Legal Assistant

Company: Experis
Location: New York
Posted on: May 4, 2024

Job Description:

Role: Legal Assistant
Location: New York, NY -10013 (Onsite)
Position type: 12 months with high possibility of extension/Conversion

Job description:
A visually impaired Assistant General Counsel is seeking an assistant/paralegal to join the Client Legal Department. This position is ideal for candidates who have an interest in learning and working within a financial firm's Legal and Compliance group. This role will provide the right candidate the experience in a corporate, legal setting.

This position will require heavy reading assistance consisting of reading documents aloud, editing agreements and other memoranda, typing, and creating documents, legal research, and work organization and management.
Responsibilities will also include traditional administrative tasks such as calendar management, phones, and data base maintenance.
The ideal candidate will have an interest in pursuing a legal career and whose educational background was focused on writing and research. The candidate must have an exceptional attention to detail and precision in writing and document creation. The candidate must have an excellent command of Microsoft Office and the ability to create and manage red-line documents. A successful candidate will have the temperament to work well under pressure in a demanding business environment.
This position provides the unique opportunity to be exposed to sales, trading, capital markets, operations, and asset management, in a fast-paced environment of a worldwide company.

Responsibilities:
--- Heavy reading assistance
--- Assisting with editing and creating documents
--- Tracking status of matters and metrics
--- Maintaining relevant databases
--- Basic administrative support tasks
--- Ad hoc projects as needed

Qualifications:
--- Strong Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) experience
--- Experience working in corporate legal department, law firm, financial services, consulting, technology firm or related industry
--- Must have excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, exceptional verbal communication and listening skills
--- Knowledge of legal customs and practices
--- Project administration skills
--- Knowledge and understanding of the financial services industry

Education:
--- Bachelor's Degree with a strong GPA

If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of:Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells

ManpowerGroup - (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands - Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells - creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2022 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.

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