Associate: Property Specialist

**Associate: Property Specialist**

**Firm Summary**

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It’s not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work, and why we attract a diverse group of people.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Diversity is a core value of our Firm and it has been recognized with numerous awards and top rankings around the world. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

**Our Practice**

The Firm is seeking an Associate for the **Land, Environment & Planning** team specialising in property issues for Australian projects based in the Sydney office.

Since our arrival in Australia in 2016 our Australian practice has grown to 32 partners and 80 lawyers across Sydney and Melbourne. Our teams work with clients in every state of Australia, across the Asia-Pacific region and around the globe on all aspects of the energy, infrastructure, mining & metals sectors, and on high-profile public market and private equity M&A transactions.

We offer clients legal services throughout the full life cycle of their projects, assets and ongoing operations, including environment & planning, ESG, project development and finance, corporate advice, M&A, antitrust, tax, litigation and arbitration.

**The Opportunity**

As an associate in the **Land, Environment & Planning** team you will have opportunities to work on high-profile matters that involve providing strategic advice on land tenure required to develop power, mining and infrastructure projects.

You will also work closely with colleagues in project finance and project delivery to assist clients on tenure risks and complex land arrangements associated in financing, sale or acquisition of a project. In addition, you will link with White & Case’s global Real Estate team to assist on transactions in other jurisdictions.

We advise sponsors, investors, commercial banks, multilateral lenders, export credit agencies, insurance companies, underwriters, governments, contractors and off-takers.

It’s not just our cutting-edge approach to achieving our clients’ goals that sets us apart, it’s our people. You will work with a diverse group of lawyers and support staff across our Australian domestic, regional, and international offices who are as much friends as colleagues.

We strive for an environment that fosters collaboration and encourages our people to approach issues with new thinking while employing the established expertise and skills of our senior lawyers.

The work can be demanding, but is always rewarding—in terms of both the constant opportunities for learning and professional development, and the satisfaction of contributing to major projects, which have a lasting impact on a country or region.

**The Role**
- Undertaking due diligence by analysing land documents, statutory searches, title extracts
- Drafting commercially focused due diligence reports
- Conducting and reviewing statutory searches
- Undertaking legal and technical research
- Interpreting legislation, regulations, rules and guidelines
- Corresponding with clients and various third parties including legal advisors, banks, land registries, councils, surveyors and other government bodies
- Co-working with legal teams within the Firm both within and outside Australia
- Negotiating, drafting and reviewing contracts for sale, leases and other related property documents
- Managing registration and conveyancing requirements on land transactions across multiple jurisdictions
- Maintaining and updating legal templates

**Qualification and skill requirements**
- Admission in Australia England & Wales or other Common Law jurisdiction
- PQE 2+
- Excellent understanding of real estate regulatory requirements
- Familiarity with registration and settlement on PEXA
- A desire to work collaboratively as part of a high-performing team to deliver innovative solutions and ensure the best result for the client
- Possesses good commercial and business acumen
- Strong time management skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks
- Excellent communication, drafting and negotiation skills and attention to detail
- Willing