Legal Secretary/Paralegal (Commercial/Intellectual Property/Litigation)
About the Firm
Our client is an outstanding multi award‐winning specialist commercial/litigation law firm with an impressive success spanning close to 20 years, with an energetic, innovative, positive down‐to‐earth culture. Top calibre legal professionals love working here. Award‐winning entrepreneurial law firm. Top mentors. Treasured culture. Invigorating future. Salary range of $70,000-$85,000 in Sydney.
Your New Role
You will be a highly valued key person in the firm and the right hand to 3 Partners and a Senior Associate, supporting flourishing practices in commercial law (including franchising and intellectual property) and commercial/insolvency litigation.
Specifically, you will perform a 50%:50% mix of secretarial/admin and paralegal duties:
* Dictation typing, filing, management of electronic file database
* Drafting correspondence and legal documents using precedents
* Preparation of briefs to counsel
* Liaising with clients and external stakeholders
* Legal research
* Diary management
* General secretarial/administration
Benefits / What's in it for you?
* Unique hybrid (secretarial and paralegal) role
* Inherit benefits from the firm's reputation and long proven success
* Great timing – part of the next growth phase
* Stimulating variety, never a dull moment, stretch yourself and grow
* Additional resources and support with a graduate/junior paralegal assisting to ensure you achieve full potential
* Vibrant, fast‐paced, innovative, close‐knit team culture
* Delightful partners and workmates
* Attractive remuneration, recognising your proven high work‐ethic and top performance
Qualifications
* Minimum 4+ years proven experience as a legal secretary, administrator, or paralegal
* Experience in at least one of: commercial law; intellectual property law; franchising law; commercial litigation
* Strong Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) skills (essential) and typing speed minimum 50+ wpm
* Deadline driven, proactive, results‐oriented, and highly adaptable
* Outstanding communication (verbal and written) and client service skills
* Ambitious, high work‐ethic, thrive in a busy fast‐moving environment
* Hungry to advance your career in a key dual legal secretary/paralegal role long‐term with a first‐class law firm dedicated to staff
Note
Not suitable for graduate law students intending to practice as lawyers.
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