About the role and team
We have a new opportunity for an experienced Legal Assistant to join our growing Property & Projects team in our Adelaide office.
In this role you will provide administrative support to a Partner and a team of lawyers within our Property & Projects practice.
We are looking for a career focussed legal assistant who is passionate about providing a great service to our lawyers and clients.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
attending to and assisting lawyers with settlements;
assisting with commercial leasing portfolios including document preparation and file management;
telephone handling for the team;
calendar management and booking of meetings, travel and accommodation;
general accounts work including month end billing, preparation of trust receipts and cheque forms;
managing client file maintenance for the team, including file opening, conflict searches and closing files;
conducting searches (e.g. company, title, property certificates);
coordinating incoming and outgoing correspondence;
maintaining Partners'/Lawyers' contacts in our firm CRM InterAction, including assisting with list management on their behalf for events and communications;
liaising with internal and external stakeholders;
helping to organise team presentations and events;
assisting other legal assistants as required; and
other ad-hoc administration duties as needed.
About you
You will ideally have the following skills and experience:
a minimum of 2 years of legal assistant experience within a law firm;
you will have experience supporting fee-earners in a property law practice;
excellent communication skills;
strong organisational / time management skills;
strong attention to detail;
ability to work under pressure and manage a high-volume workload, as needed;
a strong ability to prioritise and meet deadlines; and




experience using Filesite (iManage), Aderant PEXA and Duties Online is preferred.
About us
At Hall & Wilcox, we deliver outstanding legal services to corporate, public sector and private clients, both Australian-based and those offshore doing business in Australia.
Our purpose is to enable our clients, our people and our communities to thrive.
We are known for having a great culture thatputs people first.
A culture where our purpose and values - ourHallmarks- are lived, not laminated.
We dogreat work, smarter.
We're passionate about the work we do and how it creates value for today and tomorrow.
We're famous forSmarter Law: smarter thinking to create smarter solutions.
We embrace cutting-edge thinking and technology.
We listen.
We partner.
We solve.
Hall & Wilcox is a successful independent Australian law firm; a place to belong, with the freedom to learn and grow.
Wethrive together.
We are diverse and inclusive; everyone is welcome and respected.
We encourage applications from candidates of all cultural backgrounds (including First Nations), age, abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.
Hear from our people about what it's like to thrive at Hall & Wilcox: bit.ly/HWpeople
To learn more about Hall & Wilcox visit our website.
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If you require any adjustments or support to complete your application, or if you have any questions, please contact Kim Chalmers, Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor, at ****** for a confidential discussion.
This vacancy is being managed directly by the Hall & Wilcox Talent Acquisition team.
We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require any assistance.

📌 Legal Assistant (Adelaide)
🏢 Hall & Wilcox
📍 Adelaide