About this Role
Legal Secretary | Disputes - Corporate Crime, Investigations & International Arbitration
Elite International Firm – Stunning Sydney CBD Offices
True 'Right Hand' Support – Supporting a Pre-Eminent Senior Partner
Up to $105,000 Package + Premium Benefits
This leading top-tier international firm is a dominant force in global disputes. Known for housing a collaborative, social, and genuinely supportive environment, they champion professional development while ensuring their people maintain an excellent work-life balance with premium benefits on offer.
A rare and exceptional opportunity has arisen for a high-achieving Legal Secretary to directly support a prominent Senior Partner and their team within the Disputes, Corporate Crime & Investigations, and International Arbitration practice group.
This desk handles some of the most complex, high-stakes, and sensitive cross-border matters in the country. Because you will be supporting a practice that deals with multinational corporations, major regulatory bodies, and complex international transactions, your workload will be highly engaging, prestigious, and fast-paced.
As the operational anchor of this elite practice, your daily duties will include:
Complex Financial Management: Managing heavy monthly billing cycles, multi-currency invoicing, WIP tracking, and matter financial reporting.
Practice & Diary Management: Serving as a proactive gatekeeper, managing a complex calendar, email correspondence, and intricate international travel schedules.
High-Level Document Production: Preparing comprehensive Briefs to Counsel, cross-border arbitration documents, and formal regulatory submissions.
Client & Stakeholder Liaison: Acting as a professional, polished point of contact for high-profile global corporate clients, board executives, and senior counsel.
General Practice Support: Processing high-volume digital dictation, file maintenance, and end-to-end matter management for sensitive cases.
To step into this high-profile role, you will be a polished, articulate, and exceptionally organized professional who thrives on running a tight ship.
You will possess:
Proven experience as a Legal Secretary within Commercial Litigation, Regulatory Investigations, or Arbitration.
Strong financial acumen with demonstrated experience managing large, high-volume billing portfolios.
Advanced Microsoft Office skills and fast, highly accurate typing capabilities.
A proactive, resilient "can-do" attitude with the discretion required to handle sensitive corporate matters.
To look into this exceptional opportunity, please forward your resume in Word format to Kristy Thorpe at kristy@dgplegal.com.au, quoting reference KT1035.
Please note: Only candidates meeting the specified selection criteria will be contacted.
DGP Legal is a boutique agency specializing in the provision of support staff to Sydney’s leading private practice law firms, government legal departments, and corporate in-house legal divisions.
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