General Counsel - Team Co-ordinator

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Personal Assistant to join our General Counsel team based in Birmingham. In this role, you will provide dedicated support to the General Counsel and the Head of Corporate Governance.

• As a PA within the General Counsel team, you will coordinate a range of General Counsel projects and deliver high‑quality management support.
• Provide proactive support for the GC in their Board role and Company Secretarial functions for the Risk and Audit Committee, including scheduling, preparing meeting packs, and minute‑taking.
• Oversee and manage the Coupa procurement system.
• Handle corporate governance documentation (both original and electronic).
• Operate the Ten Year Diary.

We are seeking someone who is highly organised, patient, and calm under pressure, and who brings strong working knowledge of iManage, Word, house styles and templates. To excel in this role, you will need a solid understanding of the firm’s practices and procedures, particularly regarding compliance and risk management, alongside the ability to communicate clearly and confidently with colleagues at all levels.

You will be comfortable working to tight legal and regulatory deadlines, able to prioritise effectively, and committed to delivering work with accuracy and attention to detail. A proactive and adaptable approach is essential, as is a willingness to engage with emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, to support continuous improvement and efficiency within the team.

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave
• Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices, with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re‑assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Meg Astley at