General Counsel Team Co-ordinator

About the role:

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Personal Assistant to join our General Counsel team based in this role you will provide dedicated support to the General Counsel and the Head of Corporate Governance.

As a PA within the General Counsel team you will play a key role in coordinating a range of General Counsel projects and delivering highquality management support. This includes providing proactive support for the GC in their Board role and CoSec functions for the Risk and Audit Committee including scheduling preparing meeting packs and minutetaking overseeing and managing the Coupa procurement system handling corporate governance documentation (both original and electronic) and operating the Ten Year Diary.

About you:

We are seeking someone who is highly organised patient and calm under pressure and who brings strong working knowledge of iManage Word house styles and templates. To excel in this role you will need a solid understanding of the firms practices and procedures particularly regarding compliance and risk management alongside the ability to communicate clearly and confidently with colleagues at all levels.

You will be comfortable working to tight legal and regulatory deadlines able to prioritise effectively and committed to delivering work with accuracy and attention to detail. A proactive and adaptable approach is essential as is a willingness to engage with emerging technologies including Artificial Intelligence to support continuous improvement and efficiency within the team.

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm that has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 26 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy up to a weeks extra annual leave
• Private medical insurance and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firmand to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour nationality ethnicity national origins) religion or belief age disability sexual orientation sex gender re-assignment and gender identity marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLGwe seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyones potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Meg Astley at

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