Executive Assistant - Legal

Job Summary
Provides high-level administrative support to Group 1 Legal leadership. Orchestrates calendars and workflows, coordinates department initiatives, and handles sensitive and privileged information.

Executive and Operational Support
Manage calendars, meetings, travel, and expenses for both leaders. Prepare and format executive-ready materials for internal and external meetings. Maintain document and approval systems with timely routing and version control. Track deadlines and deliverables across both departments. Plan department meetings, offsites, events, and special projects, with agendas, materials, logistics, and follow-up. Handle sensitive, confidential, and privileged information with discretion.

Legal-Specific Support
Manage legal intake, meeting coordination, and deadlines for matters, governance, and regulatory calendars. Coordinate contract intake, tracking, routing, signature, and repositories; assist with templates. Prepare and maintain agendas, minutes, and action logs with proper version control and confidentiality. Coordinate outside counsel scheduling, engagements, onboarding, and invoices per billing processes.

Process and Communication Excellence
Act as a hub for cross-functional communications with clear owners, timelines, and expectations. Anticipate needs, resolve issues, and escalate prioritization conflicts when needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, communications, or a related discipline; equivalent experience will be considered.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting senior or executive leaders in a fast-paced corporate environment; experience supporting more than one executive or function simultaneously is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex calendars, prioritize competing demands, and execute against tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft clear correspondence and produce executive-ready presentations and documents.
• High level of discretion and sound judgment, with proven experience handling confidential and, where applicable, privileged information.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel) and collaboration tools (e.g., Teams, Zoom); familiarity with AI, as well as contract or document management tools and e-billing platforms is a plus.
• Strong relationship-building skills and a service-oriented mindset; able to work effectively with senior leaders, cross-functional stakeholders, and external partners.
• Proactive, resourceful, and detail-oriented, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to operate independently.

Preferred Experience

Experience supporting legal leadership.

Working Style and Expectations

Operates with ownership, reliability, and advance planning. Stays calm and solutions-oriented amid shifting priorities. Maintains organization, accuracy, and version control. Upholds professionalism, confidentiality, and privilege.