Practice Assistant @ White & Case

Are you a skilled assistant eager to grow your expertise in an international law firm? Do you thrive on helping others in a fast-paced environment? Are you known for your proactive and detail-oriented approach to work?

If you answered YES, please keep reading, because this could be the position for you!

We are looking for a practice assistant to join White & Case's team in a full-time, permanent position. Key tasks in this role include assisting lawyers with client-related work, along with other tasks to ensure that the daily operations run smoothly at the office. As a practice assistant, you will join a dynamic team of 45 professionals in the Helsinki office.

In this role, you will provide assistance across all practice groups. Your responsibilities include a wide range of administrative tasks, such as assisting lawyers with editing and formatting legal documentation, conducting research, providing translation support, as well as preparing and maintaining transaction data rooms. In addition, your duties include liaising with clients, various governmental authorities as well as White & Case's global offices. As a practice assistant, you are also ready to provide support with meeting arrangements, calendar management and other back-office duties.

You will join an efficient team of four practice assistants as the fifth member of the team and share your daily work with three evening assistants, a reception assistant and a senior practice assistant. White & Case's team works mainly on-site at their office in the heart of Helsinki, with the flexibility to work remotely once a week during most weeks.

You may be the person we are looking for if you:

• have at least one year of experience in a legal assistant or an administrative assistant role within a professional services organization, ideally in a law firm, consulting firm or financial institution;

• have a suitable educational background, such as a Bachelor of Business Administration degree;

• are highly organized and demonstrate great attention to detail;

• enjoy taking initiative and working independently while valuing teamwork and supporting your colleagues;

• are skilled in managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a high quality in your work;

• have excellent interpersonal skills and strong written and oral communication skills in Finnish and English; and

• are proficient in MS Office programs (especially Word) and able to quickly learn new software and systems.

White & Case offers you:

• an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment within a highly regarded international law firm;

• a diverse, key support role where you will also have the opportunity to assist lawyers with client assignments;

• a close-knit work community that invests in the development of each team member; and

• comprehensive benefits, including extensive occupational healthcare, optional health and accident insurance, and internal training opportunities to support your development. In addition, White & Case offers a selection of alternative benefits, which can be used, for example, for dental care, eyeglasses, a public transport pass, cultural activities or sports.

Interested? Send us your CV and cover letter in English by Monday 12 October 2026. We encourage you to apply early, as we will start reviewing applications already during the application period. If you would like to discuss the position in more detail, feel free to reach out to Minjons recruitment consultant Milla Numminen (from Monday to Wednesday and on Friday, +358 50 336 4396 / milla.numminen@minjon.fi).

_White & Case is a leading global law firm with lawyers and staff in 43 offices across 29 countries, working in virtually every country of the world with a long-established presence in Finland and the Nordic region. White & Case's lawyers and business services professionals are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. White & Case operates on a one firm basis, which is present in the day-to-day work of its professionals. They advise multinational corporates, financial institutions and private equity firms on corporate and financing transactions across all major industry sectors. White & Case's core practice areas in Finland are Capital Markets, Debt Finance and M&A/Private Equity._