Legal Secretary
- Category: Legal Jobs
- Location: Christchurch, Canterbury
- Job Type: Full Time / Part Time
- Salary: Estimated: $ 25K to 26K
- Published on: 2025/09/21
Job description
Job Title: Commercial Legal Support Professional
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced commercial legal support professional to join our Business & Commercial Law team.
The role is fast-paced, busy and rewarding with a consistent flow of work across a wide range of business law and commercial transactions, including:
Commercial property sales and purchases
Commercial leasing
Subdivisions
Shareholder and franchise agreements
Joint ventures
Capital raisings
Banking & finance law
Larger-scale M&A transactions
This is a great opportunity for someone from a generalist legal background to specialise within a superb team, working collaboratively with authors across a variety of files and apply your skills and experience in a more advanced setting.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will need:
At least 3+ years of legal experience with prior exposure to commercial, property, or trust law
Experience across a variety of software, including advanced Microsoft 365 abilities
Comfortable with high-volume document formatting across Microsoft Word and Adobe
Experience with monthly invoicing, document management, and managing diaries and inboxes for senior business professionals
Candidates with 5+ years of experience from a high-performing professional services background may also be considered for this vacancy.
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