Special Counsel | Construction and Infrastructure Lawyer

Our client is a specialist litigation firm with a strong reputation for complex construction and infrastructure disputes. This Special Counsel role sits within a dedicated construction litigation team acting on major building and infrastructure projects. Permanent, full-time, with genuine flexibility on how the role is structured.

The team is led by a group of highly experienced partners and acts for builders, contractors, principals, developers, sub-contractors and construction insurers on some of the largest and most technically complex projects in Australia.

Salary and Benefits offered:

- $180,000 - $250,000
- Choice of base city -- Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne
- Relocation support available for the right candidate
- Direct access to and mentorship from highly regarded senior lawyers
- Exposure to landmark, high-value and technically complex construction, infrastructure and insurance matters
- Clear career progression pathways within a genuinely collaborative, inclusive team
- Flexible working arrangements and firm-wide wellbeing and career development programs

About the role:





You’ll run construction and infrastructure litigation and disputes matters with genuine file ownership, for a national client base.

- Manage construction litigation and disputes matters end to end
- Court proceedings, arbitration, adjudication, mediation and expert determination
- Matters arising from security of payment legislation and contractual disputes
- Collaborate with a national specialist team across multiple offices
- Genuine leadership and mentoring opportunities as the practice grows

What you’ll bring:

- Admission to practise in Australia, at Solicitor through Senior Associate level
- Experience in one or more of: building and construction litigation, construction disputes, commercial litigation, contract works insurance, property insurance, ISR insurance, or first-party insurance (must have private practice experience of 7+ PAE)
- Strong dispute resolution skills, including litigation, arbitration, adjudication or mediation experience
- Working knowledge of security of payment legislation is desirable but not essential for insurance or commercial litigators

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📌 Special Counsel | Construction and Infrastructure Lawyer (City of Sydney)
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