Peters & Peters is a specialist law firm focused on heavyweight disputes and is renowned for our work in business crime and civil litigation with an impressive, global client base. Clients come to us in serious situations, where reputation, livelihood and liberty are at risk.
Our work is often very high profile, and our clients include multinational corporations, financial institutions, governments and investors. We are recognised by the legal directories as a leading name in financial and business crime, investigations and civil fraud. We were highly commended at the 2021 Lawyer Awards and more recently have been shortlisted for the Commercial Set of the Year award at the Chambers and Partners UK Awards 2025.
We have a strong commitment to justice, which we express not just in our work for our clients but also in our respect for our people, community and planet. We our pride ourselves on the quality of our people, our friendly, no-nonsense culture and the way we champion diversity and inclusion. |
The role
Due to ongoing growth, we require another experienced PA to provide high quality support to Partners, Associates and Trainees. The role comprises the full PA service and will see the individual collaborating closely with the wider team of PAs to support their own allocation as detailed below.
The PA will report to the PA Manager.
Typical duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Extensive diary and travel management (booking hotels, organising visas, managing international itineraries etc).
- Proactively anticipating the partners’/associates’ needs in advance of meetings, conferences, and taking action to ensure they are properly prepared.
- Billing - preparation of narratives and processing invoices; liaison with the Finance Team; attendance at monthly WIP meetings and occasional time recording for lawyers.
- Preparing standard documents and forms from templates and document production.
- Drafting of emails and letters on behalf of fee earners where appropriate.
- Undertaking conflict checks, collating KYC documentation, drafting of engagement letters to comply with risk and compliance procedures.
- Liaison with clients and other third parties to organise internal and external meetings and conferences.
- Client liaison including taking messages, dealing with enquiries and responding to correspondence etc.
- Direct emails to the appropriate individuals for swift response and action.
- Arranging lunches, dinners and seminars, including sourcing restaurants and private hire venues.
- Processing expenses including corporate credit card statements.
- E-filing on iManage (firm’s Document Management System).
- Assisting with marketing and business development projects such as legal directory submissions.
- Maintaining client contact database (InterAction).
- Liaison with other PAs to provide ad hoc support or to cover holiday/sickness absence.
The person
We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:
- At least 5 years’ experience providing PA support at partner level.
- Strong technical skills, advance knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel & Outlook with fast and accurate typing.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- The ability to multitask and prioritise an everchanging workload.
- Extensive billing experience, preferably using Partner for Windows (P4W).
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Highly confidential, professional, and discreet.
- Deliver a quality service to both internal and external clients.
- Problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Self-motivated and able to work without supervision and to a high standard, as well as effectively as part of a team.
- Friendly, personable, and approachable.
- Flexible, resilient, and confident in their approach.
Additional information
The salary is dependent on experience, and we offer a range of benefits including 25 days annual leave (plus a day off over Christmas and for your birthday and the option to buy or sell up to 3 days per year); pension; income protection; life assurance; private health insurance; long service awards; health screening; a wellbeing allowance and an employee assistance programme.
The team operates a hybrid working rota and the individual will be required to attend the office on set days generally between 40/60% of the time, and occasionally more often during busy periods or to cover holidays and absence. A degree of flexibility over hours is also required e.g. to cover the evening rota.
Peters & Peters is also committed to diversity and inclusion. Should you require any reasonable adjustments to assist you during the recruitment process please let us know. |