Legal Assistant

The opportunity

Are you a proactive team player with a thorough grasp of work? Are you super curious about the legal sector and thrive in a fast-paced, international atmosphere? If you answered yes, this may be your opportunity. We are now looking for a Legal Assistant to join our team in Helsinki!

The firm

Bird & Bird opens up a world of possible for assistants and business services professionals. Join us and you will be a part of a leading, international law firm, working on formative matters for household name brands, while being trusted, supported and respected for your contribution.

What you’ll do

As a Legal Assistant in our Corporate team, you will get to work with versatile tasks and have opportunity to develop your skills. If you are motivated by helping others and need some routines in your daily work then this position might be for you.  

Your tasks include, for example:

• assisting our lawyers in versatile assignments

• drafting documents and presentations

• event arrangements (incl. meetings, seminars and travelling)

• communicating with clients, authorities, and our international offices

• CRM management, invoicing, and other administrative tasks.

About you

You can either be freshly graduated or already more experienced – what we value the most is your attitude and your willingness to learn. Ideally, you have a relevant educational background, e.g. a BBA degree from University of Applied Sciences.

In addition, you will thrive with us if you have:

• a service-minded attitude, determined to deliver high-quality administrative support to your colleagues

• excellent communication skills, both in Finnish and English, Swedish is considered as an asset

• a keen eye for details

• an ability to work under pressure and to manage several projects simultaneously

• excellent IT skills, including good command of Microsoft Office tools

• experience and/or strong interest in marketing, business development and event arrangements; and

• a good sense of humour – we are serious about business, but we truly believe that working should be fun!

Your possible previous experience in working at a law firm or in an international environment, as well as your interest in the field of business law, is considered as an advantage. 

What will you be offered?

You will get to work in an environment where everyone is appreciated as they are – we love to see you being you. Our culture of approachability fosters a supportive and professional working environment. With us, you will also have the rare opportunity to enjoy the benefits of a truly international law firm, such as international trainings and our Nordic and Global Professional Development Programmes. We work in a hybrid way, and our office is situated in the city centre of Helsinki. 

We offer comprehensive employee benefits such as lunch, culture & sport and transport benefit etc. The salary range for this position is approximately 2800-3500€/month depending on your previous experience and educational background. For freshly graduated candidates the salary is expected to be in the lower edge. For more experienced candidates the salary range may be wider and will be discussed with the candidate.

Our employee is stepping into new challenges inside our organisation as a parental leave substitute, therefore this is a fixed-term position approximately until the end of the year 2025 with a possibility to extension, if there will be changes along the way.

Interested in joining us?

If you got interested, please send us your CV and motivation letter by 9 June through our recruitment portal. We will review the applications continuously as they arrive, and the position will be filled as soon as suitable candidate is found.

If you have any questions, please contact Assistant Services Manager Tea Koivisto, tel. +358 9 6226 670 or by email tea.koivisto@twobirds.com or HR Specialist Päivi Ritatörmä, tel. +358 9 6226 670 or by email paivi.ritatorma@twobirds.com