Senior Associate

10 hours ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia TAG Legal Search Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

Own employment and industrial relations matters, lead the team, and deliver practical client solutions.

  • Lead complex employment and industrial relations matters
  • Strengthen client relationships across sectors
  • Lead and develop team members

We are partnering with a leading top tier law firm who are seeking a talented
Senior Associate
to join its Employment team based in
Sydney.
This firm is renowned for providing premium quality, full-service legal advice to some of the most ambitious organisations worldwide.

About

The Employment team specialises in advising employers on a range of complex and intricate matters including:

  • Employment and industrial relations
  • Discrimination and equal opportunity
  • Work health and safety
  • Crisis management and incident response
  • Executive and board-level matters

The team supports clients across various sectors, such as banking, aviation, retail, manufacturing, transport, and the public sector.

The Role

The Sydney-based Employment, Industrial Relations & Safety (EIRS) team is seeking a talented Senior Associate to join a high-performing, supportive, and collaborative team. The successful candidate will work closely with senior Partners and the broader national team, advising blue-chip clients across multiple sectors on employment law, industrial relations, and safety matters.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic employment law advice, including workforce strategy, enterprise bargaining, industrial disputes, industrial action, compliance, and regulatory matters.
  • Represent clients in Fair Work Commission and Court proceedings and advise on employment aspects of large-scale M&A and projects transactions.
  • Manage matters, supervise and mentor junior team members, and contribute to business development initiatives.
  • Work collaboratively in a supportive team environment while further developing a market-leading practice.

You will also have the opportunity to lead and mentor junior lawyers, contribute to the team's growth, and develop your own client relationships.

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Proven experience as a Senior Associate providing employment law and industrial relations advice in a top-tier, mid-tier or employment specialist law firm or in-house environment.
  • Strong communication, teamwork, and leadership skills.
  • Demonstrated expertise in workforce strategy, enterprise bargaining, industrial disputes, regulatory compliance, and Fair Work Commission or Court proceedings (advocacy experience desirable but not essential).
  • Proactive and commercially minded, with the ability to contribute to business development and maintain a market-leading practice.

This is a rare opportunity to join a market-leading practice that offers excellent career development and client exposure.

For further information, please contact
Rosie Allen
on

, or email your CV and academic transcripts to

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