Job Description
Environment & Planning Litigation Lawyer (2 yrs-Senior Associate)
AFL Recruitment - Accounting Financial Legal – Woollahra NSW
$80,000 - $180,000 a year
Hybrid
11mo ago , from AFL Recruitment - Accounting Financial Legal
NOTHING COMPARESPremier specialist firm.
Industry-leading mentors.
Enviable growth path.
Life friendly/Flex/WFH.
Delightful team/culture.
$80,000-$180,000.
Sydney.
Your New Employer
Our client is aSTAND-OUTfast-growing specialist law firm with flourishing practices acrossenvironment/planning& construction law:
Led by industry-leading specialist partners (ex top-tier partners);
Engaging in high-end quality work;
With enviable close-knit TEAM dynamics without the politics; &
With a vibrant, flexible, inclusive culture that values and supports staff fulfilling theirpotential/ambitions.
Your Current Role
As the valued right hand to an industry-leading specialist partner supported by a paralegal, you will love resolving a full spectrum of intellectually stimulating +interesting disputes (Superior Courts & Land & Environment Courts) relating to:
all aspects of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act **** and related legislation;
development applications (Das), complying Das and exempt development.
applications to amend LEPs and planning proposals;
voluntary planning agreements and developer contributions.
easements and access to land ;
land contamination, pollution, remediation and voluntary management proposals.




directors' duties and liabilities under planning and environment regulations.
critical habitat and the operation of threatened species conservation legislation.
site and environmental audits, due diligence and environmental impact assessment;
regulatory compliance and enforcement;
Land and Environment Court Applications and Appeals.
What's in it for you
Highly reputable specialist firm with proven success;
Variety+cutting-edge high quality cases;
Full spectrum disputeresolution/litigationincluding appeals, prosecutions, judicial review and civil enforcement;
Have your own practice and direct client contact;
1:1 mentorship by a top specialist E+P partner;
Ongoing professional development+ regular pay reviews (subject to performance);
Genuine long-term career growth path including potential for partnership in the future (subject to your desire, ambition & performance)
Healthy work/life+ flexibility (incl part work from home).
Who you are
We are interested in hearing from you if you:
are admitted as a solicitor in NSW;
have minimum 2 yrs or more (up to senior associate) hands-onenvironmental/planning/localgovernment law litigation experience (essential) preferably acting for applicants (ie developers/private entities);
have strong communication, research, negotiation, advocacy and client management skills;
are practical, adaptable, commercial, dead-line driven and results-oriented;
are hungry to advance your career LONG-TERM as a specialistenvironmental/planninglawyer with a top premier specialist firm.
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📌 Environment & Planning Litigation Lawyer (2 Yrs-Senior Associate) (New South Wales)
🏢 AFL Recruitment - Accounting Financial Legal
📍 New South Wales