Legal Professional Assistant/Paralegal - Litigation Team (Full Time) in Melbourne

Legal Professional Assistant / Paralegal – Litigation Team (Full Time)

Marsh Mc Lennan is seeking a talented individual to join our Legal team in Sydney or Melbourne. The role is hybrid, requiring at least three days a week in the office.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to attorneys on a wide range of legal matters such as litigation support, subpoena response, insurance, regulatory, licensing and in other areas as assigned.
• Support the Chief Litigation Counsel with daily administration tasks.
• Assist with legal filings and other such requirements.
• Monitor and communicate all litigation, arbitration and other litigation‐related deadlines to in‐house attorneys.
• Conduct legal research, provide summaries to in‐house litigation attorneys on relevant business, regulatory and compliance issues.
• Organise and maintain all core legal/business documents and update and maintain process documents.
• Participate in document reviews, including issue spotting, data privacy and collection processes in connection with subpoenas, litigation and client requests.
• Manage invoicing and recoveries, spend management and reporting.
• Serve as a liaison between the department, internal stakeholders, and outside counsel.
• Co‐ordinate training and assist with preparing presentations.
• May also collect, analyse and present reports on various types of data and manage registers.
• Prepare reports and manage registers.
• Document management.
• Review and maintain legal agreements as required.
• Provide general legal support such as having agreements signed by Directors and distributing appropriate papers.
• Support the wider legal and compliance team as may be required from time to time.
• Diary management and workflow co‐ordination.
• What you need to have
• Experience as a paralegal/administrator for a legal or professional services team or currently studying a law degree.
• The ability to thrive in a high‐pressure environment, manage competing priorities, be pro‐active and be highly organised.
• The ability to work autonomously and accurately and to meet multiple deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail with excellent writing and communication skills.
• The ability to draft and edit concisely and accurately.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills.
• Why join our team
• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well‐being.

Marsh Mc Lennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman.

With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90 000 colleagues, Marsh Mc Lennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective.

Marsh Mc Lennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment.

We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin colour, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh Mc Lennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office.

All Marsh Mc Lennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week.

Office‐based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.