Legal Practice Assistant

King & Spalding is a leading global law firm with a commitment to excellence, innovation, and the seamless delivery of legal services. We harness innovative technology and exceptional talent to meet the complex needs of our clients in a fast-paced and dynamic legal landscape.

We are seeking a Legal Practice Assistant for our Frankfurt office. King & Spalding's Frankfurt office was opened in 2007. Here we advise German and international companies on a wide range of complex legal issues. Personal contact is important to us and our employees are our greatest asset.

Key Responsibilities

• Procedural support: deadline management, file management and proactive support for lawyers in all legal and administrative processes.
• Client communication: assisting our clients with administrative questions and support with invoicing.
• Document management: creation, formatting and proofreading of legal documents in German and English.
• Office organization: Independent scheduling, management of mail accounts and processing of mail.
• Travel management: organization and booking of business trips as well as travel expense accounting.

Qualifications

• Completed commercial training (foreign language correspondent, Euro correspondent, office management assistant), completed training as a paralegal or a comparable qualification.
• Relevant professional experience in the secretariat of a law firm or a commercial enterprise is desirable; lateral entrants with an interest in working in an international commercial law firm are welcome to join us.
• Strong and proactive organizational skills and an eye for detail.
• Good, practical knowledge of written and spoken German and English.
• Good MS Office skills and openness to IT-based client processing.
• Ability to work in a team and excellent scope.

The Firm offers a generous total compensation package with annual bonus in recognition of individual merit-based performance.

King & Spalding LLP (K&S) is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all state, federal, and local laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other status protected by applicable law.

We are proud of our remarkably cohesive culture, which now encompasses more than 2,500 lawyers and business professionals worldwide. We seek to attract and develop the very best talent to work with us.