Environment/Planning Lawyer (2 yrs-Senior Associate)
- Join a fast-growing specialist law firm focusing on environment and planning law.
- Engage in high-end litigation and some non-litigation work.
- Enjoy a supportive culture with opportunities for career growth and flexibility.
Environment/Planning Lawyer (2 yrs-Senior Associate)
**TURBO CHARGE+EXCEL** Premier specialist firm. Top mentors. Career growth path. Life friendly/Flex. Delightful team/culture. $80,000-$180,000. Sydney. Full-time or 4 days/week.
YOUR NEW EMPLOYER
Our client is aSTAND-OUT fast-growing specialist law firm with flourishing practices across environment/planning, construction & property law:
- Led by industry-leading specialist partners (ex top-tier partners);
- Engaging in high-end quality work;
- With enviable close-knit TEAM dynamics without the politics; &
- With a vibrant, flexible, inclusive culture that values and supports staff fulfilling their potential/ambitions.
YOUR NEW ROLE
As valued member of the firm, reporting to & being mentored directly by 2 top calibre partners (industry leading specialist environmental & planning/construction lawyers) you will love primarily litigating (in Superior/Land & Environment Courts) on a full spectrum of intellectually stimulating +interesting disputes relating to:
- all aspects of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and related legislation;
- town planning, rezoning, development applications, environmental prosecutions/compliance, land access/acquisition, environmental impact assessments/approvals, cultural heritage/vegetation protection/contaminated land issues and climate change/sustainability, environmental risk.
Also opportunity to engage in a bit of non-litigation environment/planning work and also some construction cases (front and back-end).
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
- Highly reputable specialist firm with proven success;
- Variety+Cutting-edge high quality cases;
- Full spectrum litigation includingappeals, prosecutions, judicial review and civil enforcement;
- Freedom/autonomy to run your own matters+manage your own clients;
- Lead & be supported by a junior lawyer+ paralegals;
- 1:1 mentorship by 2 top specialist E+P/construction partners;
- Ongoing professional development+ regular pay reviews (subject to performance);
- Potential for partnership (if and when you build your own sizeable client base);
- Healthy work/life+ flexibility (incl part work from home).
WHO YOU ARE
We are interested in hearing from you if you:
- are admitted as a solicitor in NSW;
- have minimum 2 years’ post-admission experience (up to Senior Associate level) in environmental/planning/local government law litigation (essential)+ some front-end/advisory experience in environmental and/or construction law (preferable, not essential);
- have strong communication, research, negotiation, advocacy and client management skills;
- are practical, adaptable, commercial, dead-line driven and results-oriented;
- are hungry to advance your career LONG-TERM as a specialist environmental/planning lawyer with a top specialist firm.
REFERENCE: MARIA YUN (**********)
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