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About the Role
We are recruiting an experienced Legal Assistant to join our Corporate team in Sydney, supporting a senior Partner and their wider team in a busy, high-volume practice. This role is suited to a highly capable assistant who operates as a trusted right-hand support to senior lawyers. You will manage complex diaries, workflow and competing priorities to enable the practice to operate smoothly in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-level administrative and practice support.
- Manage proactive diary, inbox and workflow, anticipating priorities and managing change.
- Act as a key coordination point across administrative matters.
- Manage correspondence, document production and matter administration to a high standard.
- Coordinate client meetings, calls and travel arrangements with precision.
- Liaise confidently with clients, internal stakeholders and external parties.
- Manage billing processes, including pre-bills, edits, finalisation and cost reporting.
- Support the smooth running of the practice by monitoring deadlines and commitments.
- Champion efficient ways of working, including the use of technology and AI tools.
- Collaborate closely with Legal Assistants and Administrative Assistants across the Corporate group.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience as a Legal Assistant or senior legal support professional within a legal or professional services environment.
- Strong experience supporting senior stakeholders, with a calm, organised and proactive approach.
- Excellent judgment, discretion and confidence managing sensitive matters.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.
- Experience with billing, reporting and matter management systems.
- A commitment to mentoring and guiding junior team members.
- A service-oriented mindset with a genuine commitment to enabling fee earners to focus on client delivery.
- An innovative mindset, curious about AI and emerging technologies.
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full time
- Permanent Contract
Experience Level
- Experienced
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.
- Holistic wellbeing fund.
- Home office allowance.
About the Company
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm.
- We are 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 are recognised as leading in demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private market transactions.
- We are recognised as standing apart in energy, infrastructure and resources.
- We are a world leading international law firm with a global team of over 6,000 professionals across 26 offices.
- As 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.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives.
- We see this as 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.