Legal Assistant
About Dentons
Dentons is the world's largest law firm with over 20,000 people working globally across 80+ countries including USA, Europe, India and Asia.
As a global polycentric firm expanding rapidly in an increasingly globalised legal industry, Dentons consistently ranks as one of the five best regarded legal brands in the world according to the Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index.
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 Adelaide on a full-time, permanent basis.
This is a great role for a person with a legal secretarial background looking to develop their skills in a high performing and supportive team.
Your Key Responsibilities:
Editing, drafting and preparing correspondence and legal documents
Printing and collating legal documents
InfoTrack searching
Proactively 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 all general administrative requirements including telephones, electronic and hard copy filing, printing, mail etc.
About You
Background in legal administration and seeking a career in legal support.
An energetic, enthusiastic, team player committed to providing a high level of administrative support.
Exceptional organisational 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.
If you are a law student 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
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.
How to Apply
Apply online with your CV, Cover Letter, and academic transcripts.