Partner Equivalent Level Role | Lead a Team
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About the Firm
Our client is an elite, employment law firm with a reputation for excellence across Australia.
The firm focuses on innovative, high-quality problem solving and a preventive approach to employment, safety, and industrial law.
This firm represents major ASX 100 corporations and senior executives and have been known to be involved in ground-breaking test cases that reshape employment law.
The Chance
Our client is an outstanding employment lawyer at the Principal level (Partner-equivalent level).
In this senior leadership role, you will take ownership of sophisticated client relationships and steer complex, high-stakes matters across the full employment lifecycle.
This role will offer freedom and autonomy and part-time options (3 or 4 days a week) are welcome.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Advisory & Litigation: Deliver high-level counsel on, for example, complex industrial relations, post-employment restraints, work health & safety litigation,



and high-profile discrimination or harassment disputes.
Client Relationship Management: Act as a trusted adviser to corporate entities, human resource directors, and senior executives.
Team Leadership & Mentorship: Guide, mentor, and collaborate with talented junior and mid-level lawyers to foster their professional growth.
Firm Contribution: Play an active role in strategic practice development.
About You
Experience: You are a senior practitioner (likely 8+ years PQE) currently operating as a Partner, Special Counsel, or high-performing Senior Associate in a respected workplace relations practice.
Technical Excellence: Superior technical expertise across Australian employment and industrial relations law, with a strong track record in both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Leadership & Vibe: A collaborative mentor who aligns with the firm's core values.
Portability (Optional but respected): A portable practice is not strictly required, but an ability to nurture and expand corporate client networks is highly valued.
Why Our Client?
Uncompromised Quality: Handle top-tier, legally significant matters within a highly specialized, focused team.
Genuine Flexibility: Active structural support for part-time leaders to ensure a sustainable, rewarding executive career.
Value-Driven Culture: Work alongside market leaders in a firm celebrated for diversity and corporate social responsibility
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📌 Principal - Employment Law (New South Wales)
🏢 empire group
📍 New South Wales