Commercial Litigation | Senior Associate / Special Counsel

Complex commercial litigation and insolvency work. Established clients and referrers. Genuine progression without needing to arrive with a portable practice.

We're working with a specialist commercial litigation and insolvency firm that is growing its Brisbane team and looking to appoint experienced lawyers from Senior Associate through to Principal level .

The practice is already busy with genuinely interesting work across:

- insolvency litigation, including administrations, liquidations, recoveries and voidable transactions;
- acting for insolvency practitioners, directors, creditors and other stakeholders;
- restructuring and insolvency advice and related court processes;
- shareholder, unitholder and business ownership/oppression disputes;
- complex business and family enterprise separations;
- contractual and broader commercial disputes; and
- urgent injunctions, mediations and Supreme and Federal Court proceedings.

Importantly, this isn't a role where progression depends on arriving with a substantial book of business. The work is there. The clients and referrers are there. The team and infrastructure are there. What the firm wants are strong commercial litigation and/or insolvency lawyers who can take increasing ownership of that platform - running complex matters, developing existing client and referrer relationships, mentoring junior lawyers and helping grow the practice.

For a Senior Associate or Special Counsel ,



there is a genuine opportunity to build towards Principal while developing the leadership and business development skills needed at that level.

For someone already operating at Principal level , there is scope to step into an established practice and play a significant role in its continued growth. The firm's senior brief expressly describes this as expansion of an existing practice rather than starting from scratch.

About you

You'll ideally have 5+ years' PAE and a solid background in commercial litigation, insolvency or restructuring.

You might be a broad commercial litigator with experience across corporate, shareholder and contractual disputes, or an insolvency lawyer looking for a practice where insolvency and restructuring work forms a significant part of the offering.

You'll be comfortable taking ownership of matters and want increasing exposure to clients, referrers, junior supervision and practice development.

What's on offer

- High-quality commercial litigation, insolvency and restructuring work
- Established clients, insolvency practitioners and referrers
- No requirement to bring a substantial client following
- Genuine matter and client ownership
- Leadership and mentoring opportunities
- Clear progression through to Principal
- Modern systems and strong operational support
- You don't need to bring a book. You do need to want to build one.

For a confidential discussion contact:

Peter Liaw

Peppercorn Recruitment

? 0422 805 803

✉️ [email protected]

Reference #4049861

📌 Senior Associate / Special Counsel (Brisbane)
🏢 Peppercorn Recruitment
📍 Brisbane