Ashurst
Legal Analyst (Jan 2025)
Brisbane
Opportunity expired
Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 63600 / Year
- 3 vacancies
- Apply by 25 Nov 2024
- Start date 19 Jan 2025
About Ashurst Advance:
Ashurst Advance is Ashurst's NewLaw division that utilises market-leading technology, refined processes, and subject matter expertise in a wide array of technology-enabled legal and eDiscovery services that work alongside Ashurst's legal experts to solve our client's business problems through optimal efficiency, cost-effectiveness and digitally innovative legal service delivery. Our market-leading offering has been globally recognised including:
- Band 1 ranking for Law Firm LPO, Alternative Legal Service Providers (Chambers Global, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), the only Law Firm in Australia to have this ranking
- Most Innovative Law Firm, APAC & Europe (FT Innovative Lawyer Awards 2023)
- Most Innovative Firm Headquartered outside Asia-Pacific (Financial Times APAC Innovative Law Awards, 2022 and 2024)
- Innovation in the Business of Law: New Solutions (Financial Times APAC Innovative Law Awards, 2022)
To find out more please visit our website.
About the role:
Established in 2013, the Legal Analyst team is the core of the Advanced Solutions community of Ashurst Advance and is dedicated to producing legal work for the firm and clients most efficiently and innovatively possible.
The role will give you great exposure to high-quality commercial and legal work across Corporate, Projects, Real Estate, Strategic Advisory, Finance Restructuring and Consulting and provide you the opportunity to apply and develop your skills across a broader range of clients and industries than what you would traditionally have access to in a legal role. Every day is different as you apply your legal expertise to the hands-on delivery of high-profile, complex and challenging disputes and transaction matters.
Apart from the legal and commercial skills you will develop in your day-to-day work with the practice groups and clients you will also be provided support and training from Subject Matter experts, Lawyers and Senior Associates in Ashurst Advance and have access to the firm's award-winning Learning & Development programs. The role also provides a flexible career with the opportunity to move into roles within the Ashurst Advance network via pathways for eDiscovery, Legal Technology, Legal Operations and possibly Legal Associate pathways.
Applications are open from 13th November 2024 to 26th November 2024. You will be required to submit a short application including uploading your CV, and transcripts, and answering two short answer questions.
Substantial information about Ashurst Advance, the Legal Analyst opportunity and our application/interview process can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site.
About you:
- LLB or JD in Law (or equivalent law degree). Candidates must have already graduated or completed their degree by January 2025. It is not essential to have completed Practical Legal Training (PLT)
- Must have full working rights and the ability to commit to a full-time, permanent role
- The desire to be at the forefront of NewLaw and develop a range of skills and knowledge across multiple legal disciplines
- Prior work experience functioning successfully in a team. We value experience in retail or hospitality.
- Experience completing work to a deadline and prioritising effectively
- Strong organisational skills, analytical skills and attention to detail
- A positive, collaborative and supportive working style
- Confident and professional manner with good written and oral communication
- Adaptable and flexible approach to working hours when required
- The role is based in Brisbane so you must either be based in Brisbane or be willing to relocate to the city for the role
Why Join Ashurst Advance:
The future of legal services is at the centre of the firm's strategy, and we want to attract the best talent to help us achieve our objectives and grow our unique offering. By joining us you will be at the forefront of change in the legal industry and part of a team devoted to innovation, global collaboration, diversity, and growth. We also offer award-winning Learning & Organisational Development and Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging programs and a range of benefits including, subsidised gym membership, discounted health insurance, complimentary health and wellbeing support programs, study support, annual bonuses (by our bonus scheme), flexible working, and 26 weeks parental leave, to name a few.
If you are looking for a career with a difference and want to be part of a global team working with high-profile clients doing cutting-edge work, we would love to hear from you.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Law, Legal Studies & Justice +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
My work varies depending on the team i'm in and the people i'm working for. i write advice, support litigation, draft sections of agreements and prepare business development work.
As a graduate i am able to assist on a range of interesting matters and tasks to support senior lawyers
I am graduate with the firm so am involved with any tasks that seniors hand to me.
About the employer
Ashurst
4.4
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Law
Ashurst brings together lawyers of the highest calibre; progressive thinkers driven by the desire to help our clients achieve business success.
Pros and cons of working at Ashurst
Pros
Investment in graduates who are early on in their careers is fantastic. Partners and senior lawyers are largely willing to mentor and take the time to give graduates opportunities to truly experience what their practice is like.
Being a part of a very supportive work environment, where I feel part of a team and valued as an employee.
Graduate culture and team environment surpasses other top tier firms with the opportunity to get involved with clients from the very beginning.
Strong remuneration Strong culture of junior support and continued learning. The firm puts a lot of time and resources into preparing academies and seminars to ensure graduates are informed and educated on their areas outside of just knowing how to perform the tasks.
The people are wonderful, and the work is of a very high quality. The international aspect is wonderful as it gives you exposure to numerous practice areas and people, as well as plenty of opportunities to work abroad.
Cons
Some of the technology used by the firm is outdated and needs to be modernised
Being an international firm means that sometimes general decisions are made that do not provide the best outcomes locally.
The hours can fluctuate but this is usually market driven.
Hours can sometimes be long, but rarely have they been unreasonable.
Due to the nature of working at a top-tier, high-performing law firm, the hours can be quite long and taxing as well as the balance of life and work commitments.