Litigation Lawyer-Environment & Planning+Construction and/or Strata
AFL Recruitment - Accounting Financial Legal – Woollahra NSW
$100,000 - $250,000 a year
Hybrid
9mo ago , from AFL Recruitment - Accounting Financial Legal
Senior Litigation Lawyer-Environment & Planning+Construction and/or Strata (4 yrs-Special Counsel)
NOTHING COMPARES Premier specialist firm. Industry-leading mentors/partners. Enviable growth path. Life friendly/Flex/WFH. Delightful team camaraderie+culture. $100,000-$250,000. Sydney.
YOUR NEW EMPLOYER
Our client is a STAND-OUT fast-growing specialist law firm with flourishing practices across environment/planning, construction and strata law:
Led by industry-leading specialist partners (ex top-tier partners);
Highly respected & acclaimed by multiple superior court Judges;
Engaging in high-end quality work with quality diverse clients;
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
Reporting to an industry-leading specialist partner& supported by a paralegal/junior lawyer, you will love resolving a full spectrum of intellectually stimulating +interesting disputes (Superior level & Land & Environment Courts) relating to:
all aspects of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act **** 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 workplace 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.
Only if your desire some variety, scope to also practice in some construction law and/or strata law (depending on your experience).
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 who is a true LEADER;
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);
Free food/fully stocked kitchen;
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 4 yrs or more hands-on environmental/planning/local government law litigation experience (essential) preferably acting for applicants (ie developers/private entities);
have strong communication, research, negotiation, advocacy and client management skills;
are practical, adaptable, commercial, dead-line 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 ***********)
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📌 Litigation Lawyer-Environment & Planning+Construction And/Or Strata (Sydney)
🏢 AFL Recruitment - Accounting Financial Legal
📍 Sydney