Legal Assistant

3 weeks ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Herbert Smith Freehills Full time
About Herbert Smith Freehills

We are a leading global law firm with a strong presence in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America. Our team of over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and 2,000 business services professionals, provides premium quality, full-service legal advice to our clients.

The Opportunity

We are seeking expressions of interest from experienced Legal Assistants and Secretaries who want to join our Brisbane team on a part-time basis, working two or three days per week. Our legal support team provides high-quality support to partners and throughout our practice areas, playing a client-facing role as our assistants are typically in regular contact with our clients on behalf of lawyers.

Key Responsibilities
  • Planning for and delivering high-quality, accurate work while managing deadlines and competing priorities
  • Managing the billing process for your direct team, including clients with specific billing requirements
  • Assisting partners and lawyers with client and cost reporting requirements
  • Managing partners' internal and external appointments with appropriate meeting lead times, including travel and diary management
  • Assisting with meeting preparation and the coordination of post-meeting actions
Skills & Experience
  • Experience in a legal secretary or legal administrative position is desirable
  • Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Teams
  • Impeccable attention to detail
  • Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to think ahead
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritise competing demands from multiple stakeholders
  • Ability to respond to changing circumstances and work to meet deadlines
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
What We Offer
  • We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. We are dedicated to creating an exceptional experience for our clients and value empathy, simplicity and commerciality.
  • We aim to support our people through their career and life milestones. We offer 26 weeks paid parental leave, which includes superannuation on both paid and unpaid parental leave up to 52 weeks.
  • At Herbert Smith Freehills, you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us.

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