Senior Associate — Family Law & Commercial

5+ Years PQE | Sydney CBD, NSW

ABOUT OUR CLIENT

Our client is a well-established, full-service Sydney law firm with a strong reputation built over more than three decades. Operating from premium CBD offices, the firm acts for individuals, businesses and industry leaders across a broad range of practice areas, and has built a genuinely collegial culture around technical excellence and client care.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Our client is seeking an experienced Family Lawyer to join at Senior Associate level within a well-regarded Family Law practice that regularly handles complex, high-net-worth matters. A distinguishing feature of this practice is its close connection to the firm's commercial team: many family law matters involve a business or corporate structure, and navigating the division of matrimonial assets without damaging the value of the underlying business is a regular and interesting feature of the work.

This is a genuine hybrid role. While your primary focus will be Family Law, you will also spend a meaningful portion of your time - starting at around 25% and potentially more, depending on workflow - working on General Commercial matters, predominantly transactional and advisory in nature, with some exposure to commercial litigation.

KEY DETAILS

- Practice split: approximately 75% Family Law / 25% General Commercial (may vary with demand)

- Commercial work: mainly transactional and advisory, with some litigation

- Reporting lines: to the firm's joint CEOs,



with commercial matters also reporting via a senior associate in the Commercial team; overall supervision of the Family Law practice is provided by the practice head

- Caseload: includes high-net-worth matters

- Billable expectation: in the order of 7 hours per day (can include business development activities such as writing articles)

- Remuneration: competitive, benchmarked to market for the successful candidate's level of experience

ABOUT YOU

- Minimum 5 years' post-qualification experience in Family Law (NSW)

- Comfortable working at the intersection of family and commercial law, including matters involving business assets and structures

- Robust technical and drafting skills, with sound commercial judgement

- Confident managing high-net-worth and sometimes complex matters

- A team-oriented team player, willing to contribute to the firm's profile through business development and thought leadership

WHAT'S ON OFFER

- Exposure to sophisticated, high-net-worth family law matters with genuine commercial complexity

- The opportunity to broaden your skill set into general commercial work

- Supervision and mentorship from experienced practice leaders

- A competitive salary that reflects your experience

- Sydney CBD offices

TO APPLY

This search is being managed on a confidential basis by Hooker Heijden Legal Recruitment. For a confidential discussion in strict confidence, please contact Niki Kunovski at [email protected].

📌 Senior Associate - Family Law (Sydney)
🏢 Hooker And Heijden
📍 Sydney