Real Estate Lawyer

5 months ago


Brisbane, Australia Clayton Utz Full time

We are seeking an enthusiastic Lawyer to join our high performing Real Estate Brisbane team.
- Join a tier-one ranked real estate practice
- Collaborate and contribute to a successful and impactful Real Estate team
- Work with a variety of clients, and help our clients bring to life some of the most significant and game changing projects in Queensland

The role

Working closely with

Michael Richardson

and

Paula Noble

, you will gain hands on experience in an array of matters across both public and private sectors, ranging from typical property development work, to large property and infrastructure project work and providing support to a range of other practice groups (i.e. Corporate, Renewable Energy and Resources, Public Sector). You will be responsible for managing reasonably sized property transactions and will be encouraged to foster great client relationships.

The team has an unrivalled portfolio of major commercial clients and is renowned for its expertise in advising many major players in the real estate industry. The team is also considered a trusted advisor to many State and Local Government clients.

With such a broad mix of clients, across differing industries and a balance of private and public sector work you will have the opportunity to work on diverse matters including:

- capital transactions work for our big institutional clients;
- the impactful social and affordable housing projects which will change the life of so many Queenslanders impacted by the housing crisis;
- a variety of renewable energy projects - we are working on some innovative renewables project including hydrogen, wind farm, solar, hydro and carbon capture, all game changing as the world transitions to renewables;
- transport projects in all forms with focus on improving the rail and road networks and infrastructure across Queensland;
- infrastructure projects in readiness to host the 2032 Olympics; and
- some leasing work, generally major head office / industrial leasing for our clients.

Skills & Experience
- To be successful in this role, you will have_
- Substantial broad-ranging property experience, exposure to different types of property matters and ideally between 2-3 years' post admission experience.
- Strong academic background with excellent client-facing capability.
- The ability to challenge the status quo and be able to demonstrate a strong legal grasp of key principles relevant to Real Estate.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills and an ability to communicate with impact to both internal and external clients and staff.
- Strong time and project management skills.
- The ability to work as part of a team.
- An enthusiasm to learn and grow as a real estate lawyer.

In addition to this, we're looking for a resilient, self-starter. Someone who is able to learn the ropes from the team and put those skills to work to help the team to provide outstanding service to their clients.

The Real Estate team

The Clayton Utz national Real Estate Team is a key player in many of Australia's most significant and complex property projects, earning the title of "Property Team of the Year" in the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards for two consecutive years. 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 large major projects including urban renewal, major development, sustainability, sales and leasebacks and 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

How to Apply?

Consultant Contact Details

Jennifer Sanderson, (07) 3292 7331

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