Associate: Disputes

Associate: Disputes
The opportunity

Are you ready to make your mark as part of our Commercial Litigation Practice in our Sydney office?

Our Commercial Litigation Practice specialises in representing clients in high-stakes business disputes across a wide range of industries. We provide expert legal services in areas such as contract disputes, class actions, business torts, shareholder and partnership disputes, antitrust litigation and intellectual property litigation. Our team handles all phases of litigation, from pre-litigation counselling and strategic planning to trial and appellate proceedings. By leveraging our deep legal expertise, global reach and strategic insights, we help clients navigate complex legal challenges, protect their business interests, and achieve favourable outcomes through both court proceedings and alternative dispute resolution methods.

As an Associate, you will have good judgment, excellent analytical skills and broad subject matter experience across construction, regulatory issues (especially ACCC, ASIC and AER), private international law, public international law, corporate and other commercial issues. Highly organised and self-motivated, you'll be a team player with a strong professional presence and client focus.

At White & Case, we'll support you, give you responsibility and welcome you as an integral member of our international team from day one. We foster a collegial working environment where partners are friendly and accessible, and colleagues always supportive and open to questions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop claims and disputes strategy for clients involved in major projects and oversee counsel and experts to implement strategy.
• Draft motions, trial briefs, examination outlines and other documents for domestic and international matters.
• Guide clients through regulatory investigations.
• Coordinate experts and Counsel engagements.
• Mange junior associates on matters (if senior associate level)

The skills and attributes we are looking for

• 3-8 years of litigation/law firm experience
  
• Australian qualified (or willing to re-qualify in Australia)
  
• Team player, who adopts a 'firm/team first' mindset
  
• Good understanding of the key risks and issues involved in multi-party construction and
  
• Strong academic record and intellectual curiosity
  
• Take ownership and accountability for tasks
  
• Outstanding communication skills
  
• Self-starter and takes ownership of career development
  
• Resilient, solutions-focused and can work effectively and productively under pressure
  
• Client service focus

What We Offer

At White & Case, you can make a real difference, work on cutting-edge deals that make the headlines and help shape the world we live in. We live by our values—to be pioneering, united and human—and we believe that you'll experience them from your first day. We will give you the support and training that will help you achieve your potential as a global lawyer.

We believe that consistent high performance merits reward and support. Our compensation package reflects your calibre as a lawyer and our benefits are designed to support your changing needs and priorities across different life stages.

We offer high-quality, internationally oriented work on the most challenging matters and an opportunity to work as part of a truly global organisation.

About White & Case
We are a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration, and our depth of local, US and English-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many Since our arrival in Australia in 2016, our Australian practice has grown to 34 partners and 100 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, power (including renewable energy) mining & metals sectors, and on high-profile public market and private equity M&A transactions How to apply

Interested? Please apply by submitting your CV for further consideration.

We are committed to creating a fair workplace and encourage applications from all ages, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, genders, sexual orientations, as well as people who have family or carer responsibilities. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

For further assistance or queries regarding this opportunity please reach out to Lauren Evans at [email protected]

Note to recruitment agencies: Our internal Recruitment team are responsible for all end-to-end lateral recruitment processes. All agencies must sign White & Case terms of business, which are office specific. Candidates submitted by an agency without terms of business agreed with the appropriate office, and/or outside of our online application tracking system, will not be considered a formal introduction.

Any applications and CVs sent directly to White & Case Partners and employees will not be accepted as formal introductions. If you have any questions, please contact the APAC Recruitment Team. When engaging with agencies, we are supported by our preferred suppliers.

Primary Location: Australia-Sydney
Expected Workplace: Hybrid Job Posting: Jun 20, 2025, 6:37:16 AM

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