Senior Lead Legal Secretary

Senior Lead Legal Secretary (Regulatory and Trusts) An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and proactive Legal Secretary Team Leader to join a highly respected international law firm based in the Cayman Islands. This leadership role supports a combined Regulatory and Trusts practice and reports directly into a senior Partner within the Regulatory team. The Role: You will be responsible for managing a team of experienced and junior legal secretaries, ensuring high standards of support across the department. This is a people-focused role with a strong emphasis on team supervision, coordination, and performance management. Responsibilities:

Day-to-day oversight of the legal secretaries within the Regulatory and Trusts team. Supervisory/Team Lead responsibilities including performance appraisals, managing absences, approving annual leave requests, and addressing any team concerns. Allocating and prioritising work to ensure seamless support to fee earners. Acting as the key liaison point between secretarial support and fee earners. Supporting process improvements and team development initiatives. Experience: Minimum 2+ years’ supervisory experience in a legal or professional services environment is essential. In addition to strong supervisory and leadership skills gained, you should have 5+ years secretarial experience within another law firm in Cayman.

Individuals with secretarial experience in another professional services background will also be considered. Strong background in transactional practice areas (e. g. , corporate, funds, regulatory or trusts). Experience in regulatory or trusts teams is highly desirable, but not essential. Individuals with a mostly litigation background unfortunately will not be considered. Confident, organised, and able to manage performance issues with professionalism. This is a highly skilled Senior Lead Legal Secretary opportunity, and we are seeking stand out applications from experienced legal secretaries with supervisory experience, looking for that next career challenge.

The salary bracket for this opportunity is up to US$150,000 (dependent on experience) and in addition there are some truly market leading benefits. Caymanian status holder and rights to work applications only at this time. How to Apply: To apply for this opportunity, click the link or reach out to our Legal Recruiter Fiona Hill (fiona@bauard. com) to arrange a confidential discussion.