Legal Assistant

1 month ago

Perth, Australia Dentons Full time

About Dentons

Dentons is the world’s largest law firm. We’re 20,000+ people globally across 80+ countries including USA; Europe; India and Asia. We are a global polycentric firm which is expanding rapidly in an increasingly globalised legal industry.

Dentons now consistently ranks as one of the five best regarded legal brands in the world according to the Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index.
 

Embrace this opportuntiy to join Dentons, the largest law firm in the world Join our high performing Recoveries and Restructuring practice

We have an outstanding opportunity for a Legal Assistant to join our Recoveries and Restructuring team in Perth on a full-time, permanent basis.

About the role

  • Calendar management including scheduling meetings, court hearings and tracking deadlines
  • Monitoring multiple mailboxes, distributing, or actioning email correspondence
  • Editing, drafting, and preparing correspondence and legal documents
  • Preparing and collating Court files and Briefs to Counsel
  • Managing finance requirements, including high volume end of month invoicing, processing supplier invoices, arranging trust payments, and comprehensive debtors management.
  • Facilitating the life cycle of a matter, including opening new matters, undertaking conflict checks, ensuring compliance with major client requirements, maintaining the electronic file, actioning write offs, file closing and archiving.
  • Diligence in day-to-day tasks including answering calls, processing incoming mail, preparing simple correspondence, corresponding with clients, completing ad hoc printing tasks, and outgoing mail.
  • Maintaining a friendly and professional demeanour while liaising with our clients, third parties, national team members, and inter-department teams. A high level of written and spoken communication skills is required, as you will be a touchpoint for many parties.

About you 

  • Background in legal administration, and seeking a career in legal support; or a law student with a minimum of 2 years remaining in your legal studies, who has the skill set to provide a high level of legal administrative support
  • Organised, efficient and able to multi-task and time manage while working in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
  • Conscientious and discreet in relation to the highly sensitive nature of information handled by the team.
  • Knowledge of Elite or other finance related software to manage expenses, matters, timesheets, client billing and reporting requirements
  • Knowledge of Outlook to organise and manage contacts, mail and calendars
  • Knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to produce high quality documentation.

This is a great opportunity for you to join a supportive and highly engaged team who will keep you busy, challenged and support you with reaching your career goals. 

If you are a law student and interested in applying for this role, you must have proven experience working within a law firm in an administrative support role and have at least 2 years left of your degree.

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
  • Salary continuous insurance (for permanent employees or employees on a 6 month or more maximum term contract basis)
  • Salary sacrificing and novated leases
  • 5 days Bonus Leave per year after 12 months of service
  • Additional leave options
  • Equal family leave for all genders (including kinship groups)
  • Floating public holidays for days of cultural significance
  • Exclusive retailer discounts
  • Offices designed for collaboration on Gadigal, Naarm, Yuggera, Kaurna and Whadjuk land
  • Learning & Development opportunities
  • Generous health and wellbeing programs
  • Agile and flexible working for all
  • Social and diversity networks providing year-round events
  • Opportunities to undertake pro-bono legal work

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion

Embedded in our people is a passion to help others through the delivery of justice. It is through this that our commitment to inclusion, equity, and reconciliation has evolved. We are proud to say that by design, we have no single headquarters or dominant national culture, this means the unique perspectives, experiences, and identities of our people come together globally under one purpose to create an inclusive and accessible environment where anyone can thrive.

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

Agency Submissions

Dentons does not accept agency submissions unless the agency is specifically contacted by a member of the Recruitment Team. Please do not forward candidate profiles or resumes to partners, hiring managers or other employees - this will not constitute an introduction to the firm and Dentons will not be liable for a fee.

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