Legal Support Assistant Apprentice - Commercial Litigation​/Insolvency

We are looking for an Apprentice Trainee Legal Support Assistant to join our Commercial Litigation/Insolvency teams in our Cardiff office to support both teams with a broad range of administrative and operational tasks.

This is an 18 month fixed term contract with the potential to become permanent.

The successful applicant will spend one day a week at college studying a Business Administration Level 3 Apprenticeship. The other four days will be office based.

Please note as this is a legal apprenticeship, we are unable to consider law graduates for this role.

Typical Workload

The role will be providing administrative support to assigned fee earners. This will include:

• First point of contact for clients and 3rd parties
• Initial telephone calls with potential new clients, including taking details regarding the nature of the enquiry
• Prompt administration of file opening tasks including: obtaining Anti-Money Laundering and  from clients, drafting Engagement Letters for fee earners and setting up e-filing folders