Legal Secretary - Private Wealth - West End - To £40,000

Job details

Posted Thursday 18 June 2026
Location West End
Job type Permanent
Reference 852
Recruiter Name Sophie Terry

Wise May is looking for a Legal Secretary to support the Private Wealth Team at a leading London Law Firm in the West End.  With previous experience in Private Wealth or Tax, you will support with diary management, travel booking and billing.

This is a full time, permanent role with hybrid working (3 days a week in the office, 2 days remote) and the hours are 9:30am-5.30pm.

Legal Secretary duties and responsibilities to include:

  • Full secretarial support to fee earners
  • Drafting of correspondence and documents, reformatting into business house style.
  • Filing, document management, opening new matters and archiving
  • Diary management, coordinating internal and external meetings
  • Maintaining contact information, collating lists of parties for specific deals
  • Email management and archiving of emails
  • Organising attendance at seminars, work related travel, accommodation etc
  • Other ad hoc tasks when required

Legal Secretary key skills and experience required:

  • Demonstrable experience as a Legal Secretary within Private Wealth or Tax in a Law firm.
  • Strong organisational skills with ability to manage deadlines and competing priorities.
  • Experience of using case management software. 
  • Judgement and problem solving.
  • Excellent MS Office skills.

Company Benefits: 

  • Up to 27 days Annual leave
  • Wellbeing programmes
  • Employee Assistance programme
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Pension scheme 
  • Life Assurance