Experience

Arrow Global Group

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Executive Assistant to CFO

  • Jun 2022 - Present



Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Assistant

  • Jan 2020 - Jul 2022

  EA. Anti-trust and Competition EA. Anti-trust and Competition



Clyde & Co

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Secretary

  • Oct 2017 - Jan 2020



Simmons & Simmons Middle East LLP

• Legal Personal Assistant

  • May 2015 - Aug 2017

  Legal personal assistant and secretary to three partners and four further fee earnersInternational Dispute Resolution Arbitration Construction and Engineering Litigation MENAOrganising and arranging international travel Creating presentations for events and seminars using PowerPoint Organising and maintaining a diary system for each fee earner Departmental billing and debt collectionGeneral PA duties Legal personal assistant and secretary to three partners and four further fee earnersInternational Dispute Resolution Arbitration Construction and Engineering Litigation MENAOrganising and arranging international travel Creating presentations for events and seminars using PowerPoint Organising and maintaining a diary system for each fee earner Departmental billing and debt collectionGeneral PA duties



aramco

• Saudi Arabia
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Personal Assistant

  • Dec 2013 - May 2015

  Personal assistant to 5 legal counsel Booking and arranging travel, visas and accommodationSetting up and organising of meetings and ensuring my principals are well prepared for such meetingsDaily usage of SAP Creating and preparing presentations, documents and reportsPerusal of corporate contracts Data management and filing Organising and maintaining diaries and making appointmentsConducting research Liaising with clients, other company departments and staff Screening phone calls, enquiries and requests and handling same effectivelyMeeting and greeting visitors at all levels of seniorityPreparation of correspondence on principals' behalf



Vermaak & Partners

• Candidate Attorney / Trainee lawyer

  • Feb 2012 - Oct 2013

  Attending at courtProblem solving at courtDrafting detailed legal documentsAttending to the legal processes involved in respect of evictions Serving and filing of documentsConsulting with clients face to face in and out of the office and also telephonicallyTaking instructions from new clients Opening new files and carrying out the initial processes involvedDealing with evictees in pressurised environments both in and out of courtConsultations with legal counsel and advocatesPreparation of large trial bundles Attendance at court often in extreme urgent situations Attendance in court hearings and trials taking notes and assisting legal counsel Keeping to strict deadlines Independant handling of rental collection proceedings from commencement of proceedings up to execution of judgment High Court and Magistrate Court litigationGiving legal advice to clients as and when required



Moodie & Robertson Attorneys

• Litigation Paralegal / Head of Department

  • Sep 2010 - Feb 2012

  Working independently with minimal supervisionManaging and running the department of rental collectionsAttending solely at mediation and tribunal hearings in the Rental Housing Tribunal Court to argue matters representing the firm and my clientsCompiling monthly reports in all client matters and distributing such reports to the clientsAccounts including invoicing and receiving payments using WinLawDrafting extremely large quantities of court documents in relation to evictions and land managementIndependently drafting summonses and completing the legal court procedure up until execution of judgmentDealing with both magistrates and high court mattersManaging and monitoring deadlines and ensuring the administration of matters and files was consistent and correctMaintaining a reminder and follow-up system to ensure timely completion of mattersComposing and typing routine letters, reminder letters, letters of demand, memoranda, minutes and agendasDelegating tasks to staff members effectivelyAttending meetings and court hearings alongside my supervisorTraining new employees



Jason Michael Smith Inc Attorneys

• Legal Secretary

  • Oct 2009 - Aug 2010



University of Leeds

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Personal Assistant to Director

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2009



Farleys Solicitors LLP

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Secretary

  • May 2006 - May 2008



Waddington And Son Solicitors

• Legal Secretary

  • Aug 2004 - May 2006