Legal Assistant

24 hours ago


Adelaide, South Australia Dentons Full time
About Dentons

Dentons is a global law firm with a presence in over 80 countries. We are a team of 20,000+ professionals who are passionate about delivering exceptional legal services to our clients.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Legal Assistant to join our Recovery and Restructuring team in Adelaide. As a Legal Assistant, you will provide administrative support to our Senior Partners and their teams, ensuring the smooth operation of our practice.

Key Responsibilities
  • Editing, drafting, and preparing correspondence and legal documents
  • Printing and collating legal documents
  • InfoTrack searching
  • Managing the team's finance requirements, including trust requirements, accounts payable, expenses, audit letters, billing, and reporting
  • File management, including matter opening, conflict checking, and managing fee agreements
  • Managing general administrative requirements, including telephones, electronic and hard copy filing, printing, and mail
Requirements
  • Background in legal administration or a law student with a minimum of 2 years remaining in their legal studies
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills, with a high attention to detail
  • Knowledge of Elite or other finance-related software to manage expenses, matters, timesheets, client billing, and reporting requirements
  • Knowledge of Outlook to track key dates and ensure deadlines are met
  • Knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to produce high-quality documentation
Why Dentons

Dentons Australia offers a wide range of incentives aimed at embracing your authenticity, providing purpose, and strengthening your ongoing development. We offer equitable salary packaging, incentive pay, and rewards, as well as salary continuous insurance, salary sacrificing, and novated leases. We also offer 5 days Bonus Leave per year after 12 months of service, additional leave options, equal family leave for all genders, and floating public holidays for days of cultural significance.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment where anyone can thrive. We believe in the importance of diversity, equity, and reconciliation, and we are proud to say that by design, we have no single headquarters or dominant national culture.

Please apply online with your CV, Cover Letter, and academic transcripts. If you have questions beforehand, please email our recruitment team at Enquiries only please, applications will not be accepted by email.


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