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 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 Workplace 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 includingappeals, 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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