Legal Administrator

Location: London
Salary: DUE
Salary band: Dependant upon experience
Contract type: Permanent
Date posted: 15/09/26

Legal Administrator

Blue Legal is partnering with a leading UK law firm to recruit a Legal Administrator to join its Dispute Resolution team, primarily supporting the Family practice. Working closely with Partners, Fee Earners and Legal PAs, the successful candidate will provide high-quality administrative and operational support, helping to ensure matters are managed accurately and efficiently throughout their lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Support the opening and closing of client matters, including conflict checks, due diligence, client care documentation, file maintenance and archiving.
• Maintain accurate matter records and documentation, ensuring files are saved and managed correctly across the firm’s document management systems.
• Use legal technology and internal systems to support document administration, data rooms, matter management and wider team requirements.
• Provide finance and billing support, including preparing draft invoices, maintaining billing documentation and assisting with payments, transfers, expenses, disbursements and WIP administration.
• Manage administrative tasks through team inboxes, ensuring work is prioritised appropriately and completed accurately within required deadlines.
• Support day-to-day administration including e-filing, courier arrangements, printing, scanning, deeds management and document retrieval.
• Work closely with Legal PAs, Fee Earners and the wider administrative team to maintain high service standards and identify opportunities to improve processes.

The Candidate:

• Previous administrative experience within a legal or professional services environment, alongside strong academic skills, particularly in English and Maths.
• Excellent IT, organisational and time management skills, with meticulous attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate work to tight deadlines.
• A confident and professional communicator with a positive work ethic, strong teamworking skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Please e-mail your CV and covering letter in the strictest confidence to gavin.coleman@bluelegal.com

Once you have sent your CV, feel free to telephone me on 0207 118 3003.

Please note: Due to the specific sectors we work in, only candidates with valid work experience in a Law Firm, Accountancy Firm, Management Consultancy, Property/Construction Firm, Financial Services Firm or a high profile relevant Association or Agency will be considered. We regret that our clients will not accept applications outside of these areas.

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