Senior Associate

6 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Clayton Utz Full time $80,000 - $180,000 per year

The Role

Our renowned Disputes practice in Sydney is seeking a talented Senior Associate to join the team on a full-time basis.

Under the leadership of Partners Greg Williams and Alex Rose, you will have the opportunity to deepen your litigation and disputes experience on some of the country's largest class actions and product liability cases. Working for leading clients and as part of international defence teams, you will gain insights and experience working on the Australian arm of global matters.

In this high performing and collaborative team, this role will also see you act on product regulatory issues and advice for clients in multiple sectors including life sciences, consumer goods, automotive and financial products.

The work includes a range of litigious and other contentious commercial matters including large scale class actions defence and advisory work for life sciences and consumer clients. As an SA in this team, your role will see you managing litigation matters with responsibility for specific workstreams in large matters and day-to-day carriage of smaller matters. This includes the full range of work with clients and counsel and often as part of global defence teams. 

You will enjoy the benefits of a close-knit and collaborative team, where your professional development will be actively sponsored by the Partners and other experienced senior practitioners.

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  • At least 5 years' experience as a lawyer in a leading commercial litigation practice;

  • Exposure to class actions or large-scale commercial litigation matters;

  • Familiarity with Supreme/Federal Court litigation;

  • Strong academic results;

  • Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills; and

  • A collaborative and pro-active approach.

In addition to this, we're looking for someone who thrives on working within a team and taking responsibility for their work and role.

The Disputes Group

The Clayton Utz Litigation and Class Actions team is a top-tier and market-leading commercial litigation and dispute resolution practice, the largest in Australia. Our reputation for undertaking the most complex, significant and high-profile matters, and delivering excellent results for our clients, is second to none.

For further information, please visit our Litigation and dispute resolution showcase page on LinkedIn.

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How to Apply?

We prefer to work directly with candidates, if you are interested in this role, please click the 'Apply' button or contact the consultant, details below, for more information. Clayton Utz is an inclusive employer that supports flexible work arrangements, please feel free to discuss your flexibility needs with the recruiter for this role.

Consultant Contact Details

Alexandra Smith,

Accessibility and Inclusion

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. Do you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application? If so, please contact the recruiter via the above telephone number or via email to

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Agency submissions

Clayton Utz does not accept agency submissions unless the agency is specifically contacted by a member of the Clayton Utz Recruitment Team. Please do not forward candidate profiles or resumes to Clayton Utz partners, hiring managers or other employees - this will not constitute as an introduction to the firm and Clayton Utz will not be liable for a fee.

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