Legal Assistant

Date: 02-Mar-2021

Location: KW

Company: Alghanim Industries

Job Summary

Job Title : Legal Assistant

Department : Legal

Reports to : Legal Manager

Location : Al Hamra Business Tower, Sharq

Job Profile:

This role is responsible for providing executive secretarial and administrative support to Legal department in an efficient manner.

Coordination with External Law firms and the internal departments, reviewing the External Law firm invoices, and meeting with them as needed.
Preparing legal liability letters by end of the year.
Receiving court and other related documents.
Sending case update to the Business Units, and updating the status of cases on the internal system.
Maintain general filing system and file all correspondence in its respective segregated files
Coordinate with IT department for issuing new equipment/assets.
Responsible to handle /process petty cash payments for the Legal department – Kuwait.
Provide coordination support to KSA Legal & Finance team for required approvals as needed·
Support Travel arrangement within litigation team·
Facilitate HR, GS, and other related activities (eg AMEX) ·
Maintaining calendars.
Ensure company phone fills are processed on time.
Ensure regular availability of stationary stock.·
Any other ad-hoc duties as assigned by the manager.

University degree graduate
2-4 years experience working within a legal firm/department
Must be a native Arabic speaker, with very good command of English language.
Typing capabilities in both languages.
Solid interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently and within a team environment
Proficient user of Microsoft Office applications including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook
Has experience in transcribing dictation, translation of legal documents/court papers, contracts.
Highly organized, detailed oriented
Ability to multitask