Job Description About the Firm

Our client is a leading international law firm with a well-established presence in Sydney and across major markets worldwide. Known locally as a genuine market leader, the firm has built a reputation for its supportive, high-performing culture, offering a professional and collegiate workplace where business services and legal support staff are highly valued. With a strong focus on inclusion, wellbeing and flexible ways of working, the firm invests heavily in the growth of its people and prides itself on being a genuinely great place to build a long-term career.

The Role

We are recruiting an experienced Legal Assistant to support the Financial Services practice within a well-regarded Corporate team in Sydney. This part-time role is offered on a parental leave cover contract until September 2027, as part of a job share with another experienced Legal Assistant, supporting two Partners and two Senior Associates.

Working days

Fixed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with Wednesday being a crossover day with your job share partner. The role requires confidence, organisation and the ability to be a trusted right-hand to senior lawyers in a fast-paced, high-performing team.

Key Responsibilities

Managing diaries, inboxes and workflows, and coordinating day-to-day administrative matters

Preparing and managing correspondence, documents and matter files

Coordinating meetings, calls, events and travel arrangements

Liaising confidently with clients and internal stakeholders

Managing billing, including pre-bills, edits, finalisation and cost reporting

Monitoring deadlines and following up on outstanding actions





Collaborating with other Legal Assistants and Administrative Assistants across the Corporate group

Contributing ideas for more efficient ways of working, including technology and AI tools

Candidate Requirements

Demonstrated experience as a Legal Assistant or senior legal support professional in a legal or professional services environment

Proven experience supporting senior stakeholders, with sound judgement and discretion

Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines

Experience with billing, reporting and matter management systems

Previous job share experience desirable but not essential

A service-oriented mindset and willingness to mentor junior team members

Why Apply

Join a high-performing, market-leading practice within a truly international firm, working alongside supportive senior lawyers. The firm invests heavily in its people, offering structured development, mentoring, a strong focus on wellbeing, and additional benefits including wellbeing and home office allowances.

What CMC Markets is looking for

If you also believe that everyone should be able to achieve their financial potential, then you’ll love contributing to CMC Markets’ company vision of providing the ultimate trading experience. Seize the opportunity to progress your career in the fintech industry by joining a global leader in CFD trading and share investing.



Grow yourself personally and professionally with a company that’s growing with you, by global expansion and product offering.

Role: Legal Assistant – ANZ Legal Team

We are looking for a Legal Assistant to join our Legal department and provide reliable operational and administrative support to the ANZ Legal team. In this role, you’ll help the team manage its workflow, maintain key processes and records, and coordinate legal matters and service providers. Your work will contribute to the delivery of practical, timely and high-quality legal advice in a regulated financial services environment.

Key Responsibilities

Managing the ANZ Legal Team’s inbox to assist with the allocation and routine tracking of the department’s various streams of work, involving the maintenance of ANZ team’s task register. Reporting on trends in the team’s workflow.

Managing legal team calendar invites for team meetings and reminders for task specific deadlines.

Responsibility over the maintenance of processes within the ANZ legal team such as updates to legal document and intra-team handbooks. Maintaining a variety of registers supporting these processes.

General administrative support including Word processing (assisting with document preparation, formatting, proofreading and version control), arranging for document execution, matter filing, processing legal invoices and expensed in line with company procedures.

Support the coordination of external law firms and other legal service providers.

Handle confidential information with care and maintain accurate records.

Undertaking such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may

📌 Legal Assistant (Sydney)
🏢 barrattgalvin
📍 Sydney