Experience

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  Strandbags Group

  • Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia

  • Legal Executive | Solicitor

    • May 2009 - Present
    • Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia

    Reporting direct to the Property Director, this in-house legal executive position specialises in commercial and property law with a great focus on retail/commercial leasing work. My main roles include managing our large retail lease portfolio in excess of 260 stores nationwide and in New Zealand and dealing with all of the legal issues that arises from our leases.

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  BSD Lawyers

  • Martin Place

  • Solicitor

    • Sep 2007 - Apr 2009
    • Martin Place

    My position had a strong focus on commercial law, property law, conveyancing, leasing and franchising, wills and estate law. My clients included some of Australia’s largest retailers, several of which have retail lease portfolios in excess of 375 stores nationwide.

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  Deacons

  • Circular Quay

  • Senior Paralegal

    • Jun 2005 - Aug 2007
    • Circular Quay

    In this Senior Paralegal position, I was primarily engaged in commercial and residential Banking and Finance matters. In addition to these responsibilities, I was also assisting in several Conveyancing and Property matters. I was reporting to, and under solicitor training and supervision of, 3 lawyers, 1 senior associate and 1 partner.

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  Trinity Legal

  • Parramatta

  • Graduate Solicitor

    • 2004 - 2005
    • Parramatta

    As the head of our mortgage team, I was responsible for ensuring and maintaining a smooth operation of our mortgage matters from opening files, document preparation, settlement, stamping and registration to safe custody. Furthermore, I was responsible for liaising with solicitors, lenders, mortgage managers, clients, borrowers and related parties in relation to all aspects of Mortgage (Banking/Finance) matters.

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  Surfcontrol Pty Ltd

  • Content Specialist

    • 2001 - 2004

    Key responsibilities included researching the Internet, identifying and reporting trends in Internet content, and ensuring accuracy and timeliness of the content held within the corporate database.

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  Kidz.net National Pty Ltd

  • Internet Researcher

    • 1998 - 2000

    The primary task within this role involved the updating of Kidz.net’s database content. This task required advanced Internet researching skills and relied on the ability to classify, rate and categorise Internet sites. Documentation and reporting skills were fundamental to ensure that this role was successfully executed. Other activities performed included administration, word processing, reception duties and customer service.