Employment Lawyer

1 month ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia DLA Piper Australia Full time

The role


DLA Piper Australia is committed to helping you grow and develop your career in employment law. We're looking for a proactive and high-performing lawyer with 1 – 3 years PQE to join our highly regarded Employment team in Sydney.


As an Employment Lawyer at DLA Piper Australia, you will have the opportunity to work on a diverse range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters with clients ranging from start-ups to emerging multinationals.


Working across sectors, you will work with the team to deliver exceptional results for our clients locally, nationally and across borders. With a passion for employment law, you will have a collaborative approach and thrive on complex challenges and developing relationships.


To support you in your success in this role, you will benefit from access to DLA Piper Australia's award-winning international development forum designed to cultivate high performance and support your career goals.


We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed.


Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.


We live by these values:



  • Be Supportive – we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfully
  • Be Collaborative – we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships
  • Be Bold – we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions
  • Be Exceptional – we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations

We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone's voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities.


We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.


We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.


We are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.


In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits and where relevant, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and work-related references.


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