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Full time junior solicitor
Title
Junior Commercial solicitor
Employment status
Full time
Term
Permanent Ongoing
Remuneration
Commensurate with experience. Indicatively ~$65,000+super for 2-3 year PQE in relevant areas of practice
Areas of practice
Commercial Contracts, Commercial litigation, Property disputes and Transactions
Required language skills
Must be fluent/native in spoken Mandarin. Written Chinese and spoken Mandarin skills highly regarded
Your duties
- Attendance on Clients and provide Legal Advice;
- Drafting various agreements, and commercial documents;
- Assisting senior lawyers in complex or comprehensive Commercial Litigation matters;
- Drafting of All documents for Commercial Matters including Letters of Demand, Follow up Correspondence, Statements of Claim or Complaints, Defences, Counterclaims and all relevant ancillary documents;
- Negotiation of settlements;
- Attendance at Mediation, Directions Hearings, and other dependent on development of skill set;
- Handling client’s enquiries including existing clients and new enquiries and bringing them on as clients.
Your typical duties on legal files and non-matter related projects will include, but are not limited to:
- With guidance from our principal lawyer, preparing the first draft of contracts, letters and other legal documents;
- Legal research and preparing internal notes or notes for clients on legal developments;
- Marketing and business development events where needed
Legal Assistant / Law Internship
Title
Legal Assistant
Employment status
Part time
Required language skills
Must be fluent/native in spoken Mandarin. Written Chinese and spoken Mandarin skills highly regarded
Required Qualities and Skills
- Accurate and quick typing skills
- Intermediate or Advanced Microsoft experience
- Advanced database and internet skills
- Experience in accurate formatting
- Excellent organizational and administrative skills
- Experience with electronic databases and filing systems.
- Superior telephone and client enquiry management skills
- Fluent/native in spoken Mandarin and strong English skills- spelling and grammar
Your duties
- Assist with general operations of the firm.
- Translating, word processing, preparing, and reviewing court documents, various legal agreements and correspondence
- Provide general administration where required.
- Coordinate meetings
- Prepare and format complex commercial agreements.
- Manage a large and complex filing system.
- Assist with large volumes of end of month billing.
- Assist in Marketing and business development events where needed.