Corporate Funds & Real Estate Partner (anchor role) | Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane

▸ Partner-level growth mandate for funds specialist (anchor role)

▸ Strong existing real estate client base including fund managers, REITs, super funds, developers and investors

▸ Chambers, Doyle's and Best Lawyers ranked real estate practice The Firm

Our client is a leading Australian law firm with a recognised market position at the intersection of corporate, funds and real estate.

The firm is consistently ranked by Doyle's Guide, Best Lawyers and Chambers Asia-Pacific — with acknowledged strength in real estate, property-backed M&A; and joint ventures, and complex commercial property transactions. It acts for fund managers, REITs, superannuation funds, offshore capital, developers and institutional investors, and has the national bench and infrastructure to support a partner who arrives with momentum.

Real estate is core to the firm's strategy, and the partnership is collegiate, commercially engaged and invested in the success of incoming partners. The firm is looking to leverage this expertise to grow its funds offering.

Full details of the firm (including partnership structure, client base and strategic direction) can be provided confidentially to suitable candidates who wish to progress.

The Opportunity

VIXA is working on an exclusive basis with a firm that is actively investing in its corporate, funds and real estate capability across Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane — and is seeking an anchor partner who brings technical expertise and the ambition to build.

The incoming partner will work across a combination of the following:

- Fund establishment, structuring and capital raising for real estate and asset managers
- Institutional real estate investment,



including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and co-investment structures
- Property-backed and REIT transactions and platform deals
- Development structuring, forward-funding and staged delivery arrangements
- Related regulatory and governance advice for fund managers and investors

The anchor role carries leadership responsibilities and active participation in the partnership and a hand in shaping the practice's national growth.

About You

We are seeking an experienced Partner who is ready for a strategic move and can demonstrate the following:

- 10–25 years' post-admission experience with a substantive corporate/funds/real estate focus
- Technical capability across fund structuring, institutional real estate investment or property-backed M&A;
- Established relationships with fund managers, institutional investors, REITs, developers or offshore capital
- A track record of business development and the profile to continue building at a new firm
- Experience from a top-tier, leading mid-tier or well-regarded specialist firm
- The commercial instinct and interpersonal credibility to operate effectively within a collegiate partnership

How to Express Interest Please reach out to Scott Francis, Managing Director, at VIXA Partners to explore on a confidential basis.

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 0481 205 057

Web: vixa.com.au

About VIXA Partners





VIXA Partners is a specialist executive legal recruitment firm focused exclusively on Partner placements across Australia's top-tier and upper mid-tier firms. We operate across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra.

Scott Francis, Managing Director of VIXA, brings over 25 years of direct experience inside Australia's leading law firms — as a lawyer for 20 years in top-tier and international firms, as National Executive Talent Manager at one of Australia's leading top-tier firms (responsible for partner recruitment nationally), and as an admitted lawyer in New South Wales, Queensland and New Zealand. He is recognised as a dispute resolution lawyer in Legal 500 Asia Pacific and is an accredited Executive Leadership Coach.

This first-hand experience — inside the firms, inside the roles, inside the partnerships — means VIXA provides informed advice that goes well beyond what a conventional recruiter can offer. We understand the strategic needs of law firms, the nuances of key practice areas, and what it takes to assess cultural fit, client portability and long-term earnings potential at the partner level.

Our approach is consultative, relationship-driven and unhurried. We take the view that a lateral partner move is one of the most significant qualified decisions a lawyer will make — and we treat it accordingly. Candidates are encouraged to ask every question, take their time and reach a decision that is in their best interests.

No information about you will ever be shared with any party without your express consent. Your details, your enquiry, and the existence of any conversation between us will remain strictly confidential.

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