About you

We are looking for an Associate/Senior Associate (ideally 4-8 years PQE) to join our Sydney or Melbourne Corporate team supporting our Partners Clare Miller and Jeremy Smith.

To be successful and thrive in this role you will have the following skills

- preferably, at least 4-8 years’ experience in a well-regarded corporate practice, with robust experience in corporate transactions within the real estate sector;
- you will have a solid understanding of corporate real estate deal structures and familiarity with the real estate market and clients;
- excellent drafting skills and hands-on experience, ideally involving share and asset purchase agreements, securityholder agreements, stamp duty, FIRB applications and advice, stapled structures, joint venture and co-investment arrangements;
- a strong commercial awareness with the ability to produce high-quality work product;
- a genuine interest in building and maintaining lasting client relationships and mentoring the junior members of the team;
- excellent organisational skills with the capacity to manage competing priorities and workstreams;
- an ability to communicate effectively and professionally (written and verbal) and mentor and supervise other team members; and
- the ideal candidate should have a familiarity with traditional property land title, planning and environmental frameworks, but the candidate is not expected to have hands-on real estate due diligence or real estate conveyancing experience.

This is an exciting opportunity for a practitioner who thrives at the intersection of corporate transactions and property — advising on real estate M&A;, fund formations, joint ventures and co-investment/alternative structuring arrangements, REIT transactions, and asset-level acquisitions and disposals within a corporate framework.

You will join a highly regarded national team where there will be opportunities for you to develop your expertise, build your profile in the market, mentor junior lawyers and contribute to the growth of the practice.

Your role

Working closely with a team of prominent corporate partners,



this role will see you working on a broad range of corporate transactions. The role will give the candidate an opportunity to work on high-profile, marking leading corporate transactions within the real estate sector and the successful candidate will be given access to a broad and established client network across the real estate and corporate sectors.

You will interact with clients directly and negotiate a wide range of complex structures and transaction documents with access to partners in an open and team-oriented working environment.

The group is welcoming and inclusive, and you will be joining a high performing and growing team which values everyone's contribution. The firm is committed to developing our staff and our senior practitioners have a genuine interest in mentoring our lawyers to become trusted advisors to our clients.

About Gadens

Gadens is a leading, independent Australian law firm, with a clear vision and strategy for the future. We help people achieve their purpose in a complex world, by leading by example, inspiring others, innovating and building something we are all proud of.

At Gadens, we engage with all of our people to create a work environment that encourages and promotes inclusion and diversity, while instilling pride in the firm and our values of collaborate, authentic, responsible and excellent. Our values and culture assist us in creating a cohesive environment in which we are committed equally to professionalism and personal fulfilment. We strive to create a culture where the principles of sustainability and corporate social responsibility are embraced and lived by our people every day.





This includes respecting and connecting with First Nations people and providing access to justice to those in need through our pro bono practice. This is what makes Gadens a great place to work.

At Gadens, we:

- develop and inspire our people
- do the right thing and make an impact
- work with quality clients in our chosen markets
- solve problems with people and technology working seamlessly together
- are a widely recognised and respected brand.

What we offer

- Flexibility – Hybrid working arrangements. This includes flexible working hours as well as equipment to support working from home.
- Financial – Market-competitive fixed remuneration, a generous incentive program recognising both billable performance and broader contribution and an employee recruitment referral program.
- 30 weeks paid parental leave – Our market leading policy includes 30 weeks paid parental leave for all permanent staff, with no tenure required. This includes superannuation contributions while on parental leave, an external coach to support through various stages of parental leave and support and paid leave for surrogacy and IVF treatment.
- Leave - Ability to purchase up to 3 weeks of annual leave a year as well as a gifted day of leave for your birthday month which we call “Gadens day”
- Health & Wellbeing – We offer a range of health and wellbeing benefits to empower and support our people including, regular social events, employee assistant program, bonus program for non-fee earners, discounted private health insurance, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, recognition awards and much more!
- Learning & Development –We promote a culture of continuous learning opportunities including access to professional development for all employees, coaching, mentoring study support as well for further education.
- Community involvement – We give back to the community through our well-established pro bono program as well as staff volunteering initiatives.

We are always on the lookout for star performers to join our growing firm. To find out more please visit www.gadens.com

📌 Associate/Senior Associate | Corporate Real Estate (Melbourne)
🏢 Gadens
📍 Melbourne