Legal Professional Assistant/Paralegal – Litigation Team
Marsh McLennan
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Sydney • 🇦🇺 Australia
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provide support to attorneys on a wide range of legal matters such as litigation support, subpoena response, insurance, regulatory, licensing and in other areas as assigned
- Support the Chief Litigation Counsel with daily administration tasks
- Assist with legal filings and other such requirements
- Monitor and communicate all litigation, arbitration and other litigation-related deadlines to in-house attorneys
- Conduct legal research, provide summaries to in-house litigation attorneys on relevant business, regulatory and compliance issues
- Organise and maintain all core legal/business documents and update and maintain process documents
- Participate in document reviews, including issue spotting,data privacy and collection processes in connection with subpoenas, litigation and client requests
- Manage invoicing and recoveries, spend management and reporting
- Serve as a liaison between the department, internal stakeholders, and outside counsel
- Co-ordinate training and assist with preparing presentations
- May also collect, analyse and present reports on various types of data and manage registers
- Prepare reports and manage registers
- Document management
- Review and maintain legal agreements as required
- Provide general legal support such as having agreements signed by Directors and distributing appropriate papers
- Support the wider legal and compliance team as may be required from time to time
- Diary management and workflow co-ordination
Requirements
- Experience as a paralegal/administrator for a legal or professional services team/currently studying a law degree
- The ability to thrive in a high-pressure environment, manage competing priorities, be pro-active and be highly organised
- The ability to work autonomously and accurately and to meet multiple deadlines
- Strong attention to detail with excellent writing and communication skills
- The ability to draft and edit concisely and accurately
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills
Benefits
- Professional development opportunities
- Interesting work
- Supportive leaders
- Vibrant and inclusive culture
- Range of career opportunities
- Benefits and rewards to enhance well-being
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
legal researchlitigation supportdocument managementdata privacyreport preparationlegal filingsissue spottinginvoicingspend managementcompliance issues
Soft skills
attention to detailcommunication skillsorganisational skillsproactiveability to work autonomouslyability to manage competing prioritiesability to meet deadlineswriting skillspresentation skillsworkflow coordination