Associate, Disputes

Your role

You'll be a part of our Disputes and Investigations Practice and work with lawyers across all of our offices. Working closely with our Partners and the wider team, you will gain exposure to the most complex work in the market. You'll have the privilege of advising clients from almost every sector, including government, mining, energy, banking, and infrastructure.

At Allens, our structure means you'll get exposure to a number of different Disputes and Investigations Partners within your practice group and a wide variety of work. We encourage our lawyers to find their niche and specialise in areas they're interested in, while building a strong foundation across their field.

Your role within our team could typically include advising clients on;

• significant commercial litigation for Australia's leading ASX listed entities and for government

• working on cross border litigation and restructuring for some of the world's most significant corporates

• large scale corporate insolvency, restructuring and workouts for Australia's major banks and leading accounting firms

• significant investigations work, including regulatory investigations and government inquiries.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity. Hybrid working (60% in the office) is how we work however flexibility matters at Allens, so if you are seeking hybrid working or are looking for flexibility in your work, we would be happy to discuss what arrangements would work best for you.

About you

You will have:

• Experience working in commercial litigation and/or corporate insolvency and restructuring at a leading Australian practice or international firm.

  • We are open to seeing lawyers with a commercial litigation background, a corporate insolvency background, or a combination of both

• The ability to effectively manage larger matters, develop client relationships and participate in business development activities

• A desire to learn, grow, network, mentor others

Your development

In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.

Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.

Our perks

Our benefits include:

• Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration; generous incentive plan that recognises both billable and broader contribution, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.

• Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families.

• Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.

• Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy – 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.

• International opportunities: our alliance with Linklaters ensures possible secondments to many of their overseas offices.

• Recognition: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.

How to apply?

We'd love to hear from you so please click "apply now" If you would like to find out more, please visit "This is Allens" or listen to our Allens Confidential podcast hear real stories from real people about life at Allens. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please phone Thomas Wigglesworth (he/him), National Manager Talent Acquisition on

At Allens, our culture is made up of unique backgrounds and varying life experiences. We celebrate our people's differences across gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, cultural backgrounds, First Nations communities, and family and caring arrangements. If you require adjustments to fully participate in our application process, please contact us at . We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align, please express your interest by emailing us at . The right role for you might be just around the corner