Job Description

The Role

This is a rare opportunity to join our band-1 ranked and highly awarded Real Estate practice in Sydney.

As a Lawyer in this team, you will work closely with Partners Andrew Steele, Nikki Robinson, Eva Oraham and Vicki Aron

As a team that prioritises professional development and mentoring, you will have the opportunity to learn and grow, working on varied and complex transactional matters. The team work as a nationally collaborative practice, giving you the opportunity to work across multiple partners with exposure to a variety of public and private sector clients. This team also offers genuine flexibility and values diversity and inclusion.

In this role, you will play a key role in an array of matters, ranging from acquisitions and disposals, property development, to large property and infrastructure project work, including in collaboration with other practice areas (e.g. Major Projects & Construction, Environment & Sustainable Development, Banking and Finance, Tax and Corporate). You will work closely with senior members of the team to manage property transactions and will be encouraged to foster engaging and lasting client relationships.

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• 2-4 years' post-qualification legal experience in a leading Property practice (ideally within the NSW jurisdiction);

• A strong academic record;

• Experience across a broad range of property transactions, and the ability to demonstrate a strong understanding of key principles relevant to real estate;

• The ability to communicate with impact to both internal stakeholders and clients;

• Genuine passion for working collaboratively in a large team;

• Proactive approach to time and matter management.

The Real Estate team

Clayton Utz' national Real Estate team is a key player in many of Australia's most significant and complex property projects, and consistently earns the title of "Property Team of the Year" in the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards. The multidisciplinary Real Estate team's clients include foreign institutional investors, property fund managers, government authorities, real estate investment trusts, developers and other stakeholders who are developing some of the largest and most complex and exciting projects in Australia.

We are the law firm of choice for major projects including urban renewal, large scale development, sustainability, complex sale and leaseback and real estate joint ventures.

Clayton Utz also has specialist government knowledge which provides our Government clients peace of mind, and robust legal advice that will stand up to the gamut of political, media and parliamentary scrutiny that can sometimes occur in high-value, high-profile projects.

For further information, please visit our Real Estate showcase page on LinkedIn.

How to Apply?

We prefer to work directly with candidates, if you are interested in this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or contact the consultant, details below, for more information. Clayton Utz is an inclusive employer that supports flexible work arrangements, please feel free to discuss your flexibility needs with the recruiter for this role.

Consultant Contact Details

Nicole St John, (02) 9353 4928

Accessibility and Inclusion

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. Do you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application? If so, please contact the recruiter via the above telephone number or via email to recruitmentsupport@claytonutz.com

For more information on Clayton Utz, please visit www.claytonutz.com or follow us on LinkedIn here

Agency submissions

Clayton Utz does not accept agency submissions unless the agency is specifically contacted by a member of the Clayton Utz Recruitment Team. Please do not forward candidate profiles or resumes to Clayton Utz partners, hiring managers or other employees - this will not constitute as an introduction to the firm and Clayton Utz will not be liable for a fee.