Lawyer | Banking

About you

We are looking for Lawyer/Associate with 2+ year's experience to join our Commercial and Business Banking team in Brisbane, led by our Partner, Shantal Read.

The role will give you the ability to work autonomously for a wide range of clients mainly acting on the lending side with an opportunity to act for borrowers as well. In the role, you will work closely with long standing clients during the course of a transaction and interact with them during various marketing initiatives that are organised by the team.

We are looking for a candidate with a solid grounding in banking and finance law with an edge for delivering sound commercial advice. You should be able to work independently, bringing energy, and flexibility to meet client needs. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as is the ability to thrive in a friendly team environment.

Your Role

This role will involve you acting for major banks and other banks and financial institutions as well as non-banks, including funds and privately owned companies, across a broad and diverse range of transactions.

You will get exposure to all types of property finance matters from term loan facilities and residual stock facilities through to constructing lending. You will also have the opportunity to work on commercial and corporate transactions for the major banks and smaller banks across all types of industries including agriculture, health, education, childcare and mining.

In the role, the type of work will include:

• drafting and negotiating facility agreements and securities
• providing advice to clients in a timely manner as issues arise throughout the course of a transaction and using your legal and technical expertise to formulate a commercial response
• conducting due diligence, including reviewing presale contracts, leases and bespoke agreements and preparing side agreements as required
• working closely with our Construction team in relation to advice provided to clients in relation to building contracts
• working closely with our Restructuring and Insolvency sub-group, which sits within the team in relation to advice required by clients to manage early defaults
• conducting settlement on PEXA or in paper, if necessary
• Acting across a range of cross border matters, although the majority of the work will be Queensland based; and
• regularly meeting with clients to discuss matters and for the purposes of relationship building and marketing

You will have the opportunity to build your career working in one of Australia's most dynamic and leading Banking and Finance practices.

About Gadens

Gadens has again been named one of the AFR BOSS Best Places to Work for 2025, which ranks Australia and New Zealand's best workplaces across nine different industries. We are a leading, independent Australian law firm, with a clear vision and strategy for the future. We help people achieve their purpose in a complex world, by leading by example, inspiring others, innovating and building something we are all proud of. We have a growth strategy and as part of our evolution and journey, we are creating a modern law firm that will rival Australia's top tier firms.

At Gadens, we:

• develop and inspire our people
• do the right thing and make an impact
• work with quality clients in our chosen markets
• solve problems with people and technology working seamlessly together
• are a widely recognised and respected brand.

We are always on the lookout for strong performers to join our growing firm. To find out more please visit

What we offer

• a friendly, down-to-earth, and supportive team environment.
• truly flexible work practices.
• progressive and market-leading Parental Leave support including:
• 30 weeks' Paid Parental Leave
• superannuation contributions while on Parental Leave, for up to 52 weeks (based on 5 days/week, regardless of your working days)
• an external coach to support our people through the various stages of the parental leave journey (Launch, Leave and Landing)
• a supported and staggered return
• budget relief for fee earners upon landing/return
• support and paid leave for Surrogacy and IVF treatment
• ongoing professional development opportunities.
• health and wellbeing initiatives.
• and much more

At Gadens, we engage with all of our people to create a work environment that encourages and promotes inclusion and diversity, while instilling pride in the firm and our values of collaborate, authentic, responsible and excellent. Our values and culture assist us in creating a cohesive environment in which we are committed equally to professionalism and personal fulfilment. We strive to create a culture where the principles of sustainability and corporate social responsibility are embraced and lived by our people every day. This includes respecting and connecting with First Nations people and providing access to justice to those in need through our pro bono practice. This is what makes Gadens a great place to work.