Lawyer / Senior Associate (4-6PQE) - Real Estate

A rare opportunity to join this band-1 ranked and highly awarded team!

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

As a team that prioritises professional development and mentoring, you will have the opportunity to learn and grow, working on varied and exciting matters across a range of private sector and government 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, to property development work, to large property and infrastructure project work, including in collaboration with other practice areas (e.g. Corporate, Major Projects & Construction, Environment & Sustainable Development).  You will work closely with senior members of the team to manage property transactions and will be encouraged to foster engaging client relationships.

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have a minimum of 4 years' experience in a leading Property practice;

• Possess strong academic results;

• Have experience across a broad ranged of property transactions, and the ability to demonstrate a strong legal grasp of key principles relevant to real estate.

• Be experienced within the NSW jurisdiction;

• Communicate with impact to both internal stakeholders and clients;

• Be genuinely passionate about working in a team and mentoring Graduate Lawyers and Summer Clerks, providing quality and timely feedback to aid in their development; and

• Effectively manage your time and approach your work in a collaborative manner.

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, earning the team the title of "Property Team of the Year" in the 2020 and 2021 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.