Trainee Company Secretary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Company Secretary looking to commence their career in top tier law firm.

A&L Goodbody’s specialist secretarial company Goodbody Secretarial Limited has provided professional and dedicated company secretarial and compliance services. We have a highly experienced and qualified company secretarial team of chartered secretaries and company secretarial assistants.

As a Trainee Company Secretary, you will work within the Corporate department and we offer the successful candidate an exciting role in a high achieving department that comes with variety and responsibility.

You can expect to receive excellent training from a close team of experienced Company Secretaries in the application of company law and company secretarial practice from the moment you begin your career with us. We invest in your on-going development as a Company Secretary and as a trusted adviser because we know how important it is to reach your full potential.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and filing Companies Registration Office documents.
• Attendance at meetings and preparing minutes for review.
• Maintaining a small portfolio of clients.
• Update Company Secretarial software package – particularly the statutory registers.
• Filing of documentation with Companies Registration Office.
• Assisting with the legalisation of documents.
• Working with the Managers on special projects.
• Assisting senior members of staff with ad-hoc company secretarial requests

• University of College degree (2.1 honours degree minimum)
• The candidate must be currently or interested in pursuing a Chartered Secretarial professional qualification (ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute).
• Some experience of the area would be beneficial but not essential. Ideally 6 months experience in an office environment.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong service delivery skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Self-motivated
• MS Office Skills
• Strong attention to detail
• A fluent command of the English language.

• A competitive remuneration package
• Pension
• Health insurance contribution
• Wellbeing contribution
• Life assurance
• Subsidised gym
• Restaurant and coffee shop
• Hybrid working policy
• Support paying fees connection with the Postgraduate Diploma in Management and Corporate Governance.
• Paid study leave

The Firm

A&L Goodbody (ALG) is a leading Irish law firm with five international offices in Dublin, Belfast, London, New York and San Francisco. There are currently 120 partners and over 900 employees. The strong international and domestic business community in Ireland forms a valuable part of the ALG client base. ALG is incredibly proud to be recognised as the leading Irish law firm in the Chambers and Partners Europe 2024 Guide with the highest number of Band 1 practice area rankings. ALG is also ranked as a 'top tier' law firm in The Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2024 and the IFLR1000 Guide 2024. The firm is consistently ranked number one in the Irish market and on a European level.

A sample of other recent notable awards include:

• Awarded the prestigious Company of the Year award at the National Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2025 hosted by the Irish Centre for Diversity
• Recognised by Mergermarket as the #1 M&A legal advisor in Ireland by deal volume for 2024
• Winner of the Best Client Service Award by the Lawyer European Awards
• Future of Legal Services Innovation Award winners 2024
• Awarded the Investors in Diversity Silver Mark in 2024 by the Irish Centre for Diversity
• Most Popular Graduate Recruiter in Law 2024 by GradIreland (for 13 consecutive years)
• Law firm of the year - Republic of Ireland 2023 at The Lawyer European Awards
• Irish Law Firm of the Year 2023 at the Chambers Europe Awards
• One of the top 50 most innovative law firms in Europe 2023 by the Financial Times
• Best client support 2023 by the Managing Partners Forum
• Business Working Responsibly Mark 2023

ALG has a reputation for leading the way in continuously developing its service to clients and internally to its business. This is delivered through the use of new processes, ways of working, innovative use of technology and marketing-leading business service teams.

Accessibility

If you require any accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact us and we will work with you to ensure the best possible candidate experience.

We value a diverse and inclusive workforce and are an equal opportunities employer.