Working at Smith and Partners offers you the best of all worlds – the variety and quality of work of a big city firm, with the benefits of a boutique suburban practice.
About us
Founded by Peter Smith in 1988, Smith & Partners is West Auckland’s largest law firm. We are a full-service firm of approaching 40 staff with four specialist teams:
- Commercial law
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Property
- Private Client
The culture of Smith and Partners
Smith and Partners is a vibrant and friendly place to work with a young attitude. We deliver professional service in an approachable manner, and this is reflected in a relatively flat management structure. We value our people, empowering them, providing good quality work and work-life balance, in a supportive, collaborative, innovative and enjoyable work environment.
Community involvement is encouraged and highly valued, and life outside work respected. See our Community page.
Type of Work
Our well established and diverse client base is an interesting mix of business and private clients (domestic and international), providing you with a variety of interesting files to work on. At Smith and Partners we pride ourselves on providing our clients with high quality work with a focus on practical and commercial solutions.
We are a growing firm with work arising from our marketing efforts, referrals from other practitioners and cross team referrals from other teams within the firm.
Learning & Development
Smith and Partners offers a full induction programme upon joining the firm to ensure a smooth transition. We value the development of our team, and encourage continual legal education through external courses and internal training programmes, as well as professional development courses such as client relationship building and networking.
As a lawyer starting out on your career, you will get hands on file experience across the full range of specialties. Working side by side with the client Director, you will assist with the management of the client relationship. You will have direct access to the Directors, who will encourage and support you, and be hands on in the development of your legal knowledge and experience.
As an intermediate to senior lawyer, we offer the ability to work in your own chosen area of specialty while enjoying the benefits of exposure to other areas of the law. You will have hands on responsibility for managing your files and client relationships and will experience a balance of mentoring and supervision with ability to work independently with exceptional support systems in place.
We respect and value our support staff as an integral part of our team.
Other Benefits
- You’ll work in attractive offices with modern legal management systems
- Competitive market salary
- Regular social activities supported by the firm
- Work/Life balance with reasonable hours
- Wellbeing support
- Openness to flexible working arrangements
- Clear and transparent career advancement pathway at all levels
- Easy parking
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