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About the Role
We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented professional to join us as a Client Terms Administrator in our Sydney office. You will manage the collection, review, tracking and maintenance of client engagement letters and terms of business across active matters. Working closely with partners, lawyers, business development and finance teams, you will play a key role in ensuring engagement documentation is accurate, compliant and properly maintained.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with Legal Assistants, Lawyers, Partners, Business Development and Finance teams to obtain, track and maintain engagement letters and client terms across active matters.
- Review engagement documentation for completeness, accuracy, execution and compliance with firm requirements.
- Identify, escalate and follow up on missing, expired, unsigned or non-compliant documentation.
- Compare client terms against the firm's standard terms and escalate deviations or bespoke provisions where required.
- Upload, tag and manage engagement documents within the firm's document management system, ensuring correct filing and accessibility.
- Maintain accurate trackers, registers and databases to monitor the status of engagement documentation.
- Archive superseded documentation in line with document retention policies.
- Support internal audits and file reviews to ensure engagement records are complete and correctly maintained.
- Respond to internal queries and provide regular updates on outstanding documentation to relevant stakeholders.
Requirements
- Tertiary degree or equivalent experience.
- Previous experience in a paralegal role.
- A can-do-attitude and passion for working collaboratively.
- Sound knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
- Strong time management and organisational skills with proven ability to prioritise your time across several busy tasks.
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders.
- A reliable and committed approach to your work.
- Is curious about new tech and open to learning, even better if you’re excited about AI!
- Cannot consider law students for this position.
Skills
- Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Time management
- Organisational skills
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Relationship building
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full time
- Permanent Contract
Experience Level
- Previous experience in a paralegal role
Education Level
- Tertiary degree or equivalent experience
Benefits
- Holistic wellbeing fund
- Home office allowance
About the Company
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals.
- Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core.
- We invest in and care about our client relationships, which is why so many are longstanding.
- We enjoy breaking new ground, as we have for over 170 years.
- As a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm, we are where you need us to be.
- Our footprint is extensive and committed across the world’s largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs.
- At our best tackling complexity and navigating change, we work alongside you on demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private market transactions.
- We are recognised as leading in these areas.
- We are immersed in the sectors and challenges that impact you.
- We are recognised as standing apart in energy, infrastructure and resources.
- And we’re focused on areas of growth that affect every business across the world.
- All of this is achieved by supporting the growth of our people, who help us deliver on our ambition – which is to help you achieve yours.
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: Your goals. Our ambition
- We’re 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.
- We will align your growth with our ambitions.
- We make your personal and professional growth our business.
- And as part of the team, our ambition is yours too.
- Wherever you are in your career: grow and help the firm grow with you.
- We will provide opportunities to learn on the job as well as a mix of learning opportunities tailored to you.
- Daily experiences, supportive challenges, team collaboration, mentors, and structured learning opportunities help you to expand your knowledge and reach your goals.
- We value your wellbeing, both at home and work and we place a strong emphasis on mental health.
- If you need support, you’ll have it and we’ll empower you to harness your personal strengths, navigate uncertainty, embrace opportunities, and effectively manage things within your control.
- Join us to be part of a human, bold and outstanding team at Australia’s market leading law firm.
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.