Paralegal | Disputes

• Legal
• Lawyer - Litigation
• Adelaide

• Permanent / Full Time

• Recognised in the AFR BOSS Magazine's Best Places to Work 2025

• Friendly and collaborative team
• Work as part of a highly regarded Recoveries team in our Litigation practice

About the role

Are you a Legal Assistant or Law Clerk or currently working in the courts, looking to make your next step? This is your opportunity to make the move for your career. We also welcome all experienced Paralegals to join our Disputes & Investigations practice group, specialising in Recoveries, in a permanent, full-time position. The group covers a range of legal services in the areas of banking and commercial litigation and corporate and personal insolvency recovery, representing some of Australia's largest retail, commercial and agribusiness banking and financial institutions.

Working as part of an established team of Paralegals and Lawyers, this position is responsible for end-to-end file management in the areas of mortgage collection and secured debt recoveries.

Your responsibilities

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Assessing instructions and managing all actions relating to opening, progressing, closing, and archiving of files
• Ensuring matters are conducted and progressed in accordance with specific client and legislative requirements and procedures
• Liaise with clients and Mortgagors/Mortgagors' representatives via email, telephone and on site appointments;
• Recommend resolutions to clients to achieve appropriate conclusion of matters
• Drafting a wide range of legal documents for the litigation process and/or the property sale process, including Claims, Statements of Claim, Default Judgement documents, Settlement Statements, Deeds of Settlement, Contracts, Warrants, and Letters of Demand
• Preparation of non-legal correspondence letters
• Manage internal and external diary scheduling
• Maintaining various internal systems and platforms
• Conduct bankruptcy/company/title searches
• Identify risks, issues or concerns that may arise on matters and escalate to Partners or Solicitors as appropriate

Previous experience using Aderant and iManage would be advantageous.

About you

To be considered for this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• Two years litigation/recoveries paralegal experience or relevant transferrable experience would be advantageous
• Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents and government regulations relating to area of practice;
• Proven ability to manage files end to end
• Strong organisational skills and enjoy collaborating with other team members in a fast-paced environment
• Positive and enthusiastic in all that you do and willing to take on new things and challenge yourself.
• Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to liaise with a range of different internal and external stakeholders
• Self-motivation with the ability to multi-task and meet strict deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Customer-centric approach
• A proactive and flexible attitude

About us

Gadens is a leading, independent Australian law firm, with a clear vision and strategy for the future. We help people achieve their purpose in a complex world, by leading by example, inspiring others, innovating and building something we are all proud of.

At Gadens, we:

• develop and inspire our people
• do the right thing and make an impact
• work with quality clients in our chosen markets
• solve problems with people and technology working seamlessly together
• are a widely recognised and respected brand.

We are always on the lookout for strong performers to join our growing firm. To find out more please visit

What we offer

• a friendly, down-to-earth, and supportive team environment.
• truly flexible work practices.
• progressive and market-leading Parental Leave support including:
• 30 weeks' Paid Parental Leave
• superannuation contributions while on Parental Leave, for up to 52 weeks (based on 5 days/week, regardless of your working days)
• an external coach to support our people through the various stages of the parental leave journey (Launch, Leave and Landing)
• a supported and staggered return
• budget relief for fee earners upon landing/return
• support and paid leave for Surrogacy and IVF treatment
• ongoing professional development opportunities.
• health and wellbeing initiatives.
• and much more

At Gadens, we engage with all of our people to create a work environment that encourages and promotes inclusion and diversity, while instilling pride in the firm and our values of collaborate, authentic, responsible and excellent. Our values and culture assist us in creating a cohesive environment in which we are committed equally to professionalism and personal fulfilment. We strive to create a culture where the principles of sustainability and corporate social responsibility are embraced and lived by our people every day. This includes respecting and connecting with First Nations people and providing access to justice to those in need through our pro bono practice. This is what makes Gadens a great place to work.