Legal Administrative Assistant

1 week ago

Melbourne, Australia Piper Alderman Management Full time

Melbourne
- Business Services
- Legal Administration
- Full time

**Legal Administrative Assistant**

**About Us**:
Piper Alderman is a full-service, national, commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. With 160 years' experience and over 400 employees nationally, we have achieved our impressive growth and success by listening to our clients and creating practical and innovative legal solutions.

We are currently seeking a professional and enthusiastic Legal Administrative Assistant to join our busy IP & Technology team with two Partners and their team in our Melbourne CBD office. The Melbourne IP & Technology practice focuses on intellectual property advice and protection (including trademark filings, prosecution and oppositions), intellectual property disputes and litigation, technology licensing and commercialisation, information technology contracts and privacy and data protection advice.

This role is a hybrid working role.

**Working with a professional team, the key responsibilities of this role include**:

- Trade mark electronic filings with IP Australia, IPONZ and WIPO
- IP database and deadline management
- Drafting and amending general correspondence and legal documents
- General office duties including file management and archiving and attending to client enquiries
- File opening, reporting, billing and debtor management using Aderant Expert

**To be successful in this position, you will ideally possess**:

- Minimum 5 years' experience in a legal / IP firm administration role with intellectual property law experience
- Strong word processing (min 75 wpm) and Microsoft Word and Excel experience
- Legal billing experience
- Ability to work independently and liaise confidently with partners and fee earners
- Exceptional time management, attention to detail and prioritisation skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and adept to working at a quick pace
- Availability to work overtime when required
- Mature and resilient approach

**Our perks**

We have a variety of employee benefits aimed at supporting our people including, but not limited to:

- Learning and development opportunities to support career growth including generous study support options.
- An attractive Parental Leave policy offering up to 26 weeks paid leave.
- Purchased annual leave options.
- A range of fun office and team events all year round so we make sure we are connecting socially as often as possible
- A range of corporate discounts.
- Employee-led Diversity & Inclusion and Reconciliation Committees and the opportunity to participate in pro-bono work.
- Piper Alderman is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We aim to attract and retain the best people and provide an environment where those people can be their authentic selves. We value diversity of thought and experience and aim to ensure all our people are valued and respected. People from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply._

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