We are currently looking for an Associate and a Senior Associate to join our national Construction & Infrastructure team.

Thomsons is a leading national law firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra. The firm has approximately 900 partners and staff nationally, and offers a dynamic, friendly and professional work environment. We are passionate about constantly providing value to our clients - their success is our priority. This focus on client value is a key reason for our success. At Thomsons, we are looking for candidates who are client focused, commercially minded, and who work well in a team environment.

The role

We are currently looking for an Associate and a Senior Associate to join our national Construction & Infrastructure team. Whilst the role is to support a Partner who is based in our Sydney office, the right candidate could also be located in one of our other state offices (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra).

This role will see you working across front-end drafting and negotiation of construction procurement documents and building contracts. In this role you will be an integral part of an extremely busy but also close knit team working with an industry leading Partner who has a national practice and advises blue-chip clients on Australia's largest and most complex construction and infrastructure projects.

Your skills and experience

The ideal candidate will be looking for interesting, challenging work with significant client contact and responsibility.



To be successful in this role, you will have the following attributes:

- For the Senior Associate role: Have at least 3-7+ years' PAE working across construction law matters or in a well-regarded litigation projects or energy practice
- For the General Associate role: Have at least 3+ years' PAE working across construction law matters
- Strong drafting skills and attention to detail
- Practical and client focused problem solving and research skills
- Sound technical legal ability and a genuine interest in working in the construction and infrastructure sector
- A professional, commercially-astute and proactive approach to matter management
- Ability to manage client expectations and run matters
- Conscientious and client-focused, and possess strong interpersonal skills

Life at Thomsons

As a leading national firm, we offer an opportunity to work with a strong and established client base, genuine growth trajectories, and a variety of benefits including: compelling and challenging pro bono opportunities, flexible working, generous parental leave, flu vaccinations and skin checks annually, study assistance, sophisticated employee assistance program, corporate discounts, variety of social activities including EOFY and end of year functions, sporting teams and much more.

We have a collaborative approach to all we do, based fundamentally on openness, transparency, respect and accountability, so that our team is taken care and we get the best outcomes for our clients.

📌 Associate /Senior Associate - Construction & Infrastructure (Sydney)
🏢 Thomson Geer
📍 Sydney