Workplace Advisory Junior Lawyer

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A unique opportunity exists for a recent graduate or junior lawyer (0-2 years PAE) to join our Workplace Advisory team in our Melbourne office. In this role, you will work closely with partners and directly with our clients on complex, challenging and high-profile workplace advisory matters. This role would suit either a current graduate or someone who has recently commenced their career and is looking to join private practice.

Overview

Arnold Bloch Leibler is renowned as the commercial law firm clients turn to for advice on complex legal matters, high stakes transactions, disputes and commercial decisions. We advise entrepreneurial businesses, high-wealth private clients and international enterprises, across a range of industries, including banking and finance, health and pharmaceuticals, retail and manufacturing. Our lawyers are trained as "generalist specialists" to cover a broad range of issues and collaborate across practice areas.

The Workplace Advisory practice

Clients call upon Arnold Bloch Leibler's Employment and Workplace Advisory practice to advise on complex, business-critical and sensitive workplace matters and disputes. Our practice is a premium, full-service provider of workplace solutions encompassing advisory operations and dispute resolution.

Services include

• High impact litigation
• Organisational restructures
• Senior executive succession planning
• Protection of intellectual property and confidential information
• Industrial relations disputes and management
• Executive remuneration and benefits
• Best practice regulatory compliance
• Workplace investigations
• Transfer of business considerations
• Independent contractor arrangements and outsourcing/insourcing arrangements
• Strategic human resources support

The role

We are looking for a recent graduate or outstanding junior lawyer who thrives in a fast-paced environment with a variety of work and a collaborative team.

If You Are a Recent Graduate, You Will Have

• completed your law degree and achieved excellent academic results;
• strong results in employment law with a genuine passion for this subject matter;
• some private practice experience (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.

If You Are a Junior Level Lawyer

• proven experience working on employment or workplace advisory law matters (1-2 years' post-admission experience, in private practice);
• a passion for practising in this area;
• a commitment to excellence;
• strong drafting and effective negotiation skills;
• the ability to interact with clients confidently and build effective working relationships; and
• knowledge of up-to-date commercial and legal developments.

Benefits

• competitive salary package and range of benefits
• dedicated in-house Partner-led program
• ongoing training through the firm's professional development program
• 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
• discounted mortgage, credit card and other financial services

Applications

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 Hayley Brown, Human Resources Manager, via the Apply button or through our Arnold Bloch Leibler Careers site.

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