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About the Role

Join our market leading Disputes practice as a Legal Assistant, supporting Partners Leon Chung and Eunice Park, and their wider team of Lawyers. This role will suit a pro-active individual who enjoys being part of a high performing team dedicated to their clients. If you have a no-fuss approach and enjoy showcasing your legal administration skills, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Keeping matters on track, managing time entries, reporting and complex billing.
• Managing the Partners’ calendars, including meetings, travel, and events.
• Creating, formatting, and managing documents.
• Organising client catch-ups, from casual coffees to formal dinners.
• Helping prepare business development materials.
• Mentoring and guiding Administrative Assistants.

Requirements

• Experience supporting Partners in a fast-paced legal environment.
• End-to-end billing experience.
• Strong time management and ability to manage competing priorities with a high degree of professionalism.
• Ability to anticipate needs and problem solve on the go.
• Matter management experience.
• Team focused approach with a genuine interest in mentoring others.
• Innovative mindset, curious about AI and emerging technologies.
• Law students with at least 2 years left of their degree and available full-time may be considered if they have relevant experience.

Skills

• Aderant Expert experience desirable.
• Microsoft Office proficiency.
• iManage proficiency.

Location

• Sydney

Work Type

• Full time
• 5 days in the office
• Permanent Contract

Experience Level

• Experience supporting Partners

Education Level

• Law student with at least 2 years left of their degree

Benefits

• Opportunities to learn on the job.
• Mix of learning opportunities tailored to you.
• Daily experiences, supportive challenges, team collaboration, mentors, and structured learning opportunities.
• Emphasis on wellbeing, both at home and work.
• Support for mental health.
• Holistic wellbeing fund.
• Home office allowance.

About the Company

• Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm.
• We help clients achieve their goals.
• Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are core values.
• We invest in and care about client relationships.
• We have a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm with an extensive footprint across the world’s largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs.
• We excel at tackling complexity and navigating change in demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private market transactions.
• We are recognised as leaders in energy, infrastructure and resources sectors.
• We support the growth of our people.
• We are a global team of over 6,000 professionals across 26 offices.
• We are the market leader in Australia.
• We are committed to high performance, collaboration, diversity and digital innovation.
• We are client-centred, commercially driven, and renowned for our solution-focused expertise.
• We align personal growth with firm ambitions.
• We value wellbeing and place a strong emphasis on mental health.
• We are a human, bold and outstanding team.

Equal Opportunity

• We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives.
• This is essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance.
• This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.