Lawyer - Planning, Environment & Climate Change

6 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Thomson Geer Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

Thomson Geer is a major Australian Corporate law firm with offices in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra. The firm has more than 800 partners and staff nationally, and offers a dynamic, friendly and professional work environment. We are passionate about constantly providing value to our clients - their business success is our priority. This focus on client value is a key reason for our success. At Thomson Geer we are looking for candidates who are client focused, commercially minded, and who work well in a team environment.

The Role|

We are currently seeking a Lawyer with at least 1 year of PAE to join our Planning, Environment & Climate Change team in Sydney.

The role combines an interesting and wide-ranging mix of advisory and transactional work including advice on all aspects of planning law, project approvals, property development, heritage and the compulsory acquisition of land as well as a broad range of environmental matters such as contaminated land, pollution and licensing.

Who we are looking for|

The ideal candidate should have excellent academic results and will be eager to apply their skills to learn in this specialised and technical field of law. To be successful in this position, you will need:

  • Minimum 1 year of experience working the environment, planning and climate change space within a law firm
  • A keen interest in a variety of litigious, transactional and advisory work
  • Eager to work within a growing firm and practice
  • The ability to work effectively both within a team and autonomously
  • Strong collaboration skills to work with the wider firm and Partners
  • To be enthusiastic, organised and proactive
  • Excellent relationship-building and communication skills
  • Strong attention to detail

What we offer |

As a major corporate firm we pose an opportunity to work with a strong and established client base, genuine growth trajectories, and a variety of benefits including: interesting and challenging pro-bono opportunities, flexible working, generous parental leave, flu vaccinations and skin checks annually, study assistance, sophisticated employee assistance program, daily breakfast, corporate discounts, variety of social activities including EOFY and end of year functions, sporting teams and much more.

We have a collaborative approach to all we do, based fundamentally on openness, transparency, respect and accountability to get the best outcome for our clients and make sure our team are taken care of.

What you need to do|

If this sounds like the role for you please submit your application via the "Apply" link below.

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