We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us, you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can get early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you, The Deal, between the firm and its employees.
Team Structure
This role is for a proactive and highly competent Executive Assistant (EA) who will operate successfully in a pressurised and fast-paced environment. The ability to collaborate with fee earners and clients, provide professional and client-focused support, and build effective relationships, is key to the success of this role.
The global Legal Administrative Support team provides direct support to our practice groups via five main service teams:
- Executive Assistant Team Leaders (\"TLs\") who manage department admin and their legal admin teams;
- Executive Assistants (\"EAs\") working with our partners and managing associates;
- Administrative Assistants (\"AAs\") working within our practice groups primarily supporting our associates;
- Team Administrator (\"TA\") Hub, our centralised admin support team comprised of our TAs;
- Offsite document production centre, a managed service provided by Williams Lee.
If you would like to find out more about this role or other opportunities within our Madrid office, please reach out directly to me ().
Attributes/Skills Required
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills.
- Commercial and financial acumen.
- A thorough understanding of working in a professional, service driven environment and stakeholder/client/business confidentiality.
- Confident and professional manner with the ability to build strong relationship with fee earners and clients.
- Native or fluent Spanish speaker, with strong reading and writing skills.
- Proficient in English, with the ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in a business environment.
About the Firm
Stephenson Harwood is an international law firm, and we're committed to creating 'positive partnerships' with our clients. We represent listed and private companies, institutions and individuals, building lasting relationships to help them succeed in a complex and ever-changing world.
Our focus is on five core sectors: Energy Transition, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Private Capital and Funds, Technology, and Transportation and Trade.
With more than 1,500 people, including 220+ partners, across ten offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we combine deep legal capabilities and broad commercial expertise. We have also forged close ties with high quality law firms around the world, blending local knowledge with global savvy for clients in over 100 countries.
We understand the power of diversity in delivering that high calibre advice to our clients. We want to attract diverse talent and we particularly encourage applications from underrepresented demographics.
- 220+ PARTNERS
- 11 OFFICES
- 45+ LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY OUR PEOPLE
Offices in Madrid, Al Khobar, Athens, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Paris, Riyadh, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and associated office in Guangzhou.
Our Brand Strengths
- GO FAR, GO TOGETHER
- EXPERTS IN MORE THAN LAW
- CAN DO PERSONALITIES
- ALWAYS READY