Legal Assistant - Commercial

at  people2people

• Located conveniently along Southbank, Melbourne
• Work from home 1 day a week
• Salary up to $85k package

ABOUT YOU

This role would suit a steady, articulate and efficient Legal Assistant who is looking for a role within a wonderful team. The successful candidate for this opportunity will have the following:

• High attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate high-quality work in a timely manner;
• Experienced in Word and other Microsoft documents, including Sharepoint (particularly formatting);
• Be proactive and anticipate the needs of your lawyers; and
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

THE ROLE

This law firm is seeking a Legal Assistant to join their Commercial team in Melbourne. Duties will include (but not be limited to):

• Collation of large contracts, agreements and documents (adding annexures etc);
• File management;
• Preparing documents for signing / distributing correspondence, including Letters of Engagement;
• Matter management including opening and preparing new files and managing the billing process;
• Answering and screening calls, taking accurate and detailed messages and dealing with client queries;
• General administrative duties such as organising meetings, filing, printing and collating folders, searches, uploading documents and folders to iManage; and
• Proofing documents.

This role would suit a steady, articulate and efficient Legal Assistant who is looking for a role within a wonderful team. The successful candidate for this opportunity will have the following:

• High attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate high-quality work in a timely manner;
• Experienced in Word and other Microsoft documents, including Sharepoint (particularly formatting);
• Be proactive and anticipate the needs of your lawyers; and
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team