Deputyship Paralegal

Kingsley Napley is an internationally recognised law firm based in Central London. We support individuals and businesses in resolving conflict, safeguarding their futures and maximising opportunities. Our wide range of expertise means that we can provide support for our clients in all areas of their business and private life. Many of our lawyers are leaders in their field and our practice areas are highly ranked by the legal directories.

We are an internationally recognised private client team working with entrepreneurs, business owners and investors. We also work with many City professionals, particularly those who work in finance, property development and law. Almost all our clients have international assets and family spread throughout the world and we help them to structure their affairs in the way that they want.

To provide flexible legal and administrative support to the Deputyship team within the Private Client Practice Area.

Specific duties:

• Supporting the professional Deputies/Trustees in their role
• Preparation and maintenance of financial records and spreadsheets
• Case administration and document management
• Preparing bundles, assisting with indexing and labelling as required
• Collating enclosures for correspondence/instructions to counsel
• Liaison with external organisations and Courts, responding to requests for payment and following up on the progress of matters
• Payment of invoices
• Assisting with the billing process and processing expenses
• Scanning and saving of final bills to the relevant systems
• Coordinating and assisting with internal and external post, couriers, special deliveries and internal documents. Liaising with the relevant departments as required
• Assisting with the production of reports as required, including preparing annual deputyship reports on forms OPG102 and OPG105
• Obtaining quotes for maintenance to property and other matters
• Ordering approved items over the telephone
• Arranging contractors appointments with clients, family and care workers
• Assisting in the preparation of annual tax returns and collating relevant information
• Any other administrative tasks as required by fee-earners

Every effort has been made to ensure that this is a full description of the tasks and responsibilities of this role. However, it is not an exhaustive list. The job description may be changed or developed at any time to reflect changes as required.  However, material changes will not be made without full consultation with the postholder.