An exciting opening has arisen for a Legal Assistant within the Real Estate team in Sydney of a leading Australian law firm
This role requires strong administrative skills and involves general paralegal duties. The successful candidate will be responsible for court-related paralegal work, preparing briefs, documentation, class applications, notices, and managing end-of-month billing. Familiarity with court filing and billing systems is essential. In this role, you will support a Partner, Special Counsel, several associates, and lawyers and will work collaboratively with another Legal Assistant. Together, you will manage the administrative load of the team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform general administrative duties and paralegal tasks.
- Prepare court-related documents, briefs, and notices.
- Manage end-of-month billing and ensure accurate processing.
- Utilize court filing and billing systems efficiently.
- Proactive, organized, and detail-oriented.
- Strong relationship-building skills and able to work well within a team.
- Experienced in general administrative duties and paralegal work.
- Able to adapt quickly and meet high-performance expectations.
The Sydney office is known for its friendly and welcoming atmosphere. The property and construction teams are located on one level, fostering a social and collaborative environment.
Why Join This Firm?
This leading commercial law firm has offices across Australia, including Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, and Brisbane. The firm has nearly two centuries of industry experience and is known for providing optimal legal and commercial solutions both nationally and internationally.
Employee Benefits:
- Wellbeing Program
- Investment in employee learning and development, including generous study options
- Attractive parental leave policy offering up to 26 weeks paid leave
- Various office events such as EOFY, team events, and Rising Lawyer events
- Purchased leave options
- Recognition and reward initiatives
- Health and wellbeing initiatives
If you feel that you meet the requirements we would like to hear from you. Apply via the link below.
Due to the volume of interest only successful applicants will be contacted directly.
Barratt Galvin is an Australian based legal recruitment business providing law firm resourcing solutions. Collectively, our consultants have over twenty year’s experience placing legal professionals into law jobs locally and internationally.
Based in Sydney, we assist legal professionals looking for legal jobs within Australia, as well as those relocating to or returning from London and the Middle East legal markets.
Our core client base is made up of elite private practice legal teams within mid to top tier and international law firms. The legal jobs we recruit for include Lawyers, Legal Secretaries, EA/PA, HR, Business Development & Marketing and Office Support.
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