Legalite is a multi-award-winning, full-service commercial law firm committed to delivering Simplified and Strategic Advice.

We have a unique opportunity for a senior property lawyer to join our rapidly growing property team, working with well-known brands, including institutional landlords, ASX listed companies, major tenants, franchise networks, and large and boutique property developers. This role is available for immediate start.

About you

We would love to hear from senior lawyers who can display the following skills and experience:

• property sales and acquisitions (primarily commercial), including contract and vendor’s statement preparation, reviews, negotiation and conveyancing
• property development, including the preparation and negotiation of off-the-plan contracts of sale, and managing a development from pre-sale stage through to settlement
• commercial, industrial, and retail leasing for both large and small landlords and tenants, including preparing, reviewing and negotiating complex Agreements for Lease
• option deeds and development management agreements
• advising on easements, covenants, and other property encumbrances, restrictions and rights
• basic advice around land transfer duty and other property taxes
• experience with PEXA and SPEAR
• opportunity to support our commercial team with overflow commercial work, if desired and/or experienced

What about soft skills?

In addition to technical expertise, you’d be a great fit for Legalite if you also have the following skills:

• Commercially savvy
• Ability to nurture meaningful and respectful relationships
• Proactive, driven and shows initiative
• Can work autonomously and as part of a team
• Open to learning, growth and experimenting rather than set in traditional ways

What’s on offer?

We’ll be straight with you. We pay very well, but we’re not going to compete with the top-tiers on salary.

But what we can compete on, is culture.

• Legalite won the Australian Business Awards Employer of Choice Award, 2022.
• We don’t have billable hours or individual budgets. The team all work together towards a team monthly budget. Not having billable hours has a huge impact on our culture more broadly – one that is collaborative, supportive, and less stressful.
• We are genuinely flexible. Staff can choose to work from home or our offices in East Melbourne (which are pretty amazing!)
• We rarely work past 5:30pm
• Our team enjoy supportive 1:1 mentoring from the principals, and we design their careers to suit their strengths and interests
• We have genuine opportunities for client contact, leadership development and personal brand development

Our team members have said that working at Legalite is “a joy”, “the best thing to happen in their career”, “the culture is next level”, that they’ve “never been happier” and can “truly be ourselves”.

The Process

We don’t want to see a stock standard, copy and paste application. Instead, we’d love to see a cover letter that shows us your personality and addresses our key selection criteria with examples of how you demonstrate the essential skills, competencies, and qualities. We’d love to hear why you think a firm like Legalite could be the next best step in your career!

We’ll be in touch with suitable candidates to discuss this opportunity in more detail. Salary will be commensurate with experience.

Accessibility Statement

If you require further support in applying for this role, please contact us via [email protected] as we are happy to help.

We invite a diversity of candidates to apply – including people with disabilities, neurodivergent lawyers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, those from all different multicultural backgrounds, gender identities, ages, and life stages. If you can demonstrate the skills we’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you.