms with over 4,000 employees in 63 offices across Europe, Asia, the Middle East Africa and the United States.

The Corporate practice is one of the largest and busiest teams in the Eversheds Asia network. The team advises international, Hong Kong and Chinese clients on mergers and acquisitions, inbound and outbound investment and capital markets transactions. It is consistently ranked in the first tier as one of the leading corporate/M&A practices in Hong Kong.