Senior Litigation/ Construction Disputes Lawyer

1 week ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Chambers Russell Lawyers Full time
Senior Litigation/ Construction Disputes Lawyer

Chambers Russell Lawyers is a fast growing firm with its head office located in the Sydney CBD. We practice across commercial, construction, civil litigation, debt-recovery, insurance, personal injury, strata and property law.

About the role

An exciting opportunity exists for a Senior Lawyer to join our Sydney team. Ideally you will have a minimum of 7 years' PAE with a strong track record of performance and the capacity to effectively manage an independent case load. This role is open to a strong Senior Associate or Special Counsel, and Principal/Partner level lawyers are also strongly encouraged to apply.

The role will predominantly involves working within our construction litigation practice but will also have exposure to other areas of contentious and non-contentious work.

This role offers a genuine opportunity for a senior Litigation/Construction Disputes Lawyer to forge the next step in their career towards running and developing a practice. Chambers Russell offers a transparent pathway of progression into senior roles including Partnership.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

  • Experience in litigation/construction disputes;
  • An ability to manage own file load and to mentor junior lawyers;
  • An ability to build strong client relationships;
  • A focus high level service to our clients;
  • Strong attention to detail and written and verbal communication skills; and
  • An ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders.

We think that the following features of Chambers Russell Lawyers distinguish us from our peers:

  • Chambers Russell Lawyers is a "people first" organisation. This means that we aim to recruit and retain great people. We provide competitive remuneration and real opportunity for organic career growth all the way through to partnership.
  • We have a high performance culture but keep things simple. Our mandate is to solve problems and add value.
  • We are committed to ensuring that our lawyers are supported to forge the legal careers that they want for themselves. We do this by securing high-quality work across a diversity of clients; we promote lawyer mobility across our practice areas; and we constantly work to ensure the objectives of the firm, our people and our clients are aligned.
  • We believe that innovation and technology will continue to transform the way that legal services and solutions are provided. As a result, we are heavily invested in legal-tech development. Wherever possible, we integrate process innovation and technology with our practice of law to improve outcomes for all of our stakeholders.
  • We aim to do good in the world. We will not take on work or clients where doing so would compromise our values.

Remuneration

We provide competitive remuneration commensurate with experience. We are also committed to reviewing remuneration annually to ensure that our staff are receiving remuneration commensurate with the value they deliver to our team and clients over time.

Expressions of interest

If you think that you are the right candidate for this position then we want to hear from you.

Please send your cover letter, curriculum vitae and academic transcript to [email protected] or apply via Seek.

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