About you
This is a great opportunity to join our Commercial and Business Banking team. This is an exciting opportunity where you will be trusted with responsibility early on.
To be successful in this role you will possess the following qualities:
- 3+ years as a Paralegal ideally within Banking & Finance
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally (written and verbal)
- A team player who relishes the opportunity to develop your career and use your initiative
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly build rapport with colleagues and stakeholders
- Demonstrated skillset to manage timeframes and proactively manage priorities within a team
This is a great opportunity to join for someone to take the next step in their career in a fun, supportive, fast paced environment.
Your role
Working as a Paralegal in our Banking and Finance Group will take you beyond conducting research and performing administrative tasks. Your day-to-day duties will include drafting documents under the supervision of industry experts as well as communicating directly with one of our major institutional clients.
Other key responsibilities include:
- Serving as the primary point of contact for client matters across more than 100 files simultaneously.
- Coordinating with courts and preparing various legal documents such as writs, warrants, and notices.
- Demonstrating adept file management skills including file creation, closure, and billing.
- Communicating in a manner that reflects our high standards and those of our clients.
Your strong organisational skills and attention to detail will see you managing this challenging and varied workload in an autonomous manner. Working alongside a close-knit team, reporting directly to the Partner your acute listening and communication skills will enable you to convey information effectively and confidently in both verbal and written form.
About Gadens
Gadens is a leading, independent Australian law firm, with a clear vision and strategy for the future. We help people achieve their purpose in a complex world, by leading by example, inspiring others, innovating and building something we are all proud of.
At Gadens, we:
- develop and inspire our people
- do the right thing and make an impact
- work with quality clients in our chosen markets
- solve problems with people and technology working seamlessly together
- are a widely recognised and respected brand.
What we offer
- 30 weeks paid parental leave – Our market leading policy includes 30 weeks paid parental leave for all permanent staff, with no tenure required. This includes superannuation contributions while on parental leave, an external coach to support through various stages of parental leave and support and paid leave for surrogacy and IVF treatment.
- Flexibility – Hybrid working arrangements. This includes flexible working hours as well as equipment to support working from home.
- Annual leave - Ability to purchase up to 4 weeks of annual leave a year as well as a gifted day of leave for your birthday month which we call “Gadens day”
- Health & Wellbeing – We offer a range of health and wellbeing benefits to empower and support our people including, regular social events, employee assistant program, bonus program for non-fee earners, discounted private health insurance, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, recognition awards and much more!
- Learning & Development –We promote a culture of continuous learning opportunities including access to professional development for all employees, coaching, mentoring study support as well for further education.
- Community involvement – We give back to the community through our well-established pro bono program as well as staff volunteering initiatives.
We are always on the lookout for star performers to join our growing firm. To find out more please visit
