Banking & Finance Law Graduate

Join to apply for the Banking & Finance Law Graduate role at Arnold Bloch Leibler. A unique opportunity exists in ABL's Sydney office for a law graduate to join our Banking & Finance team. This role would suit either a graduate or someone who has recently commenced their career and is looking to join private practice. This graduate role forms part of a graduate cohort across our Melbourne and Sydney offices. PLT (practical legal training) will be provided as part of the traineeship, with the ability to attend our specialised in-house graduate training.

Our Banking & Finance lawyers understand how to manage the legal and commercial risks inherent in all financial transactions and offer smart, effective solutions to both borrowers and lenders. We advise across the full spectrum of financing transactions, ranging from corporate and property finance to complex structured and project financing matters, solvent and insolvent restructurings and recapitalisations.

Our clients include a number of major domestic and international trading and investment banks and financiers. We also advise substantial private family groups, corporates, property developers, private equity, hedge and special situation funds, fund managers, institutional investors, project sponsors and underwriters in domestic and cross-border transactions.

We understand that for many of our clients, financing is just one aspect of the deal, and so our teams are resourced to provide legal services across all disciplines required and to seamlessly integrate advice with our property, construction, commercial, insolvency and tax teams.

• Property finance
  
• Corporate finance
  
• Capital raisings
  
• Project financing
  
• Restructuring
  

We're looking for an outstanding graduate who is a self-starter with highly developed analytical skills, an eye for detail and strong interpersonal skills. You have an exceptional legal mind, as well as commercial and strategic nous. You enjoy feeling challenged, and to be given opportunities to take on additional responsibility with autonomy. You want to feel like you are an important member of, and making a meaningful and valued contribution to, a team that is consistently outperforming its competitors. You are ambitious, enjoy success and are ready to perform at your own high standard.

• completed your law degree and achieved excellent academic results;
  
• achieved strong results in banking & finance law with a genuine passion for this subject matter;
  
• private practice experience in finance (desirable);
  
• an ability to communicate, both in writing and orally, clearly and concisely;
  
• strong interpersonal skills;
  
• excellent attention to detail;
  
• an ability to understand and identify the key issues in a legal matter;
  
• good judgement and common sense;
  
• the ability to work both independently and as part of a team; and
  
• a passion for a career in commercial law.
  

We are proud to offer a unique approach to graduate development, combining both a carefully curated in-house graduate program delivered by our partners which dovetails with our Practical Legal Training (PLT). Introduced in 2025, our program is both contemporary and integrated. It has been designed to ensure that as a law graduate, you will gain an exceptional foundation with hands-on experience and practical skills tailored to launch your legal career. Our in-house graduate training program will see you work with each practice area with the learning plan curated to complement and strengthen the foundations of our generalist specialist approach. All training is conducted on-site at ABL.

Our specialised approach sets us apart and is something our graduates truly value to equip them for their legal careers.

A supervising Partner will invest in your development and get you involved in a wide variety of matters throughout your graduate year. You will benefit from real work experience and direct client contact that sets you apart from your peers in the profession.

For more information about our graduate ethos, please visit Law Graduates | Arnold Bloch Leibler (abl.com.au).

The salary package offered for this position is competitive and also includes a range of benefits, including:

• dedicated in-house Supervised Legal Training Program delivered by Partners
  
• on-going training through the firm's professional development program
  
• a fully subsidised corporate gym membership and wellness program
  
• in-house fully subsidised café
  
• prime CBD location
  
• free legal advice for wills, estate planning and conveyancing
  
• discounted corporate health insurance through a leading Australian health fund
  
• discounted mortgage, credit card and other financial services through a major Australian bank
  

If you are interested in working at a dynamic firm that has built its success on legal innovation and outstanding career opportunities, please address your covering letter, CV and full academic transcript to Radhika Peri, Human Resources Manager, via the Apply button or through our Arnold Bloch Leibler Careers site: Work at ABL | Arnold Bloch Leibler