French Speaking Legal Assistant

About the role

The Firm Tees Law is a Top 200 UK law firm, with over 400 dedicated professionals across our five offices. We offer expert legal services and independent financial advice to a wide range of clients, including individuals, businesses, professional partnerships, charities, schools, multi-academy trusts, and national corporations.

Founded in 1913, Tees has grown from a traditional family firm with strong community roots into a modern, forward-thinking practice. Our vision is simple: to be the firm of choice for exceptional service, quality of life and doing business responsibly.

At Tees, we believe in open, honest, and empathetic communication. No matter how complex the situation, we offer clear, long-term solutions tailored to each client’s needs. Drawing on over a century of experience, we proactively anticipate challenges and share insights to help our clients achieve a better future.

Our mission: helping people to a better future.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced French Speaking Legal Assistant (Client Care Leader) to join our busy and collaborative Private Client team in Bishop's Stortford.

We require excellent spoken and written commercial French for this role. Your role will support the practice area to provide a quality, tailored and supportive legal service to our clients on Wills, Trust, Tax and Probate matters.

This role is ideal for someone who can bring a strong organisational ability to support a wide range of legal and operational activities. In this varied position, you will play a key part in ensuring the smooth running of the team by providing high-quality administrative support. You will work closely with internal legal advisers, clients, and colleagues across the wider business.

What this role would include

• Providing exceptional day-to-day and proactive administrative support to the legal team.

• Assisting with new enquiries, file opening, file management and general office coordination.

• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

• Corresponding with other institutions such as agents and banks in France to advance matters.

• Supporting process improvement and contribute to developing team capability.

• Adapting to changing priorities whilst maintaining excellent customer care.

What we are looking for

While the following skills and qualifications are beneficial, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every requirement:

• Significant administrative experience supporting busy teams.

• Ability to work in a planned, proactive and organised way, maintaining high attention to detail and confidentiality.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills at all levels.

• Experience within a legal environment is helpful, but not essential.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• A willingness to learn and build effective relationships with managers, colleagues and clients.

Our commitment to you

At Tees, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being and career development, including:

Professional development: Access to training programmes and a wide range of career development resources.

Health and wellness: Wellness initiatives and mental health support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Financial benefits: Competitive salaries and discretionary payments.

Supportive work environment: An inclusive, collaborative culture that values diversity and encourages everyone to contribute and grow.

Work–life balance: Generous annual leave, plus your birthday off to celebrate in your own way, with the option to purchase additional holiday for even greater flexibility.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, inclusive of age, ethnicity, religion, disability status, race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, socioeconomic background, caregiving responsibilities, and any other lived experience that makes you uniquely you.