Executive Assistant to Partner

Job Description

Responsible for executive-level secretarial support and all office administration for Partner and lawyers in team, including corresponding with clients, managing confidential files, resolving billing issues, setting up meetings and interviews, organizing any travel arrangements, document preparation and other general clerical assistance.

  • Responsible for all office administration and general secretarial duties for Partner and lawyers in team
  • Responsible for outgoing confidential correspondence and handling all types of communications to outside contacts
  • Manage conference calls with clients on Zoom and MS Teams
  • Manage in-flow and out-flow emails, letters and notices as well as any translations of these before forwarding to clients
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date confidential company files
  • Schedule client appointments
  • Schedule interviews with job applicants
  • Assist the firm’s financial and other administrative managers with billing and general accounting matters, including daily expense reimbursements, purchase orders, invoices, receipts and related tax matters
  • Provide general accounting support, including handling daily and monthly expenses for Partner and lawyers in team
  • Respond to requests from clients regarding company documentation, including title deeds, share registers, etc. Communicate and solve problems on email and telephone
  • Investigate and resolve billing issues for clients and suppliers
  • Coordinate the firm’s events
  • Perform customer and reception-related duties (when required)

Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s Degree (minimum)

Experience: 5-10 years as an Executive Assistant or in a secretarial or related position. Experience in law and a preference for working in a legal office environment is desirable. High proficiency in MS Office

Personality: High responsibility, self-motivated, positive thinker and capable in computer and office technology

Languages: Excellent English language skills (both written and verbal)

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    Other Information:

    Blumenthal Richter & Sumet offers attractive remuneration and benefits, including provident fund and health insurance, as well as the opportunity to develop professionally in an expanding international legal practice. Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume and references. All applications will be treated as strictly confidential. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

    We are a diverse group of bright and motivated lawyers. To potential employees, we offer a unique workplace environment that emphasizes open lines of communication and a team-oriented, hands-on approach to providing a high level of service to our clients.

    Firm Overview:

    Blumenthal Richter & Sumet (BRS) assists clients to make confident business decisions. We are commercial and responsive. Efficient and pragmatic. And in a fast-changing world, we create simplicity for clients in the face of increasing complexity for them to make the right decisions, achieve their strategic priorities and identify new opportunities. We take the time to understand each of our client’s unique needs, and provide a solutions-driven commercial view with real in-depth knowledge of your sectors and markets.

    We are consistently ranked as a “Leading Firm” by preeminent legal directories including Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500. Individual departments and partners have been recognized year-on-year for their outstanding practices, including for Corporate and M&A, Real Estate, Tax and Customs and Tech-Media-Telecoms (TMT). We were also recently nominated for the “Thailand Tax Disputes Firm of the Year” award in the Asia Tax Awards by International Tax Review, a publication of Euromoney Plc which is one of the largest legal and financial information publishers in Europe.

    For over 40 years, our licensed Thai, European and U.S. attorneys have worked at our clients’ side, understanding your business while serving as a trusted counterpart who knows the law. Assisting you as a team, we collaborate with our clients to navigate not only the legal issues but the regulatory aspects impacting your business sectors.

    Tax Lawyers

    Job Description:

    • Thai national with Bachelor’s degree in law and preferably Master’s degree in Taxation
    • Experience working in a law firm / audit firm / professional services firm in the practice area of Corporate and Tax
    • Experience advising clients on tax including corporate income tax, personal income tax, VAT, withholding tax, etc.
    • Ability to perform tax calculations, tax due diligences and tax compliance reviews
    • Strong willingness to learn and good team skills
    • Excellent interpersonal skills and business focused mind
    • Highly proficient in spoken and written English

      APPLY NOW

      Please enter your full name and email, and attach your CV.

      Other Information:

      Blumenthal Richter & Sumet offers attractive remuneration and the opportunity to develop professionally in an expanding international legal practice. Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume and references. All applications will be treated as strictly confidential. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

      We are a diverse group of bright and motivated lawyers. To potential employees, we offer a unique workplace environment that emphasizes open lines of communication and a team-oriented, hands-on approach to providing a high level of service to our clients.

      Firm Overview:

      Blumenthal Richter & Sumet (BRS) is a leading independent law firm that helps clients make confident business decisions. We are consistently ranked as a “Leading Firm” by preeminent legal directories including The Legal 500 and Chambers. Individual departments and partners have been recognized year-on-year for their outstanding practices, including for Corporate and M&A, Real Estate, Tax and Customs and Tech-Media-Telecoms (TMT).

      We were recently nominated for the “Thailand Tax Disputes Firm of the Year” award in the Asia Tax Awards 2020 by International Tax Review which is published by Euromoney Plc, one of the largest legal and financial information publishers in Europe. Sumet Mingmongkolmitr, Senior Partner and head of Tax and Customs at BRS, was also nominated for the “Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year” award.

      As one of the longest-established law firms in Thailand, we combine the experience, entrepreneurship and business acumen to understand our clients’ businesses and solve their increasingly complex challenges. As our clients are the cornerstone of our firm, we are constantly innovating and using leading-edge technologies to provide a range of benefits to our clients, from having an elevated client experience and improved efficiencies, to developing more pragmatic business approaches and identifying new opportunities.

      Our licensed Thai, European and U.S. attorneys understand our clients’ businesses and take an entrepreneurial approach, while serving as a counterpart to your business who knows the law. Working as a team, we help our clients navigate not only their legal issues but the factors affecting their industries. Our experience in the automotive, chemicals, real estate, hotels and hospitality, logistics, cosmetics, energy, financial, technology, media and telecommunications sectors gives us the market perspective to understand our clients’ needs and add value for them to succeed.