Leasing Paralegal - Sydney or Melbourne

Location: Sydney

Contract Type:Permanent

MinterEllison is one of Australias largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years we are known for our excellence and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients our people and our communities. Clients seek out MinterEllison to help them solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary consulting offering.

We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence diversity of thought curiosity and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions - with the support trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.

We support sustainable ways of working regarding how when and where you work and offer a wide range of social financial and health benefits (see role

We have an opportunity for a full time leasing paralegal in either Melbourne or Sydney who can manage high volume and high-quality leasing this role you will manage your own files and prepare negotiate and progress clients leases. You will deal directly with clients and negotiate with our clients tenants and their this role you will work alongside Partner Jakob Paartalu and his team however there will also be close contact with other leading lawyers working in the broader national team.

What you need

We welcome applications from candidates who have:

• previous leasing experience in a busy high-volume role
• an ability to work as part of a team sharing files and ideas as appropriate
• exceptional client service skills and responsiveness
• a keen eye for detail and the ability to consistently produce accurate high-quality work
• an interest in contributing to process improvement and systems
• the initiative and drive to take ownership of your matters and client portfolios
• strong IT skills
• a proactive approach and positive attitude.

Our team

The Sydney Real Estate team is led by partners Jakob Paartalu Julie Purbrick Alice Langham Rachel McNaught Joanne Moore and Owen team offers a comprehensive range of property-related legal services for developers investors owners landlords property funds managers listed property trusts and government.

Our clients are sophisticated and savvy ranging from major institutional property investors developers landlords and tenants on all aspects of commercial industrial retail and residential property including capital transactions (acquisitions and disposals) large scale developments major projects and leasing.

Some of our clients include AMP CBA Challenger Charter Hall Dexus Stockland Frasers Property GPT Lendlease Optus Mirvac Reading and Australia Post.

Please Note - this role will suit a career paralegal. Law students are encouraged to consider our Graduate and Clerkships programs as an alternate career pathway.

How to apply

We encourage applications from people of all ages abilities cultural backgrounds genders (including trans or gender diverse) LGBTQ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

We prefer to connect with people directly so please submit your CV by clicking on the Apply button. We encourage all applications including if you do not meet all the criteria listed for the role. Your application will also enable us to consider you for other opportunities that may be available at MinterEllison.

If you are currently a MinterEllison employee please apply through the internal careers page.

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