The Firm

Our client is a major commercial law firms. Due to growth and a strong pipeline of work, they are looking to recruit an experienced insolvency & commercial litigation lawyer with at least 3 years post admission experience.

The firm has a blue chip client base of local and international clients, ASX-listed companies, household brand clients, ultra high net worth individuals, government agencies, big 4 banks and other financial institutions.

The Role

The role will see you working on a broad range of disputes. Depending on the size of the matter and your experience, you will be running own matters, having client responsibility, mentoring more junior members of the team. On big ticket, multi-party litigation you will be working as part of a team.

A flavour of the work will include:

• commercial & contractual disputes
• shareholder oppression
• corporate litigation
• disputes involving directors of companies
• insolvency related litigation
• bankruptcies, liquidations, receiverships
• securities enforcement
• multi-party disputes

On a day to day basis, you will have client contact, go to court, brief counsel, take part in client development activities.

Join a firm where you can accelerate your career path and play an important role within team.

About You

The ideal candidate will:

• Have at least 2 years pae in the area of commercial litigation
• Advantageous would be experience in insolvency litigation
• Have commercial nous as well as excellent technical skills
• Have strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Be a team player
• Have excellent organisation skills and manage competing priorities and meet deadlines
• A desire to learn and develop your skills

Benefits & Culture

On offer is a generous salary package and a genuine work/life balance. The firm is well resourced, agile and is proud of it's collaborative and innovative culture.

The firm has a hybrid working week.

The partners at this firm are committed to developing the careers of their lawyers.

As well as an attractive salary package, there will be assistance with post graduate studies, payments of CLEs, opportunity to participate in sporting and social activities, opportunity to take part in pro bono work, the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave, state of the art resources, structured learning & development programmes, paid paternity leave.

Join a firm where you will have access to stimulating work and where you will have a life outside of work.

Apply

For a confidential discussion regarding this role or to explore other career opportunities please contact:

Marianna Tuccia BA, LLB

Ref No: MT28695
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0422 671 673

*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

Marianna Tuccia is a Partner - Legal Professional Recruiter at empire group. She is a former lawyer and is passionate about helping lawyers in their next career move. She has over 18 years experience in placing lawyers in law firms and is eager to assist lawyers building their careers. If the above role isn't what you are looking for, reach out to her so she can assist you in finding the right one!