De Brauw is looking for a proactive Notarial Assistant.

As Notarial Assistant, you are part of the Business Support department. You will work with candidate civil law notaries in our Corporate section (advisory or transactional practice). You work closely with the other Notarial Junior/Senior assistants, and always keep De Brauw’s common goal in mind: contribute to our excellent legal services, maximum accessibility and continuity. In this role you will work 50% as a Team Assistant and 50% for our Notarial Desk.

The duties of this position include

• Drawing up and compiling legal documents and documents, for example for submission to the Chamber of Commerce;
• Filing;
• Consulting various registers, such as the trade register, curatorial register, and Basic Registration Persons;
• Conducting research, entering client data, and retrieving executed notarial deeds in Codex;
• Helping draw up shareholder registers;
• Organising (small) client meetings and conference calls;
• Drawing up declarations and engagement letters.

Our ideal candidate

We are looking for an experienced Notarial Assistant who takes initiative and is proactive. Someone who can collaborate with our lawyers and other secretarial teams and is honest, confident, and secure in his/her opinions.

You also:

• Have a bachelor degree or working level;
• Be able to switch between tasks;
• Have preferably work experience as a (Notarial) Secretary;
• Accurate, proactive (including independently searching for work), and due to the frequent deadlines, very stress-resistant;
• Excited and motivated about organizing and planning complicated projects;
• Have strong knowledge of both the Dutch and English language;
• A team player: you like to work together with not only Candidate Civil Law Notaries, but also with Senior Assistants, colleagues from Business Support, and all our Lawyers.

Who are we?

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is an international law firm that is deeply rooted in the Netherlands. De Brauw advises more than 70% of the largest multinationals with headquarters in the Netherlands. De Brauw specialises in high-quality legal advice in complex transactions, proceedings and regulatory issues for companies and financial institutions. Over the years, De Brauw has built up a large and close-knit international network of renowned law firms. About 650 individuals are on staff at De Brauw in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Shanghai and Singapore.