Environment/Planning Lawyer (2 yrs-Senior Associate)

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 a STAND-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 (**********)