Legal Practice Assistant

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP; Sydney; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Norton Rose Fulbright Australia is seeking a Legal Practice Assistant to join our Litigation team in Sydney. You will support a Partner and a team of dynamic lawyers, handling diary management, documents, and client communications in a busy professional services environment.

This hands-on role suits a career PA who values organisation, accuracy, and proactive collaboration, with opportunities for development in a renowned global firm.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a Personal Assistant or Legal Assistant role.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience managing complex diaries and client reporting.
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team.
• Experience billing monthly using financial software is preferable.
• Draft basic correspondence and documents.
• Tech savvy with Microsoft Office.
• Proactive about contributing to team success.

Responsibilities

• Billing and expense coordination.
• Diary management.
• Client relationship management and administration tasks; supporting the Business Development team with client material preparation.
• Client reporting.
• File management including opening/closing files, electronic and physical filing, and scanning.
• Prepare and amend routine and non-routine documents, correspondence, and presentations.
• Travel booking and event coordination.
• Ad hoc duties as required.

Skills

Attention to detail

Diary management

Client reporting

Autonomous work

Billing software

Microsoft Office

Team collaboration

PA experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

18h ago , from Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global legal practice. We provide theworld's pre-eminent corporations and financial institutions with afull business law service. We have more than 4000 lawyers based inover 58 offices across Europe, the United States, Canada, LatinAmerica, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and CentralAsia.

The role

We are looking for a Legal Practice Assistant (PA) tojoin our Litigation team, based in Sydney. In this role,you will support a Partner and a team of dynamic lawyers.

This is a varied and hands-on role suited to a career PA whoenjoys building strong relationships, staying organised anddelivering high-quality support in a busy professional servicesenvironment.

Responsibilities

• Billing and expense coordination
• Diary management
• Client relationship management and administration tasks;working with our Business Development team assisting withclient material preparation
• Client reporting
• File management including opening and closing files,electronic and physical filing and scanning, management ofcorrespondence
• Prepare and amend routine and non-routine documents,correspondence, and presentations
• Travel booking and event coordination
• Any ad hoc duties as required

Requirements

• Previous experience in a similar position either in aPersonal Assistant or Legal Assistant capacity
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Experienced managing complex diaries and clientreporting
• Able to work both autonomously and in a teamenvironment
• Previous experience in monthly billing using relevantfinancial software preferable
• Draft basic correspondence and documents
• Tech savvy with a good understanding of MicrosoftOffice
• Able and willing to use initiative to contribute to overallsuccess of team

Why NRF?

At Norton Rose Fulbright Australia, you will be rewarded withgenuine career prospects and an excellent team environment renownedfor its collaborative culture, passion for client service andprofessional development opportunities. Remuneration will becommensurate with relevant experience. Please note we will not beaccepting agency applications for this position.

Norton Rose Fulbright values diversity and strives to create aninclusive environment. We are proud that Norton Rose Fulbright inAustralia has been recognised as an Employer of Choice for GenderEquality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) as well asa gold tier employer for LGBTI Inclusion through the AustralianWorkplace Equality Index. In 2025 we were re-accredited as a FamilyInclusive Workplace and always encourage people to discuss flexibleand hybrid work options with us.

We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates toapply.

Please be aware in the course of routine work some of ourlawyers and teams can be exposed to details of trauma. The firm hascontrols in place including educational and psychological support.Our talent team can provide further details.