Legal Secretary - Rome Office

About the role

Dentons is looking for a specialized secretary for its Rome office to assist a team of attorneys and partners. You will be the point of reference for queries and requests and provide clerical and administrative support to optimise office workflows.

Key responsibilities

• Manage daily, weekly and monthly agendas and arrange meetings and appointments
• Handle travel arrangements and answer and redirect phone calls
• Draft and format documents in Word and PowerPoint, and carry out a few translations
• Prepare and distribute correspondence, memos and forms
• Open legal matters, collect AML-related documents, prepare case files and make electronic submissions
• Hand-deliver documents to court when required and create expense reports
• Remind colleagues of deadlines, monitor trial deadlines and archive documents
• Update case records, contact inventories and conduct documentary research
• Support the compilation of timesheets

Required profile

• Proven experience as a Legal Secretary in an international law firm
• Proficiency in English (C1 level)
• Integrity, professionalism and high time-management capability
• Familiarity with office organisation and optimisation techniques

Required skills

• MS Office
• Quadra and PCT electronic filing software
• Excellent written and verbal communication

What we offer

• One-year temporary contract with the possibility of extension to permanent
• Gross annual salary of EUR 30,000 to 36,000 depending on experience and profile
• Lunch tickets and welfare
• Agile working policy