Environment & Planning / Litigation Lawyer (Associate-Senior Associate)
YOUR NEW EMPLOYER
Our client is a STAND-OUT fast-growing specialist law firm with flourishing practices across environment / planning & construction law:
Led by industry-leading specialist partners (ex top-tier partners);
Engaging in high-end quality work;
With enviable close-knit TEAM dynamics without the politics;
With a vibrant, flexible, inclusive culture that values and supports staff fulfilling their potential / ambitions.
YOUR NEW ROLE
As the valued right hand to an industry-leading specialist partner supported by a paralegal, you will love resolving a full spectrum of intellectually stimulating + interesting disputes (Superior Courts & Land & Environment Courts) relating to:
All aspects of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and related legislation;
Development applications (DAs), complying DAs, and exempt development;
Applications to amend LEPs and planning proposals;
Voluntary planning agreements and developer contributions;
Easements and access to land;
Land contamination, pollution, remediation, and voluntary management proposals;
Directors' duties and liabilities under planning and environment regulations;
Critical habitat and the operation of threatened species conservation legislation;
Site and environmental audits, due diligence, and environmental impact assessment;
Regulatory compliance and enforcement;
Land and Environment Court Applications and Appeals.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
Highly reputable specialist firm with proven success; variety + cutting-edge high-quality cases; full spectrum dispute resolution / litigation including appeals, prosecutions, judicial review, and civil enforcement; have your own practice and direct client contact; 1 : 1 mentorship by a top specialist E+P partner; ongoing professional development + regular pay reviews (subject to performance); genuine long-term career growth path including potential for partnership in the future (subject to your desire, ambition & performance); healthy work / life + flexibility (incl part work from home).
WHO YOU ARE
We are interested in hearing from you if you:
Are admitted as a solicitor in NSW;
Have minimum 3 yrs or more (up to senior associate) hands-on environmental / planning / local government law litigation experience (essential) preferably acting for applicants (i.e., developers / private entities);
Have strong communication, research, negotiation, advocacy, and client management skills;
Are practical, adaptable, commercial, deadline-driven, and results-oriented;
Are hungry to advance your career LONG-TERM as a specialist environmental / planning lawyer with a top premier specialist firm.
REFERENCE:
MARIA YUN (0403322119)
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