Senior Associate

Legal - Public Law | Canberra

About us

We are a modern Australian law firm with a leading reputation.We focus on exceptional service, operational excellence and beingat the forefront of employee experience. We work closely withAustralian and international businesses, organisations andgovernments.

About the role

We are currently looking for a capable and experienced SeniorAssociate with 5+ years' post qualification experience to join theReal Estate & Construction team in our growing Canberraoffice.

This is a great opportunity to develop your practice further andjoin a supportive and enthusiastic two partner team that workacross both Real Estate and Construction matters. We are notonly looking for someone who is wanting to work collaborativelywith both the partner and other team members but who is focused onensuring best practice delivery of a range of matters forgovernment and private sector clients. We also want thatperson to oversee the work of junior members of the team and takeon responsibility for managing client relationships and theirongoing work needs.

We work flexibly at Maddocks, whether that's hours, place ofwork, the leave you take or the everyday flexibility that we allneed from time to time. We welcome the opportunity to talk to youabout working flexibly.

About you

It is a strong preference that you have property experienceeither in the ACT or NSW.

We are looking for a practitioner who ideally has experience inthe following areas:

• Property transactional work including acquisitions anddisposals
• Commercial and office leasing
• Property advisory
• Planning and environment regulation and approvals
• Procurement of property and construction related goods andservices
• Experience advising on construction, planning law andprocurement matters is welcomed but not essential
• Experience working on advising government is highlyregarded

You must be enthusiastic and willing to work on a range ofmatters, have a keen eye for detail, good communication andinterpersonal skills and can demonstrate sound mattermanagement.

Maddocks is simply a great place to do great work. We foster aculture of collaboration, learning and engagement where you willexperience:

A diverse and inclusive workplace: We have beennamed an employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WorkforceGender Equality Agency (WGEA) every year since 2004 along withbeing named a Silver Employer at the Australian Workplace EqualityIndex's 2024 LGBTQ Inclusion Awards. We promote diversityinternally through our Maddocks Gender Equality Network, MaddocksCALD, Maddocks Disability Inclusion and Maddocks Pride groups.

Career Development: Learn and develop throughstructured learning and development programs at each stage of yourcareer and study support programs.

Community involvement: give back to thecommunities in which we operate through our thriving pro bono andgrants programs and staff volunteering initiatives.

Work flexibly: work in a hybrid way with partof your week in the office and support to set up your homeoffice.

Wellbeing & Benefits: access to up to 20weeks paid parental leave, discounted gym memberships & healthinsurance, salary continuance insurance, Employee AssistanceProgram and parents and carers wellbeing programs.

Our people are our greatest advocates and we believe this is aresult of our inclusive culture and focus on complex andinteresting work.

To be eligible for this role you must be legally permittedto work in Australia. Please note that unsolicited applicationsfrom agencies will not be considered at this time.

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