Nas Andronicou Resume

Bar Owner: Locating bar premises, refurbishment, marketing & PR, sales, stock ordering, accounts including management accounts, event organisation and management of staff.

McGrigors ex KLegal (Solicitors associated with KPMG)
IT Training Coordinator: Coordination of IT training in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast. Training in: MS Office 2000 (including assistance with Visio and Project), iManage, Deltaview, Laserforms, Elite Webview and Carpe Diem. Guidance and training in: scanning, email management, OCR technology, remote access, piloting VPN software, overseas project office advice, client extranet website, file conversion and digital imagery. Updating and restructuring of training materials for MS Office to reflect the changes from 97 to 2000. The restructure involved the breaking down of the course into 1 hour modules which allowed for greater percentage of attendance and more knowledge absorbed during the shorter sessions. Travel to Scotland to take training sessions. Training via MS Word course of McGrigors Visual Identity (house style) document production.

IT Trainer and Support Specialist: Local support specialist for all McGrigors application related issues for resolution from a central call centre. Working with colleagues in the Glasgow & Edinburgh office to ensure seamless IT support and training. The training part of my role includes training in: MS Office (including assistance with Visio and Project), iManage, Deltaview, Laserforms, Elite and Carpe Diem.
Legal: TEC Paralegal & paralegal manager. Paralegal duties within the technology, e-business (& digital media) and communications practice group. Creation and editing of departmental newsletter, month end management account analysis, practice area website content, desktop software support, business development analysis of quarterly figures for the entire firm, presentations, pitches and proposals documents, administration on client target teams, upkeep of departmental pipeline figures, updating CVs and biographies, legal directory submissions, legal/regulatory research, financial research, administration of precedents. Four month project in Switzerland; general software support, setting up project office IT infrastructure, presentation preparation, maintenance of the custom made MS Excel client billing system. Desk-side training and support for MS packages.

Linklaters
IT: Assisting and providing support for supervisors with WTS roll out. IT software support for the department, training on Linklaters document management system, training with Egami legal database. Training in the better use of IT and its application in the department’s tasks. Review of Casemap software for its legal and IT capacity. Involved in on-line datarooms and setting up platinum client websites. Acting as a mentor for new temps in the department as an information source in the running of the department, other departments and the firm in general. Enforcing house style templates.

Legal: Liasing with lawyers, providing project support to fee earners, partners and other business services departments. Active participation in intellectual property raids (Anton pillar). File searches and discoveries in litigation, real estate and intellectual property. I have led teams from two to twenty five in large due diligence tasks for major de-mergers. I am able to produce US style historical bills comparing time narrative bills with time bills including disbursements. Used technical skills in deeds scheduling. Setting up spreadsheets templates for indexing and scheduling, report compilation, organisation of data rooms. Regularly helped in satellite office organising incoming jobs and people resourcing.

Marketing: Assisting in the marketing department creating media lists, editing Linklaters News letter, broadsheet newspaper cuttings relating to Linklaters, lawyer profiles, entries to Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. Public Relations support with launch of Linklaters & Alliance member firm Gianni Origoni in organisation of translation of press releases, announcement to the press and creation of bible after the event.

Interim Office Professionals Agency
I was placed at Linklaters by Interim for a week, kept on for a year then made permanent. The work involved is identical to that mentioned above

Kodak Co. Ltd. UK.
Boots Mini Laboratory Kingston
Full-time vacation operator: prioritising work, processing, printing films, colour and density checking and packing photographs. Use of computer database, offering advice to customers. Ability to work quickly and as part of a team

Coventry University
LL.B Business Law degree 2:2 with Honours - including modules in sale of goods, consumer law, agency, international trade and contract law.

Guildford College of Further & Higher
GNVQ Level 3 Advanced Business - Merit
NVQ Level 2 Accounting - Merit
ILEX Paralegal Training - Merit
Microsoft IT Training as mandatory module of GNVQ

Glyn School, West Ewell, Surrey
GCSE: English Literature C, English Language C, Mathematics C, Biology B, Chemistry C, French C, Modern Greek A, Computer Studies D, Art D

I have an aptitude for learning new software programs and recognising their use in different tasks. I am highly organised and work well under pressure. I can communicate effectively and delegate where necessary using all available resources. My creativity manifests itself in my work especially in presentations and reports. I have excellent organisation and communication skills. I am able to prioritise calmly and quickly whilst working under pressure on multiple projects, and am able to demonstrate a strong commitment to customer service.

Greek fluent spoken, basic written and reading
English fluent

Seconary School
College
University

MS Office 200-2003
Manual handling

none

I enjoy swimming, S.C.U.B.A. diving.
I have travelled to: France, Spain, Corfu, Cyprus, Egypt, Mauritius, India and Ireland. For one year I worked in Cyprus to improve my spoken Greek. The experience of a gap year abroad showed me that I am capable of living and working in new environments and be able to communicate and learn from the situation.
I have a keen interest in art and design. I have produced terracotta mosaics; clay and glass sculpture, and plaster sculpture. I also design and make clothes. Painting is something I do periodically.

Rachel Tubridy
Crone Corkhill
5 Queen Street
London EC2
Tel: 020 7550 7000
Email: rachelt@cronec.co.uk

Martin Bonney (CLS Supervisor)
Linklaters
Clements House 14-18 Gresham Street
London EC2U 7JE
Tel: 020 7456 2608
Email: martin.bonney@linklaters.com