Leasing Paralegal

Minter Ellison; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Gym membership

Job summary

MinterEllison is seeking a Leasing Paralegal to join our Brisbane office on a permanent full-time basis, with the flexibility to work up to 2 days per week from home.

You will work on complex and high-volume retail and commercial leasing matters across multiple jurisdictions, supporting national clients as part of our collaborative leasing team.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial/retail leasing is preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and time management.
• Excellent client service and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, negotiate and progress leases for clients.
• Manage your own files and negotiate with tenants and their lawyers.
• Support process improvements and system enhancements within the team.
• Handle high-volume retail and commercial leasing matters across jurisdictions.

Skills

Leasing experience

Client service

Attention to detail

Time management

Job description

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MinterEllison is one of Australia’s 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.

At MinterEllison, we’re leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies, powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools we’ve built, and other external AI tools, to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.

A great opportunity exists for an experienced Leasing Paralegal to join our Brisbane office on a permanent full-time basis, with the flexibility to work up to 2 days per week from home.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work in a core area of our real estate business while being well supported with state-of-the-art technology, systems and AI tools. While this role is physically based in Brisbane, you will work on complex and high-volume retail and commercial leasing matters across multiple jurisdictions, supporting national clients as part of our collaborative national leasing team.

You will be responsible for preparing, negotiating and progressing clients’ leases and you will manage your own files. You will deal directly with our clients and conduct negotiations with our clients’ tenants and their lawyers.

The Team

The Brisbane leasing team is led by Partner Tanya Sciasci. Our leasing team are well known for our commercial and pragmatic approach to leasing transactions, delivering a whole of lifecycle service offering for our clients and focusing on facilitating a partnership between landlord and tenants, leading to optimal outcomes for our clients.

Some of our major leasing clients include Abacus, Alceon, Charter Hall, Cromwell, Haben, IFM Investors, Lendlease, Reading, Stockland, Suncorp and Woolworths.

More About You

We welcome applications from candidates with leasing experience.You will bring confidence, enthusiasm and drive to complement our team of experienced paralegals and lawyers. In return, you will have the opportunity to be mentored and trained by our respected team of senior lawyers.

You will also have:

• strong attention to detail and time management skills
• exceptional client service skills
• the initiative and drive to take ownership on your matters and client portfolios
• an interest in contributing to process improvement and systems
• the ability and desire to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment

Why MinterEllison

We offer flexible working options to encourage balance, wellbeing and support for sustainable ways of working and a range of social, financial and health benefits, including free gym membership - all with no minimum tenure.

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.

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

If you would like further information, require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or for a confidential discussion, please contact [e-mail].