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Lauren Janes
140 Devonshire Road, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 4LW
lauren_janes205@hotmail.com
07534 270 701
I am a hard working and confident individual who is extremely reliable, punctual and conscientious. I have
exceptional multi-tasking and organisational skills. I am experienced at working under tight deadlines and
considerable amounts of pressure. I am friendly and dependable with an enthusiastic approach to work. I
have developed excellent management and interpersonal skills whilst working in a busy commercial
environment.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
 Comprehensive knowledge of Filesite and Desksite Document Management Systems/archive
systems; Whitehill billing system; Workshare DeltaView; Quick to Book room bookings; Reed &
Mackay online travel management systems; BigHand audio dictation; Elite Webview; Laserform;
InterAction-client management; Companies House; Chrome River expenses system and Bill Back
systems
 Accurate typing (65wpm)
 Teeline Shorthand (50 wpm)
 Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
 Excellent proof reading skills and attention to detail
 Professional telephone manner/good communication skills
 Trained Fire Marshal
 Full, clean, UK driving license held since 2011
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, Adelaide House, London Bridge, London, EC4R 9HA
August 2008 – Present
Senior Secretary within the Real Estate department supporting two Partners, Associate Director, a Senior
Associate and an Associate. I work well as an individual but also offer help and support to the wider team.
My role includes:
 Extensive diary management, scheduling meetings, conference calls and video conferences both
internally and externally including organising appropriate equipment;
 Monitoring fee earners’ inboxes/printing emails and screening calls;
 Arranging client events and social occasions both internally and externally;
 Collating all required materials and papers, typing and sending agendas prior to scheduled
meetings, as well as typing up any minutes taken;
 Extensive travel management and researching travel options, booking flights, hotels, trains and
taxis within the UK and overseas along with arranging currency, visas, completing a full itinerary and
collating all necessary documents for the trip;
 Maintaining contact and communication with clients in order to build trust and relationships
 Extensive liaison with partners and senior management;
 Producing legal documentation to include large reports, certificates and contracts;
 Copy typing and audio typing using BigHand dictation;
 Amending documents/correspondence and proof reading;
 Maintaining details of key contacts on InterAction;
 Creating PowerPoint presentations/diagrams and Excel spreadsheets;
 Drafting narratives/creating invoices through the Whitehill billing system;
 Submitting expenses on behalf of partners via Chrome River;

2.  Assisting the marketing team with pitches;
 Liaising with regulatory authorities such as Land Registry/Companies House;
 Managing the Real Estate team meetings/appraisals;
 Successful completion of the BLP trainee secretary scheme;
 General admin tasks to include filing, faxing, scanning, photocopying and archiving;
 Electronic and paper filing of fee earners’ emails/documentation as well as my own;
TEMPORARY EXPERIENCE
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 65 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HS
14 January 2008 – 1 February 2008
Legal Secretary working within the Corporate team. Workload involved covering periods of absence,
archiving, inputting timesheets, audio dictation using BigHand, amending documents, copy typing,
electronic filing and all administrative duties.
 Typing documents and correspondence
 Audio typing using BigHand digital dictation
 Amending large documents
 Amending billing narratives
 Inputting data from time recording sheets
 Arranging travel and assisting with travel expenses
 Setting up client meetings and sending out invites
 Creating PowerPoint presentations
The Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF
26 February 2007 – 9 March 2007
 Dealing with highly confidential and sensitive information
 Producing Excel spreadsheets
 Answering the telephone and assisting with queries;
 Typing correspondence and sending out final versions;
 All administrative duties to include filing, photocopying, faxing etc
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
2006 – 2008 Havering College - ILEX Legal Secretarial Certificate and Diploma
2000 – 2006 Sanders Drapers School - 9 GCSE’s (A-C) Grade including English Language, Mathematics,
History and Law
INTERESTS
I love to read a mixed genre of novels and listen to all types of music, I am also passionate about animals
and love socialising with friends and family.
REFEREES
Available on request.