Senior Associate

Location: Brisbane

Contract Type: Permanent

MinterEllison is one of Australia's largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years, we are known for our excellence, and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients, our people and our communities. Clients seek out MinterEllison to help them solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary consulting offering.

We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients, while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence, diversity of thought, curiosity, and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions - with the support, trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.

At MinterEllison, we're leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies, powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools we've built, and other external AI tools, to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.

We support sustainable ways of working regarding how, when and where you work and offer a wide range of social, financial and health benefits (see )

Our team

MinterEllison has a market-leading Real Estate team that is consistently recognised for our client service, calibre of work and thought leadership.

The Brisbane Real Estate team is led by partners Adrian Rich and Euon Williams. The team offers a comprehensive range of property-related legal services for developers, investors, owners, landlords, tenants, property funds managers, listed property trusts and government.

In this role you will work with both Adrian and Euon and their high performing team. Adrian and Euon are leading practitioners in the Brisbane real estate market, having developed deep relationships with some of Australia's largest corporate vendors, purchasers, developers, landlords and tenants. Adrian is the Business Unit Leader for the national Real Estate team, and the team acts on large scale real estate transactions, together with advising on all facets of commercial, industrial, retail and residential property including due diligences, acquisitions, disposals, development and leasing.

Your role

A great opportunity currently exists for a senior lawyer with a broad property skill set and a passion for residential development projects to join our team.

Our Brisbane team is part of MinterEllison's national Real Estate Business Unit with one of the largest and most diverse property practices in Australia. We work on complex and sophisticated deals for some of the best residential developers in Australia including Lendlease, Lewis Land Group, Metrics, Mirvac, Springfield Land Corporation, Stockland and Traders in Purple.

We would like to hear from senior lawyers with experience in a reputable real estate practice who are experienced and interested in the following range of work, to assist with our growing practice:

• complex real estate transactions around Australia and across all asset classes

• development of residential flat land subdivisions, multi-story apartment projects and master planned communities

• general commercial advice work; and

• helping to leverage the breadth of our expertise within and across the firm's other lines of business.

What you need

We welcome applications from senior lawyers who are at Senior Associate level with experience in a reputable property team. You will also have:

• a commercial approach to all matters

• excellent business acumen and a desire to strengthen existing and help cultivate new client relationships

• superior drafting ability and a strong attention to detail

• the ability to work in a highly cohesive and fast-paced team, and to lead and mentor a cohort of talented lawyers and legal professionals

• excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

• resilience and a commitment to excellence that matches our own and

• inspire others through their commitment to personal growth, innovation and the delivery of exceptional results.

How to apply

We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

We prefer to connect with people directly, so please submit your CV by clicking on the 'Apply' button. We encourage all applications, including if you do not meet all the criteria listed for the role. Your application will also enable us to consider you for other opportunities that may be available at MinterEllison.

If you are currently a MinterEllison employee, please apply through the internal careers page.

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