Workplace Advisory Junior Lawyer

A unique opportunity exists for a recent graduate or junior lawyer (0-2 years PAE) to join our Workplace Advisory team in our Melbourne office. In this role, you will work closely with partners and directly with our clients on complex, challenging and high-profile workplace advisory matters. This role would suit either a current graduate someone who has recently commenced their career and is looking to join private practice.

A Bit About Us
Arnold Bloch Leibler is renowned as the commercial law firm that clients turn to for advice and support on their most complex legal matters, high stakes transactions, disputes and commercial decisions.

We are best known for our work with highly entrepreneurial businesses (ASX listed, and family owned) and high-wealth private clients, and our unparalleled public interest law practice.

We also advise international enterprises and individuals from the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East with interests in Australia and enjoy long-standing relationships with leading hedge funds, private equity firms, insolvency practitioners, accountants, private bankers and law firms across the globe.

The firm is at the cutting edge of law and its implications for businesses, individuals and Australian society as a whole. From our decades of leadership in native title and public interest matters, to advising on complex and high-profile commercial transactions and disputes, ABL drives innovation.

Our internal structure is different from our competitors. Our lawyers are trained to be 'generalist specialists' and are able to straddle a range of different legal problems, as opposed to simply specialising in a narrow field.

This approach requires the ability to think differently - you need to cover more ground and be attuned to a broader range of issues, regularly working with different teams and practitioners across the firm. The feedback from our lawyers is that, whilst more challenging, the satisfaction that comes from achieving outstanding outcomes on our clients' most complex matters is rewarding. They say this approach propels their career development beyond what they imagined possible.

The Workplace Advisory practice
Clients call upon Arnold Bloch Leibler's Employment and Workplace Advisory practice to advise on complex, business critical and sensitive workplace matters and disputes. Our practice is a premium, full-service provider of workplace solutions encompassing advisory operations and dispute resolution. Our deep industry knowledge includes working with clients across a range of industries including banking and finance, health and pharmaceuticals, retail and manufacturing.

Our Services Include

• High impact litigation
• Organisational restructures
• Senior executive succession planning
• Protection of intellectual property and confidential information
• Industrial relations disputes and management
• Executive remuneration and benefits
• Best practice regulatory compliance
• Workplace investigations
• Transfer of business considerations
• Independent contractor arrangements and outsourcing/insourcing arrangements, and
• Strategic human resources support.

The role
We're looking for a recent graduate or outstanding junior lawyer who thrives in a fast-paced environment with variety of work and a collaborative team

If You Are a Recent Graduate, You Will Have

• completed your law degree and achieved excellent academic results;
• achieved strong results in employment law with a genuine passion for this subject matter;
• some private practice experience (desirable);
• an ability to communicate, both in writing and orally, clearly and concisely;
• strong interpersonal skills;
• excellent attention to detail;
• an ability to understand and identify the key issues in a legal matter;
• good judgement and common sense;
• the ability to work both independently and as part of a team; and
• a passion for a career in commercial law.

If you are a junior level lawyer, you will have:

• proven experience working on employment or workplace advisory law matters (1-2 years' post-admission experience, in private practice);
• a passion for practising in this area;
• a commitment to excellence;
• strong drafting and effective negotiation skills;
• the ability to interact with clients confidently and build effective working relationships; and
• knowledge of up to date commercial and legal developments.

Benefits
The salary package offered for this position is competitive and also includes a range of benefits, including:

• dedicated in-house Partner-led Program;
• on-going training through the firm's professional development program;
• a fully subsidised corporate gym membership and wellness program;
• in-house fully subsidised café;
• prime CBD location;
• free legal advice for wills, estate planning and conveyancing;
• discounted corporate health insurance through a leading Australian health fund; and
• discounted mortgage, credit card and other financial services through a major Australian bank.

Applications
If you are interested in working at a dynamic firm that has built its success on legal innovation and outstanding career opportunities, please address your covering letter, CV and full academic transcript to Hayley Brown, Human Resources Manager, via the Apply button or through our Arnold Bloch Leibler Careers site.