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Editor, copy-writer, researcher & proofreader - leg...

With experience as both a university lecturer and commercial barrister, I have a keen attention to detail and range of skills which make me an excellent ...proofreader, copy-editor and researcher, as well as a thorough, flexible and effective copy-writer. Although I specialise in academic and legal... work, I've written and edited copy in areas from popular film and the arts to cocoa butter and night clubs!
Skills: Copy Writing | Dissertation/thesis support (proofreading | editing | structuring | ...etc). | Editing Skills | Journalistic writing | Legal... Language | MS Word | Spanish | UK English Grammar Test (For Writing Professionals) | English Vocabulary Test (UK Version) | English Language (Words and Phrases) Test | Report Writing Test
Certified Skills: UK English Grammar Test (For Writing Professionals), English Vocabulary Test (UK Version), English Language (Words and Phrases) Test, Report Writing Test

Solicitor/Legal Counsel/Lawyer

Dual qualified solicitor (jurisdiction of England and Wales and South Africa) based in Mayfair in London. My experience is made up of 8 years practise in general commercial law being just over 2 years with a niche ...commercial private practise firm, a number of years as in-house counsel for a global investment bank and subsequently as legal... counsel for a blue chip financial services company, providing contract support (drafting and negotiation) in the following areas; - general commercial, which would include a wide range of commercial contracts, drafting, review & negotiation. Please feel free to request a list of the various types of commercial agreements that I have supported. - information technology agreements (examples would be software licensing, software maintenance, general e-commerce agreements and various types of website terms and conditions) - advising on intellectual property rights (copyright, trademarks), - advising on data protection issues, - outsourcing arrangements (IT and business processing), and - human resource matters (employee terms, consultancy terms) agreements
Skills: English | Legal Language | MS Power Point | ... MS Word

Legal Advisor

I am a qualified solicitor with 10 years experience of drafting a wide variety of commercial agreements and business terms... and conditions. I feel strongly that contracts should be clear and concise and easily readable and I draft documents with this in mind. I turn work around quickly and I am happy to give fixed price quotes.
Skills: Legal Language

Commercial Contract Lawyer / Legal Adviser

I am a commercial and contracts lawyer with over 10 years' experience of providing legal advice in a consultative capacity (8 years' experience) and in-house (3 years' experience), and combine this legal experience with a wealth of business, commercial and technological knowledge and expertise. In both main roles I was responsible for providing legal advice and contract drafting (and contract negotiation and advising on contract disputes) for internal and external clients as well as related legal research and analysis. My services include: - contract drafting; - drafting of most forms of commercial contracts, agreements, ...business terms and conditions (b2b and b2c), IT&E-Commerce agreements and related legal documents; - legal advice, legal research and legal... analysis; and - advising on related contract law and commercial issues. All documents that I draft are clear, precise and well laid out, and formatting and style can be customised to the client's needs. I can commit to short timescales and will offer fixed price quotes or hourly rates. Principal areas of law in which I specialise are: - Contract law - Commercial law - Agency / distribution law - Competition law - Consumer law - Employment law - Data protection and privacy - Advertising and marketing compliance - Intellectual property
Skills: Contract Drafting | Contract Law | ...Copy Writing | Editing Skills | French | Legal... Language | Training | English Spelling Test (UK Version) | MS Word 2003 Test | English Vocabulary Test (UK Version) | UK English Basic Skills Test | English Language (Words and Phrases) Test | Analytical Skills Test | IQ Test | Computer Aptitude Test | IQ Test | Analytical Skills Test | Computer Skills Test | IQ Test
Certified Skills: English Spelling Test (UK Version), MS Word 2003 Test, English Vocabulary Test (UK Version), UK English Basic Skills Test , English Language (Words and Phrases) Test, Analytical Skills Test, IQ Test, Computer Aptitude Test, IQ Test, Analytical Skills Test, Computer Skills Test, IQ Test

Paralegal, Legal or General Researcher

I am a law graduate currently working as a paralegal looking for an alternative to a bar job to supplement... my income to clear my university debts. I would prefer to provide freelance legal research and drafting services however I am willing to consider any non-urgent work (i.e. with a minimum of one or two day deadlines) which I can carry out using the internet.
Skills: Customer Service | English | Legal Language | MS... Excel | MS Power Point | MS Word | Technical Writing Skills

Legal, HR and Operations

With a proven track record of re-engineering processes to streamlining cost bases and improve quality and developing products and service offerings to enhance competitiveness and increase profitability, I am able to think laterally and innovate across all business functions. I am a strong negotiator with experience of drafting contracts terms as well as assessing the commercial viability of a bid. A results orientated, motivated and energetic individual with strong leadership and management skills. I am able to develop business ...strategy and operationalise it; translating concepts and vision into practice and revenue. I have recently resigned my position as Legal... and Operations Director for a procurement business specialising in outsourced public sector services procurement. Here I was a strong member of the mangement team and Board driving strategy and result driven practices. I have worked with a number of small businesses to develop strategy, produced business plans to secure funding and built user-friendly financial management tools. I am an excellent contracts lawyer with 10 years experience of drafting bids and proposals for public sector tenders, attending sales presentations and negotiating contract terms. I also enjoy produce editorials on a range of fact and fictional subjects and recently wrote a 2000 word food and drink article for Life and Style Magazine in the East Midlands. I am committed to meeting all agreed deadlines and producing work of an excellent standard.
Skills: Editing Skills | Journalistic writing | Management Skills | ... Managing People | MS Power Point presentations | Organizational Behavior | Project Management | Sales/ Marketing letters | Training

Freelance Author and Management / Legal Consultant

I can offer skills in three main areas 1. Writing I have a passion for writing and for getting the right words in the right order for the best effect. During my working career I have had experience of writing letters both formal and informal for business purposes. I have experience of writing copy for websites – www.rowyn.co.uk and www.wottac.com are two recent examples. I am also familiar with writing a regular blog for websites to enhance SEO In addition I write fiction and have worked with professional editors on line by line editing of works of fiction. I am familiar ...with the ability to provide an objective assessment of structure and content of prose. As I have a formal legal... background I can easily understand complex ideas and provide valuable and constructive help. I have attended writing courses with the Arvon foundation and at the Welsh Writers centre as well as University courses. I can offer support for writing press releases, website copy, overview of style and structure of work 2. Management support Systems I worked for many years in the legal sector and then in a management role in the medical sector. I gained considerable experience in creating and implementing management structures and advising on maximising efficiency and increasing profitability. Business and Marketing plans If you want help with making your business plan make sense then contact me. From creating a detailed plan to taking a sensible overview in a couple of hours then I can assist. Having developed numerous plans both for my own purposes as well as in consultancy work I can provide invaluable support. HR support Are you looking for HR support? Perhaps some advice on how to structure appraisals. Whether appraisals are needed? How to deal with drafting an employment contract or seeking some help with implementing a programme for improving staff training. Legal I worked as a solicitor in private practice for 20 years undertaking a variety of general practice work including personal injury, family and a significant amount of civil litigation. I'm familiar with the court system and can assist with advising on legal issues that crop up on a day-to-day basis in small businesses. This can be extremely effective and an enormous cost saving against legal advice from solicitors. I undertake the preparation of terms and conditions, freelance contracts and general advice for small businesses. My legal background combined with my experience of writing and website design enabled me to provide a considerable cross-section of business support. 3. Research I have wealth of experience of undertaking detailed research projects. This has included market research for business purposes, undertaking detailed legal research, establishing databases, identifying competitors and subsequently preparing advice and feedback.
Skills: Copy Writing | Editing Skills | English | Management... Skills | Managing People | MS Power Point | MS Word | Project Management | Website T&C Commercial work

Secretary/typist/transcriber/audio/legal/paralegal/medi...

I work on ...a huge variety of transcription projects and offer a confidential, reliable transcription and secretarial service. Services include: Witness statements (legal... terminology) Lecture notes (medical terminology) medical transcription (referral) letters Inventories One to one interviews Focus groups Market research AMR, MP3, DSS, DSS2, WAV General audio typing (onsite available London) General secretarial services conferences seminars (medical/legal terminology) Home Buyers Reports Available on a regular and/or ad-hoc basis. Please contact me for further details.
Skills: Access | Adobe Illustrator | Audio Transcription | ...Editing Skills | English | Legal Language | Legal... Language | medical terminology | MS Power Point | MS Word | Power Point Formatting | Speed typing > 70 WPM | Computer Skills Test
Certified Skills: Computer Skills Test

Legal Outsourcing & Recruitment Specialist

Providing recruitment assistance at the most competitive rates covering ...from Office Assistant, Legal Secretarial/ Admin levels through to Legal Assistants/Paralegals. Supplying mainly law firms in London with experienced Paralegals... and Outdoor Clerks on either short term or on-going basis. Our Virtual Assistant Service section deals with all manner of admin/ secretarial work on behalf of clients all over the UK. Our VA's sit in our office and work as a team, therefore you will feel as though we are part of the support team in your office. This service is offered at a very competitive rate and all clients get is Bespoke Business Support on a Budget!

Lawyer - barrister/solicitor/counsel/legal adviser

legal work - advice, drafting Commercial experience in IT IP Health and safety Complicance Pharmaceutical financial services Due diligence Fraud... Immigration sales of goods product liability manufacturing logistics ecommerce web/internet law contractual drafting and review court advocacy - all levels
Skills: Copy Writing | Editing Skills | English | Financial Services and ...Banking regulation law | Journalistic writing | Legal... Language | MS Word | News Photography | Pharmaceutical and Patent law | Project Management | Quickbooks | Sage Line 100 | Sun Accounts | Technical Writing Skills

Data Research & Mining, Legal Conveyancing Support, ...

If you have been looking for one or more of the services as categorized below, I would be most happy to help and provide support in accomplishing your tasks and requirements as the following services are my forte: ...- Data Research & Mining - Virtual Admin (VA) Support - all admin tasks supported to the maximum. - Legal... Conveyancing Support - Data Entry (on any MS Office application or any database or software), Captcha Entry and Data Processing - HTML tagging & encoding - Document & Database Management - Transcription (Business and Legal only)
Skills: Conveyancing Support | Data and Captcha Entry and Data Processing | Data Conversion PDF to any other format and vice versa | Data Research and Mining | HTML tagging and encoding for ...Online books and publications | Transcription Legal... and Business Transcriptions only | Virtual Admin Support all admin tasks supported to the max

Secretary, typist, transcriber, legal, other

Confident and professional secretary with 24 years experience from Junior to PA level and 17 years extensive experience as a... legal secretary. Excellent communicator with highly developed people skills and a natural ability to develop sound relationships at any level. Can also demonstrate a flexibility and initiative whilst working independently. Extremely adaptable with good organisational skills and capable of adapting to new software. Enjoy working under pressure whilst still ensuring effective prioritisation of all tasks undertaken. Skills Windows XP, 2007, 2003, 2000 and 98 Microsoft Outlook, Advance Word, Basic Power Point, Basic Excel Document management systems Imanage, Docs Open and Pro Law Experience of working with track changes Audio typing speed 85wpm with accuracy Use of digital dictation and transcription interviews. Data Input Industry Legal, Banking, Medical and other Blue Chip Corporations
Skills: Legal Secretary | MS Word | Typing speed... 85 wpm

General Legal Consultant

I am a qualified licensed paralegal with 7 years experience in the areas of law listed below and a specialist... in Employment Law. (I do not handle employment law claims but will help guide you the process). I am a Fellow member of the National Association of Licensed Paralegals and hold a current license to practice. I am also a Fellow member of the Professional Willwriters and Probate Practitioners. I also work with companies and new businesses to advise them on their legal responsibilities and employment law. I work with individuals and companies regarding disability rights/Equality Act 2010 issues and advise on reasonable adjustments to both individuals and companies. I hold diploma's in the following areas of law:- Employment Law, Business Law, Civil Litigation, Property and Conveyancing. I have been drafting various types of legal contracts since 1999 and have a vast database of business and employment contracts to resource from in order to give my client the right type of contract for their needs. I also tutor law to students at a fixed hourly rate. I give all clients access to my dedicated telephone number for out of hours use.
Skills: Human Resource | Legal Drafting | Legal Language | ... Training

Legal, Academic and Business Proofreader, EFL work, Non...

I am a freelance legal, academic and business proofreader. I practised for ten years as a litigation (civil and commercial)... and company law solicitor in the areas of consumer law, contract law, property disputes, debt collection, personal injury and clinical negligence, drafting commercial agreements, intellectual property, insolvency, company incorporations, mergers, acquisition and disposals, corporate finance, and partnership agreements and disputes. I remain on the Roll of Solicitors as a non-practising solicitor. I trained as a proofreader and completed the Publishing Training Centre proofreading course with a high merit. My clients include online academic proofreading companies, translation companies, small businesses and individuals. I proofread legal documents, academic pieces, website content and business documents, including emails, invoices and reports. I obtained the CELTA teaching certificate (Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults) in 2000 and teach English as a foreign language. Associate Member of The Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP).
Skills: French | Legal Language

Legal Advisor, Attorney, Data entry service, Admin Supp...

I provide all types of offshore legal solutions including but not limited to drafting and reviewing contracts( eg: Employment contracts,... Franchise agreements, Service provider contracts, Independent contractors contract, EULA, Distributorship contracts etc), drafting and reviewing Terms of Service, Privacy policy, Copyright policy and Disclaimer for websites, reviewing of patent applications, writing of cease and desist letters for copyright or trademark infringement, legal research and others. My services are of High quality, cost effective and expeditious. My LPO consists of attorneys who have more than 25 years of experience and are from top law firms, highly trained and expertise in the legal works of U.S, U.K and other countries
Skills: Editing Skills | English | Legal Language | MS... Word | Technical Writing Skills

secretary/typist/transcriber/office support/legal secre...

I have 6 years experence within Criminal Law. Qualified as a paralega and Accredited Police Station Representative. Covering London and... Home Counties, further afield by prior arrangement. Own client base. I hav dealt with all aspects of police station, magistrates and crown court work. I believe where possible to maintain consistancy with client throughout his/her case and therefore have experience on preparation of both magistrates and crown court work. Ideally seeking firm who I can place my own clients through and as necessary, work on their police station, magistrates' court and crown court matters.;
Skills: Data Entry | English | Legal Language | MS Word | ...Outdoor Clerk - legal profession | Paralegal... skills Criminal law | Speed typing > 70 WPM

Freelance legal journalist / copywriter

I am a freelance legal journalist and copywriter, based in London, England. I specialise in writing about the UK, EU and US legal markets. I mainly write about the management and strategies of law firms and ...in-house legal departments, but can also cover technical legal issues if required. Besides conventional legal journalism, I also handle legal... PR and corporate report work. This work includes drafting lawyer biographies, and also writing and editing press releases and in-depth research reports.
Skills: Blogging | Copy Writing | Editing Skills | Journalistic... writing | Technical Writing Skills

Writer, Editor, Researcher, Proofreader

I can provide professional research, drafting, copywriting, editorial and proofreading skills over a wide range of areas. 1. Writing, Editing, Proofreading I am a full time freelancer with experience writing for a range of markets and sectors, including fashion, finance, music, travel, home maintenance, real estate and emigration. I am also an experienced and well trained researcher able to undertake research on any subject so that everything I write is informative and substantive. I have a lot of freelance copywriting experience, producing everything from web content and marketing copy, to market analysis reports and SEO rich articles across a wide range of subjects. 2. Journalism, Blogging I also write product reviews/lifestyle/fashion/music articles for a number of print and online magazines, including Dazed & Confused and Clash Magazine. I have my own fashion and music blog, as well as providing blogs for clients including a London directory, a number of law firms and a record label and I am well versed in all forms of social networking. 3. Legal I worked as a lawyer up until October 2008 when I left my job with a City firm to pursue a career as a writer and researcher. I am no longer a lawyer but I am still able to draw on the skills I gathered during those five years and so can assist with research, drafting and document interpretation. I also worked for a ...legal publisher for three years, so I am able to write authoritatively about the issues and challenges within the legal... market and I edit the digital legal magazine Law & Finance (www.lfmagazine.com). 4. Working Style I am used to keeping to tight deadlines and submitting work that is accurate, well structured and goes the extra mile in terms of effort and a little something extra. I have no problem tailoring copy to different audiences and aim to give everything I write some life so that it jumps off the page at the reader!
Skills: Editing Skills | French | Legal Language | Linux | ... Mac OS X | MS Word | Search Engine Optimization | Speed typing > 70 WPM | Technical Writing Skills

freelancer lawyer, researcher and writer

I am available for drafting legal documents, providing legal advice, legal research, legal writing work, debt recovery work and general... research. I am available for one off jobs and ongoing contracts.
Skills: English | Legal Language | MS Excel | MS... Word

Transcriber, Legal Secretary, Database Entry, Admin

I have 25 years ...legal admin and secretarial experience - audio typing/copy typing/direct data entry/compiling databases and mail merge mailshotting. Any type of legal... documents transcribed. Experienced in Excel spreadsheets. Experience in inventories/reports/inserting logos/pictures/design into documents. Very fast and accurate typist. Admin and credit control experience. Interview and roundtable transcription. DVD and video interview transcription. Some Wordpress entry experience. CRB checked. Very flexible hours.
Skills: Access | Dreamweaver | MS Excel | MS Word | ... Speed typing > 70 WPM